Duncan Stewart is to become the first environmentalist nominated for the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin.
The former Eco Eye presenter on RTE is a graduate of University College Dublin and originally began his career as an architect. The Lord Mayor of Dublin Caroline Conroy will be nominating him in a first for the award.
The nomination process will take place this morning at the meeting of Dublin City Council’s Protocol Committee. It will then go to the full council for approval on Monday June 12.
Lord Mayor Conroy said: “Duncan Stewart is highly deserving of this honour. In fact I can’t think of any other Irish person who has done more over such a long period of time to spread the word about environmental issues. Duncan was passionately campaigning on this topic years before it received the global attention it commands today.”
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He will join an illustrious list of Freemen and Freewomen including former US presidents John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, entertainer Maureen Potter, former Dublin Football Managers Kevin Heffernan and Jim Gavin, broadcaster Gay Byrne and poet Thomas Kinsella. Last year's recipients included Kellie Harrington, Ailbhe Smyth and Professor Mary Aiken.
Ancient duties of a Freeman or Freewoman include being ready to defend the city from attack and joining the city militia at short notice. Amongst the ancient privileges afforded to a Freeman or Freewoman is the right to bring goods into Dublin through the city gates without paying customs duties, the right to pasture sheep on common ground within the city boundaries, and the right to vote in municipal and parliamentary elections.
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