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Exhibit 23.1
July 14, 2000
Montreal, Canada
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-8, as noted below, of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
and Jefferson Smurfit Corporation of our report dated January 24, 2000 except as
to Note 10b), which is as of February 25, 2000, and Note 20, which is as of
February 23, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial statements of
St. Laurent Paperboard Inc. which appear in Exhibit 99.3 of the Current Report
on Form 8-K/A of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation dated July 12, 2000:
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation: Form S-8, No. 333-32850 filed
with the SEC on March 20, 2000
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation: Form S-8, No. 333-68221 filed
with the SEC on December 1, 1998
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation and Smurfit- Form S-8, No. 333-66421 filed
Stone Container Corporation respectively: with the SEC on October 30, 1998,
together with Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 filed on
March 20, 2000
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation: Form S-8, No. 333-47143 filed
with the SEC on March 2, 1998,
together with Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 filed on
March 26, 1998
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation: Form S-8, No. 333-31961 filed
with the SEC on July 24, 1997
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation: Form S-8, No. 33-57085 filed
with the SEC on December 27,
1994
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation: Form S-8, No. 33-82578 filed
with the SEC on August 8, 1994
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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