Recipients of Honorary Degrees from Trinity College Dublin included Columbia University Economist, Dr Jeffrey Sachs, Management Thinker, Charles Handy, Leading Irish Jurist, Maureen Harding Clark, Former Secretary General of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Paul Haran and Professor Emeritus in the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Gunnar Fant.

University of Dublin Chancellor, Mary Robinson, with Maureen Harding Clark, a leading Irish Jurist and recipient of an Honorary Degree.