Legend Pacino in Dublin to receive university honour.(NEWS)

From: Belfast Telegraph (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: November 22, 2006 | Copyright information

HOLLYWOOD star Al Pacino is due to collect a prestigious gong at Dublin's historic Trinity College today.

The eight-times Oscar nominated legend has been awarded the honorary patronage of the university's Philosophical Society.

Best known for his roles in The Godfather, Serpico and Heat, the New Yorker finally won an Oscar for playing blind Colonel Frank Slade in Scent of A Woman in 1993.

Philosophical Society president Daire Hickey said it was an honour to host one of the greatest stars of the silver ...

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