Developer donates $1m to US-Ireland fund
Howard Lake | 29 July 2007 | News
Friday, 27 July 2007 10:59
Irish property developer Garrett Kelleher has made a donation of $1m (‚€729,000) to the US-Ireland Alliance that will go towards an endowment to fund the Mitchell Scholarship Programme.
The donation will be matched by the Government.
The programme funds post-graduate scholars in the US to undertake study in Ireland, it currently funds around 12 students a year.
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