Honorary degree for Helen
NUIG is to confer an honorary degree on Tubbercurry native, Helen Rochford Brennan, who has been an activist for rights of people with dementia
She has been at the forefront of developing new ideas and human rights strategies for people with dementia in Ireland and Europe since her diagnosis with dementia in 2012.
Currently Chair of the EWGPWD in Alzheimer Europe she has an international track record as activist for people with dementia. She will be conferred during the week of 15 October along with three others including Sharon Shannon and Catherine Corless