The event was held at the Co. Donegal campus of ATU in Letterkenny. Joseph P. Kennedy III is a Kennedy family member.

He is the grandson of US Senator and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, a grandnephew of President John F. Kennedy, and the son of US Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II.

"Real opportunities for engagements between communities in Northern Ireland and the Republic through research and dialogue" are being created by ATU, according to Mr. Kennedy, who described receiving the prize as an incredible honour.



"The North South Engagement Centre serves as an example of how education can bring people together by bringing their ideas, aspirations, and futures together.

The creators of this are visionaries. It symbolises ATU's faith in the value of relationships and an exciting future," he continued.