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A2B Chair John Keanie (left) hands over the reins to A2B’s groundbreaking web-based services to Derek Alcorn, Chief Executive, Citizens Advice (Northern Ireland).Today marks the hand-over to Citizens Advice (Northern Ireland) of a ground-breaking, 5 year development project that has helped pump £50m into Northern…

More than four out of five people in Northern Ireland have made no provision for their care in the future, while a full one-third of elderly people say their greatest fear is of having to move into a care home, because of worries about the…

Original Source By Victoria O'Hara Hundreds of pensioners from across Northern Ireland facing financial crisis today braved the cold for a march on Stormont to urge the Executive to put political differences aside and help elderly people who can’t afford to heat their home and…

Helping vulnerable and disadvantaged people to make lasting changes in their living conditions is at the core of Atlantic’s mission, and in every country in which we work there is significant and sometimes – as in the United States – growing inequality. The persistence of…

The Atlantic Philanthropies’ investments on behalf of people with disabilities living on the island of Ireland helped advance their rights and achieve community inclusion and participation, according to this evaluation by Morrow Gilchrist Associates. Atlantic’s strategy was informed by the need to implement and interpret…

[atlpvideo src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zt4loR3Oj2Q" height="360" width="640"]The Great Northern Haven housing development is a project of the Netwell Centre at the Dundalk Institute of Technology, which is developing new ideas that enhance the quality of life and well-being of older people and those who care for them, through…

OPINION: While the British honour leading Irish Americans, the Irish government is missing an opportunity, writes NIALL O'DOWD. Original Source by NIALL O'DOWD WILLIAM J FLYNN, former chairman of Mutual of America was recently asked by the British government to accept an honorary Commander of…

Atlantic Philanthropies has this year wound itself up as quietly as it arrived in Ireland more than 30 years ago, after dispensing €1bn on Irish ­projects. Our reporter profiles Chuck Feeney - the ­billionaire backer of an extraordinary foundation.

Atlantic joins with the many people in Northern Ireland and from around the world saddened by the recent death of Martin McGuinness, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to January 2017. McGuinness, a former member of the Irish Republican Army, later became…

by Dan Keenan Officials at two Stormont departments are working on specific policy proposals to meet the needs of immigrant communities in Northern Ireland following recent racist attacks. The Assembly was also warned that the rate of racist incidents was due to "rocket". Initiatives from…