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Bob Geldof honoured with Lifetime Achievement accolade at Global Irish Diaspora Awards

The inaugural Business Post Global Irish Diaspora Awards were established to recognise the contribution of Ireland and the Irish to the world of business

Sarah Murphy, chief executive, the Business Post, and Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Business Post Global Irish Diaspora Awards in London.

As he collected the accolade at the ceremony in the Waldorf Hilton hotel, Geldof paid tribute to John Caldwell, the PSNI officer shot in Omagh last month.

“In my head, knowing I was coming here, was DCI John Caldwell, who those scum tried to kill in front of his child,” Geldof told guests.

“We ...