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A researcher has hailed the ‘spectacular progress’ made by a Castlebar-based children’s project and said its work was a model for other countries to follow.“What’s going on here in Mayo is of international significance,” said Professor Howard Stevenson of the University of Lincoln. He was…

More people in Ireland have dementia than cancer or heart disease yet it has been a largely invisible and underfunded health issue, according to a new report by Suzanne Cahill and Maria Pierce from the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin;…

by Thu HangA client attends a reproductive health and family planning consultation at Truong An Commune's medical centre in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Vinh Long, which is part of the Government social franchise network Tinh chi em (Sisterhood). — VNA/VNS Photo Thu…

Today the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD., published Finance (No.3) Bill 2011 which will give effect to the taxation aspects of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights of Cohabitants Act 2010. The Finance Bill will allow for civil partners to be treated the same…

By Retha GrobbelaarThe delay in the release of the annual national assessment results means the country is "losing time" to fix numeracy and literacy problems in schools, NGO Equal Education said yesterday.Almost four months after about 6.5 million pupils from Grade 2 to 7 and…

In May 2011, The Atlantic Philanthropies and The New Press hosted a discussion about racial profiling in the United States. The panel included former litigator and law professor Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, and former federal prosecutor and law professor Paul Butler,…

The local inner city communities of Fatima Mansions and Dolphin House in Rialto in Dublin are among the most disadvantaged in Ireland. For more than three decades, the community has struggled to achieve local government support for the area – culminating in the achievement of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   CONTACT:Cheryl LoeCommunications Project ManagerThe Foundation Center(888) 356-0354, ext. 701communications@foundationcenter.orgNew York, NY — February 15, 2011. Sara K. Gould, former president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, has joined the Foundation Center in the role of The Atlantic Philanthropies Senior Fellow. During this…

By Sirkka Huish.Bermuda’s young people are to be quizzed to find out what has made them who they are today.Thousands of 18 to 35-year-olds are going to be put on the spot about issues such as sex before marriage, teenage pregnancy and religious beliefs. The…

By Michelle McDonagh. It is estimated that up to 5 per cent of older Irish people are victims of elder abuse, although some advocates for the elderly believe this figure represents only the tip of the iceberg and that the actual extent of abuse still…