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Summary: Irish people will have to adapt their sense of nationality to include migrants if we are to integrate immigrants successfully into society, the UN's special representative on migration, Peter Sutherland, said yesterday. Mr Sutherland was speaking at the publication of a policy document on…

Chuck Feeney's 'historic act of extraordinary generosity' financed transformational change.

By Colette BrowneJustice Minister Alan Shatter has rightly decried the "inconvenient truth" that the State’s doors "were kept firmly closed to German Jewish families trying to flee from persecution and death" during the Holocaust.However, maybe he should ask himself if the State would be any…

The Living with Dementia programme seeks to impact on policy development and contribute to the design of best practice models for those affected by dementia. Dublin,  Thursday, April 29th, 2010 –  ‘Living with Dementia’ is a psychological and social research programme in dementia care that…

Australia’s Prime Minister praises biomedical research at the University of Queensland as an example of what can be achieved when government, universities and philanthropy work together in partnership.It is good to be back home; it's good to be back in Brisbane; good to be back…

Several of the staff of the Hue Central Hospital were kind enough to come to work last Sunday morning to give my Atlantic colleagues and me a tour of what has become a world-class facility in the ten years since our Founding Chairman, Chuck Feeney,…

Australia will have a stronger role in global efforts to address major diseases like cancer and diabetes following a $50 million gift, the biggest donation of its kind in the nation's history. The gift, announced today by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan,…

Dementia in the Republic of Ireland is associated with poor diagnosis, stigma and lack of awareness among the general public. Not surprisingly, service provision has been, as a consequence, badly structured, poorly funded and weakly integrated. Genio, an Atlantic grantee, is working to develop and test…

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…

[caption id="attachment_80715" align="alignright" width="450"] Jean Brown (left) and Renee Crawford, longtime leaders of Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group, have worked together for over 20 years to forge a better life for their community. Photo: Richard Wade[/caption] This book tells the story of how The Atlantic Philanthropies’ investment…