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As Eric Kinsella and his wife donate €30m to Trinity, the company he built up has increased revenues, profits, staff numbers and dividend payments

Founded by Eric Kinsella, Jones Engineering is one of Ireland’s largest engineering firm. It is also one of its most profitable, as evidenced by new filings from the company.

“We’ve now got an indigenous philanthropic community. And I was really struck by the fact that we knew almost nothing about this”

Managing director of Benefacts Patricia Quinn discusses the findings of new analysis that shows contributions from private individuals have been in decline for decades. Research co-authors Dr Oonagh Breen of UCD and Dr James Carroll of Trinity College also join the conversation.

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As Eric Kinsella and his wife donate €30m to Trinity, the company he built up has increased revenues, profits, staff numbers and dividend payments

Ian Kehoe

4th Jun, 2021 - 2 min read

“We’ve now got an indigenous philanthropic community. And I was really struck by the fact that we knew almost nothing about this”

Thomas Hubert

21st Dec, 2020 - 19 min read

As Eric Kinsella and his wife donate €30m to Trinity, the company he built up has increased revenues, profits, staff numbers and dividend payments

Ian Kehoe

4th Jun, 2021 - 2 min read

“We’ve now got an indigenous philanthropic community. And I was really struck by the fact that we knew almost nothing about this”

Thomas Hubert

21st Dec, 2020 - 19 min read

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