€4 million gift for Irish university
Howard Lake | 29 December 2006 | News
Prominent businessman and former Irish attorney general Peter Sutherland has made a ‚€4 million gift to University College Dublin’s law school. UCD is involved in a €20 million campaign to develop a new law school at its Belfield campus.
Sutherland, a former graduate of UCD law school, is chairman of BP and Goldman Sachs. UCD said the gift from Sutherland would be a significant factor in raising additional funds from government and other sources.
Sutherland has previously supported the law school, endowing the Sutherland chair of European Law.
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