愛爾蘭國立都柏林大學（University College Dublin）簡稱UCD，與聖三一學院（TCD)並為愛爾蘭最受尊崇兩所高等學府，其歷史可追溯到成立於1851年的愛爾蘭天主教大學。該校位於都柏林市中心的聖史蒂芬綠地大街86號，首任校長為英國著名的教育家約翰·紐曼，愛爾蘭著名作家詹姆斯·喬伊斯曾就讀於該校。1908年愛爾蘭天主教大學與科克女王大學學院及高威女王大學學院合併成立了愛爾蘭國立大學，原愛爾蘭天主教大學因此改名為都柏林大學學院。愛爾蘭國立都柏林大學學生具有議院席位被選舉權。
Sir Michael Smurfit, KBE(born 7th August 1936), is a businessmanholding Irishcitizenship. In the 2010 Irish Independent Rich List, he was listed at 25th, with a €368 million personal fortune.
Business success
During his tenure at the helm of the Jefferson Smurfit Group, Smurfit led the early expansion of the Group in the Republic of Irelandand the United Kingdom. He followed this with a series of acquisitions in the U.S., Latin Americaand Continental Europe, creating in the process Ireland’s first international company and a global leader in paper-based packaging. As chairman, Smurfit has recently overseen the mergerof the Smurfit Group with Kappa Packaging BV to form the Smurfit Kappa Group, employing 42,000 employees in 33 countries on 5 continents. The group had sales of €6 billion in 2009. He currently owns 4.9% of Smurfit Kappa. He is also a director of Ballymore International, a property development and investment group, and has investments in other small companies.
Recognition
In 2005, Smurfit was appointed to be a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire(KBE) in HM The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005, published on Friday, 10 June 2005. He is honorary Irish consul to Monacoand has been honoured by the governments of Colombia, France, the United Kingdom, Italyand Venezuela. Leading national and international universities have also recognised him for his philanthropicwork and business success. The postgraduate business school of University College Dublin, the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, is named after him as a result of his financial support.
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