“There wasn’t a straw boater or urine-scented kidney in sight but yesterday’s summer conferrings of honorary degrees at UCD bore a distinctly Joycean air. The day that was in it saw the Ulysses medal, the college’s highest honour, bestowed on Jürgen Habermas, described in his citation as ‘probably the single most influential philosopher and social theorist in the world today’ …” (more)
[Paul Cullen, Irish Times, 17 June]