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Article: Campaigning Geldof gets honour back home in Dublin

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A LIVE 8 organiser, an award-winning filmmaker and a scientist who co-discovered the HIV virus are among the renowned figures to be honoured by an Irish university today.Bob Geldof, Neil Jordan and Robert Gallo are to receive honorary degrees as part of University College, Dublin's 150th anniversary celebrations.Carole Pateman, Professor of Political Science at University California, Los Angeles, will also be honoured at a special ceremony at the college's Belfield Campus in south Dublin.Geldof is taking a break from organising the Live 8 concert to fly to Dublin for the ceremony.The former Boomtown Rat turned humanitarian activist will receive the honorary degree for

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