爱尔兰国立都柏林大学(University College Dublin)简称UCD,与圣三一学院(TCD)并为爱尔兰最受尊崇两所高等学府,其历史可追溯到成立于1851年的爱尔兰天主教大学。该校位于都柏林市中心的圣史蒂芬绿地大街86号,首任校长为英国着名的教育家约翰·纽曼,爱尔兰着名作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯曾就读于该校。1908年爱尔兰天主教大学与科克女王大学学院及高威女王大学学院合併成立了爱尔兰国立大学,原爱尔兰天主教大学因此改名为都柏林大学学院。爱尔兰国立都柏林大学学生具有议院席位被选举权。
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.