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Harney calls for doubling of hospice spending
Republic of Ireland Excerpt: The Tánaiste and the Minister for Health has described as appalling the lack of privacy given to terminally ill patients in hospitals. Mary Harney added that spending on hospices should be doubled. Launching a study that shows the northwest area is…
Author: RTE News
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National group gets grant to replicate Maine-based ride program
Summary: Atlantic gives grant to ITNAmerica to replicate its programme of providing transportation options to seniors in other parts of the country. For full text click here (requires registration): Boston Globe
Author: Boston Globe
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ITNAmerica Awarded $3.45 Million Grant for National Development
ITNAmerica Awarded $3.45 Million Grant for National Development. 90 Bridge Street Westbrook, Maine 04092. Westbrook- ITNAmerica, the national non-profit organization with a mission to support the replication of Greater Portland’s Independent Transportation Network® (ITN), will receive a $3.45 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to…
Author: ITNAmerica
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Parents turn integrated schools plan into reality
Summary: After being turned down by the government, two new integrated schools are celebrating their deliverance by the Integrated Education Fund (an Atlantic grantee) which has guaranteed that they can open next September. For full text click here (registration may be required): Belfast Telegraph
Author: Belfast Telegraph
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Higher Achievement Receives National Award for Excellence
Announcement of national award for summer learning given by Johns Hopkins University to Higher Achievement, an Atlantic grantee.
Author: Higher Achievement
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Disease sleuths on job in Vietnam
Tasmanian researchers are trying to solve one of world health’s most perplexing problems Excerpt: The Menzies Research Institute is working in Vietnam to try to find out why the developing nation has such a high incidence of typically western-style diseases. Vietnam appears to have an…
Author: Sunday Tasmanian
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Planning for new society in wake of immigration
Excerpt: We must recognise that immigration is changing Irish society, and plan for proper integration of those who are driving our growth, writes Denise Charlton, chief executive officer of the Immigrant Council of Ireland. Click here to read the full article (subscription required): www.irishtimes.com
Author: Irish Times
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Could you survive doing business in the dragons' den?
By Gráinne Faller Transition-year students at Coláiste DhÚlaigh in Coolock, Dublin are hard at work on their own businesses created through a pilot programme called Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Click here to read the full article (subscription required): Irish Times
Author: Irish Times
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ASA's Civic Engagement Program
The American Society of Aging has received a three year grant by The Atlantic Philanthropies to explore the developing area of civic engagement by older adults. For more information click here: http://www.asaging.org/civiceng/index.cfm
Author: American Society on Aging
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Integrated schools offer way forward
Northern Ireland remains a deeply divided society in several major respects, most notably in its educational system Excerpt: In 2002-2003, 94 per cent of Protestant children attended what are in effect Protestant schools, whether they were state-controlled or voluntary, while the equivalent figure for Catholic…
Author: Irish Times