{"id":1744,"date":"2020-08-31T13:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/?post_type=events&#038;p=1744"},"modified":"2020-09-03T15:45:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:45:22","slug":"christmas-reception","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/events\/christmas-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2019, UCD Business alumni, students and staff gathered at the UCD Smurfit Business School for the annual Christmas Reception. An insightful and inspirational keynote address was delivered by Norman Crowley, CEO Crowley Carbon and Environmental entrepreneur. Crowley, a serial entrepreneur, who started and sold three businesses for over three-quarters of a billion dollars before the age of 40. 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