Results List
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Focus Ireland
$290,850
Resource type: Grantee
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TILDA Celebrates Ten Years of Research Into the Challenges of Ageing in Ireland
Source: The University Times
The study, which has 8,500 participants from across the country, has been internationally recognised for its wide focus of the issues facing older people. By Simon Foy, Senior Editor [caption id="attachment_78329" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo: Sinéad Baker for The University Times[/caption] The Irish Longitudinal Study on…
Resource type: News
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World Health Organisation accredits Ireland-Vietnam Virus Initiative co-funded by Irish Aid and Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The World Health Organisation has awarded accreditation to the Ireland-Vietnam Blood Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI) which is co-funded by Irish Aid and Atlantic Philanthropies. The IVVI carries out disease prevention and health promotion in Vietnam, a country wracked by blood-borne viruses such as HIV and…
Resource type: News
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Call for election focus on immigrants
Source: The Irish Times
Immigrant Council of Ireland members and supporters at Leinster House today. Photo: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish TimesBy ELAINE EDWARDSThe next government must put in place measures to increase the participation of migrants and new communities in political life, immigrant representatives urged.The ‘Count Us In’ campaign was…
Resource type: News
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Ireland Well Placed to Become a Global Leader in Digital Healthcare
Source: Silicon Republic
Ireland well placed to become a global leader in digital healthcare. Photo: ShutterstockBy John Kennedy, Silicon RepublicIreland – with its concentration of ICT giants, pharmaceutical and medical device makers – is strategically placed to become a world leader in digital healthcare technologies, a conference in…
Resource type: News
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Ireland’s Economic Problems – No Excuse to Send Human Rights into Recession
Source: Gara LaMarche
For many around the world, Ireland in the last ten years or so has represented two things: first, a strong voice for human rights and justice, from Presidents like Mary Robinson to prominent private citizens like Bono. And second, a powerful economic success story: the…
Resource type: News
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Donaldson & Kelly Welcome Launch of The Centre for Ageing Research in Ireland (Cardi)
Source: Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister is committed to improving the quality of life and public services for our older citizens. This was among the messages from Junior Ministers Jeffrey Donaldson and Gerry Kelly today at the launch of the Centre…
Resource type: News
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Northern Ireland (United Kingdom): Implementing Joined-up Governance for a Common Purpose
Source: OECD Public Governance Reviews
An assessment conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) of Northern Ireland’s public reform agenda credits the Atlantic Philanthropies with helping the government in its ongoing efforts to to transform and reform its public services to better meet the needs of its citizens.…
Resource type: Research Report
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National Dementia Strategy to Focus on Community Care and Stigma
Source: Irish Times
Mary Sutton from Atlantic Philanthropies and Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the launch of the Irish National Dementia Strategy at Government Buildings. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/CollinsBy Mark HillardTaoiseach Enda Kenny has unveiled a €27.5 million national dementia strategy that will focus on shattering the stigma of the diesase and…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic’s Culminating Grants: Cultivating Change
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
In his latest instalment in a series chronicling Atlantic’s limited life, Tony Proscio at the Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society conjures the image of a harvest to describe our work in Atlantic’s final years. The metaphor is apt. We want to…
Resource type: News
