A new sponsor, Smurfit (now known as the Smurfit Kappa Group), began supporting the race in 1991.
Following a succession of different owners, including film producer Kevin McClory, property developer Patrick Gallagher and property magnate Alan Ferguson, the house was purchased in 1988 by the Jefferson Smurfit Group and transformed into the K Club, which opened three years later.
When he resigned from Anglo Irish Bank, Fitzpatrick also resigned his non-executive directorships at Greencore, Aer Lingus, Experian, Smurfit Kappa Group, and Gartmore Irish Growth Fund.
Universal Music Group | Warner Music Group | Coxeter group | Volkswagen Group | Group of 77 | RTL Group | girl group | BT Group | ABB Group | Group One | Virgin Group | Thales Group | ING Group | group | Rio Tinto Group | Bloomsbury Group | Penguin Group | Carlsberg Group | Borders Group | Arup Group Limited | Benetton Group | Stagecoach Group | LMFAO (group) | Kappa Alpha Psi | Anschutz Entertainment Group | Tata Group | Rootes Group | Westfield Group | Phi Kappa Phi | Group races |