Academy Award-winning actor Brenda Fricker is expected to be nominated to receive the Freedom of Dublin City.
The 80-year-old agreed to the nomination following discussions with the current Lord Mayor of Dublin, Fine Gael’s Ray McAdam.
Earlier on Monday, there was a meeting of the protocol committee of Dublin City Council who agreed to her nomination.
She starred beside fellow actor Daniel Day Lewis who won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Fricker, who lives in The Liberties, but now resides in Dublin 8, is also known for her role in the Box Office hit Home Alone 2, Lost in New York and Angels in Outfield.
Speaking following Monday evening’s decision, McAdam said: “Brenda Fricker is one of Dublin’s most distinguished cultural figures and it is a source of immense pride that our city is recognising her in this way.
"Brenda’s Academy Award winning performance in ‘My Left Foot’ was a landmark moment for Irish acting and Irish cinema.
"But what makes her career so special is the body of work that followed, marked by honesty, depth and a rare ability to bring warmth and toughness in the same breath. Her performances have helped tell Irish stories and have become part of family life across generations.
"This honour is not simply about international acclaim. It is about contribution and the pride Brenda has brought to Dublin and to Ireland.
"We look forward to welcoming Brenda Fricker for the formal conferral in due course.”
Prior to becoming an actor, Fricker worked as a journalist with The Irish Times.
The Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin is the highest and most prestigious award Dublin City can bestow.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin nominates people for the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin, and a meeting of the City Council must ratify each one.
While no financial benefits are attached to the award, holders of the Honorary Freedom of Dublin have some ancient privileges and duties not applicable to ordinary citizens, some of which have little more than symbolic meaning in the modern world.
Ancient Privileges include the right to bring goods into Dublin through the city gates, without paying customs duties, and to pasture sheep on common ground within the city boundaries, including modern-day College Green (formerly Hoggen Green) and St Stephen’s Green.
Also the right to vote in municipal and parliamentary elections.
Other well known names to have been given the Freedom are U2’s Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jnr, Nelson Mandela, The Dubliner’s Ronnie Drew, former cyclist Stephen Roche, and playwright George Bernard Shaw.
