2003
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honorary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Named a Hero of Freedom by the libertarian magazine Reason.
Awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree -Doctor of Letters (Honoris causa) by The Open University of Tanzania,2003
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