Mary McAleese                                          President of Ireland

Kevin Kidney                                             Manager of the Irish Rugby Team

Derry Canty                                                Mayor of County Cork

Mr Brian Cowen                                         An Taoiseach

Mr Batt Okeeffe                                           Minister of Education

Mr Toshinao Urabe                                      Ambassador of Japan

Mr Michael Martin                                       Minister of Foreign Affairs

Mr Jose Manual Barroso                              President of the European Commission

Mr Raghavan                                                Ambassador of India

Dr Tadeusz                                                    Ambassador of Poland

Mr Tan Xiang Yong                                      President of Beijing University

Mr Toshinao Urabe                                       Ambassador of Japan

Mr David Nan-Yang Lee                               Taipei Representative to Ireland

Mr Zhou Huai Ying                                       President of Guiling University

Mr Lan Heping                                               Embassy of the peoples Republic of China

Mr Michael Teo                                              High Commissioner of the Embassy of Japan

Cllr Brian Bermingham                                   Lord Mayor of Cork

Ms Cecilia MacKenna                                      Ambassador of Chile

MrEbrahim Rahimpour                                     Ambassador of Iran

Michael Bloomberg                                           Mayor of New York

Mr Sielio Marcos Amarante                              Ambassador of Brazil

Mr Raja Nazrin                                                   Ambassador of Malaysia