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By Cathy HayesIrish American billionaire Chuck Feeney has been praised by Warren Buffett among the world’s richest men as the person who has inspired a ‘giving while living’ pledge by scores of billionaires who have pledged to give away the majority of their fortunes while…

Vietnam has extended the operational time for Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), a non-government organisation operating in the country. Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), Permanent member of the Committee for Foreign Non-Government Organisations Affairs, Vu Xuan Hong handed over the three-year extended permit…

Community Resource Exchange honuored Fran Barrett at their 30th Anniversary Gala on 16 March 16 2011. Prior to joining the Atlantic Philanthropies in 2010 as Director of Capacity Building, Ms. Barrett served as the Executive Director of Community Resource Exchange (CRE). About CRE: For over…

By Tommy Barker.  THE planned sale of a 140-year-old hospital will help fund the move to a new €55 million hospice facility, west of Cork city.Marymount/St Patrick’s Hospital is vacating its historic city home at Wellington Road, St Luke’s Cross, ending a continuous caring link…

On 30 November 2010, The Chronicle of Philanthropy held a live online discussion about advocacy campaigns - including the lessons learned from the Health Care for America Now campaign. The team that conducted an independent evaluation of the historic HCAN advocacy campaign, Dan Cramer of Grassroots Solutions and Tom Novick…

On 30 November 2010, The Chronicle of Philanthropy held a live online discussion about advocacy campaigns - including the lessons learned from the Health Care for America Now campaign. The team that conducted an independent evaluation of the historic HCAN advocacy campaign, Dan Cramer of Grassroots Solutions and Tom Novick…

OPINION: Unless the North agrees how to share its future, devolution will have failed and potential will rot, writes DUNCAN MORROW  EVEN AS the memory dims, the Irish peace process has the capacity to stir pride. A centuries-long Greek tragedy had an unexpected end. British-Irish relations…

Two organisations are to spend £3.5m helping secondary and grammar schools in the Catholic and state sectors to share classes. The International Fund for Ireland and Atlantic Philanthropies are making the investment after a successful trial. For three years, 60 post-primary schools provided shared classes…

We must future-proof our economy with knowledge and innovation: THIS month Brisbane sends a powerful global message that it is more than just one of Australia's most liveable cities and among the world's top 50 cities. Construction begins on the Translational Research Institute, a medical…

Rehab Group chief executive Angela Kerins with (from left) Seamus Manger, of Irish Life Investment Managers; Stephen Hynes, Merrion Investment Managers; Frank O'Brien, Rehab Investment team manager; Noel O'Halloran, KBC Asset Management; and Joseph Harrigan, AIB Investment Managers, at the launch of the 6th Rehab…