Influential Irish-American philanthropist Chuck Feeney dies aged 92

University of Limerick president Professor Kerstin Mey said the funds Charles 'Chuck' Feeney (pictured) had gifted to UL had been 'transformational to the campus, the city, and wider region'. File Picture: Atlantic Philanthropies

Irish-American businessman and philanthropist Charles Francis 'Chuck' Feeney has died at the age of 92, it has been announced.

Over the course of his career, Mr Feeney provided more than 6,000 grants and donations worth an estimated $8bn (€7.56bn) to various causes across the world.