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Jimmy Guerin (left) and his sisters Marie Therese Brannigan and Claire O’Brien, with Professor Brian MacCraith, DCU President, at the naming of the new Veronica Guerin Lecture Theatre at DCU. Photo: Courtesy of Julien Behal.
Veronica Guerin is honoured by Dublin City University
Dublin City University has named a prominent lecture theatre after journalist Veronica Guerin. The Veronica Guerin Lecture Theatre was formally named at a ceremony on DCU’s Glasnevin campus. The naming forms part of the DCU Women in Leadership initiative, Project 50:50, which represents a commitment by the university to name 50 per cent of its major buildings and lecture theatres after inspiring women. Professor Brian MacCraith, DCU
President said: “The naming of the Veronica Guerin Lecture Theatre is a fitting memorial to her life and work. Veronica was not only one of Ireland’s most fearless and dedicated journalists, she was also a trailblazer for equality who became the country’s leading crime correspondent, in a male-dominated field.” Speaking on behalf of the Guerin family, Jimmy Guerin, Veronica’s brother, said that the Women in Leadership initiative reflected the type of person that Veronica was: talented, ambitious, hard-working and brave. “Talent must be fostered and encouraged and Veronica’s Sunday Independent colleagues,
Ann Harris and her editor, the late Aengus Fanning, believed in Veronica’s potential and they gave her confidence and supported her,” he said. Veronica served on the NIHE/DCU governing body from 1982 - 1992. In 2007, DCU’s School of Communications and Independent News & Media established a scholarship in memory of the investigative journalist who was murdered in Dublin in 1996. The Veronica Guerin Ireland Funds Fellowship, funded by the Ireland funds, was also established in 2017 and enables DCU journalism graduates to participate in the News21 programme delivered at Arizona State University’s journalism school in Phoenix. Bursary recipients were also announced at the
event. Alix Renaud, a DCU journalism student, received the Veronica Guerin Memorial Scholarship. Alix receives €8,000, which is intended to meet the cost of her programme fees. Rachel Farrell was awarded the Veronica Guerin Ireland Funds Fellowship. This bursary of €10,000 means Rachel will travel to Arizona, where she will be part of a major news reporting investigation over the next three months.
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