# €100 million donated to Irish university

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/05/14/e100-million-donated-irish-university/
- Published: 2006-05-14T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Irish American Chuck Feeney has donated €100 million to the University of Limerick
over the last 20 years, the chief executive of his foundation, John Healy, has confirmed.
Atlantic Philanthropies is thought to have donated more than €500 million to Irish
universities in the past decade.**

Figures compiled four years ago show Atlantic donated €204 million to academic projects
and €202 to capital projects at universities in the Republic as well as €86 million
to other third level projects. Significant additional sums were donated to universities
in Northern Ireland.

Mr Healy said philanthropic organisations are the subjects of exaggerated respect
but he said they can’t do business without good organisations to give money to. 
He was speaking at the opening of a new €15 million Living Pedestrian Bridge linking
the University of Limerick with its Clare campus.

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Since 2003, Atlantic has changed its focus in Ireland to programmes for disadvantaged
young people, the elderly and human rights.