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Philanthropy should step up and seize the unprecedented opportunities created by the election of President Obama, said Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, in this speech at the Annual Meeting of Southern California Grantmakers in Los Angeles. When the terrific Sushma Raman –…

  THE CAMPAIGN against the education cuts gained further momentum yesterday as 10 groups involved in primary education united to criticise the "shameful and immoral" cutbacks. The National Alliance for Primary Education - an umbrella group representing school managers, principals, parents and teachers - described…

by RUADHáN MacCORMAIC IMMIGRATION:THE STATE'S advisory body on racism and intercultural affairs is to have all its Government funding withdrawn, while the Office of Integration will see its budget cut by a quarter. State funding of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI)…

by GERRY MORIARTY NORTHERN IRELAND politicians have demanded the British and Irish security services release all information that could assist in bringing to justice the Real IRA bombers responsible for the August 1998 Omagh bombing that claimed the lives of 29 people and unborn twins.…

by Kerry Cullinan and Anso Thom There is no reason why South Africa's dysfunctional health system cannot be turned around within five years, according to new Health Minister Barbara Hogan. "I was fortunate to oversee the transformation of the SA Revenue Service from parliament, and…

by LAURA M. HOLSON A year ago, Robert Paynter was comfortably retired and looking forward to years of refurbishing old cars and boating from his dock on Lake Norman in North Carolina. Over a 17-year career at Wachovia, he amassed a pile of stock and…

by DALE WETZEL North Dakotans who lack health insurance should be eligible to buy into a plan that covers state employees at a price that reflects their ability to pay, the Democratic candidate for governor says. Fargo state Sen. Tim Mathern, at news conferences Tuesday,…

by Eilish O'Regan RESIDENTS of private nursing homes facing high fees will have to wait until next year before they can avail of the Government's delayed Fair Deal scheme allowing for a new form of payment, it emerged yesterday. Health Minister Mary Harney confirmed that…

by Alyson Klein The result of the presidential election will likely help determine how much money education programs receive in the 2009 federal fiscal year, which begins this week. But a multi-billion-dollar federal plan to assist the financial markets may leave the next president with…

by ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - More than 90 percent of nursing homes were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, and for-profit homes were more likely to have problems than other types of nursing homes, federal investigators say in a report…