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The founders of Jones Engineering, Eric Kinsella and his wife Barbara, have made what is believed to be the largest single philanthropic donation from individuals in the history of the State with a â¬30 million donation to Trinity College Dublin.
The donation is to be used for Trinity East, a new â¬1 billion 5½ acre campus, which is to be based in the docklands area of Dublin. It surpasses the â¬25 million provided by radiator tycoon Martin Naughton and his family in 2018 towards the establishment of the E3 Institute, which is located on the existing campus.
The new institute will serve as a venue for large-scale research programmes in engineering, environment and emerging technologies.
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image captionEric Kinsella and his wife Barbara made the €30m donation
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has received a €30m (£26m) donation from a former graduate and his wife.
Eric Kinsella, executive chairman of Jones Engineering group, and his wife Barbara made the donation, believed to be the largest philanthropic gift from individuals to any Irish university.
The money will go towards the first building on the new Trinity East campus at the Grand Canal Innovation District.
This will be the first new campus in TCD s 429-year history.
The campus cover 5.5 acres. Such national significance
Mr Kinsella and his wife have previously made significant contributions to TCD, including funding a multi-million euros 24-hour study facility in the university s Ussher Library.