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Upon his death in 2010, UNESCO-IHE described him as a " towering figure and pioneer in hydrology " whilst the Chancellor of the NUI, Dr. Maurice Manning, described him as " that rare phenomenon in Irish life, a public intellectual whose life was devoted, without posture, to the public service .” Professor John Sweeney who was one of the scientists as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 described him as " perhaps one of the most important, prolific and distinguished scientists of the past generation.
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