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Human Rights Education in Ireland – An Overview
Source: Irish Human Rights Commission
This report by the Irish Human Rights Commission maps the current situation of human rights education in Ireland across a range of sectors; identifies where there are gaps and opportunities; and makes recommendations for the development of a National Action Plan for Human Rights Education…
Resource type: Research Report
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Atlantic Philanthropies SVP Colin McCrea interviewed on the Pat Kenny Show, RTE (Ireland)
Source: Pat Kenny Show, RTE
Colin McCrea, SVP, Atlantic Philanthropies was interviewed on the Pat Kenny Show on Ireland's National Radio station (RTE) recently in a discussion on philanthropy. The morning chat show of 8 July, 2008, broadcast an interview exploring the field of philanthropy and the role it plays…
Resource type: News
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Vietnam eyes closer ties with Ireland
Source: Thanhnien News
Receiving Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Brian Cowen in Hanoi Monday, he said Vietnam would also push ahead with the agreements reached during his visit to Ireland. He thanked the Irish government for its official development assistance commitment to Vietnam for the next…
Resource type: News
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Same-Sex Couple's Lawsuit a Test of Tolerance in Ireland
Source: Boston Globe
Tax Case Seeks Marital Recognition Same-Sex Couple's Lawsuit a Test of Tolerance in Ireland; Tax Case Seeks Marital Recognition. Excerpt: Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan are trying to get the Irish government to recognize their 2003 marriage in Canada. Their legal challenge is essentially…
Resource type: News
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Crumbling walls, damp bedrooms: poverty in Celtic Tiger Ireland
Source: Irish Times
Excerpt: A €15 million initiative funded by Irish-American philanthropist Chuck Feeney aims to help one of Ireland's most deprived areas by integrating public and private efforts to improve people's lives. Kitty Holland reports click here for more: http://www.ireland.com/today.htm (subscription required)
Resource type: News
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Ireland’s Top Teens – The Trailer
''Ireland's Top Teens'' comes to TV screen near you. The show will profile ten youth groups who have taken part in the permanent tsb Foróige Youth Citizenship Programme and are now in the running to be crowned ‘Ireland’s Top Teens’. These groups have been selected…
Resource type: Video
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Economic Evaluation of Palliative Care in Ireland
Source: Aoife Brick, Charles Normand, Sinéad O’Hara, Samantha Smith, Trinity College Dublin
This report examines the cost of providing palliative care in Ireland for individuals facing life-threatening illnesses, outcomes for patients and families resulting from that care, and the patterns and variations among the measures studied. Focusing their examination on three regional areas, researchers found: Wide variations in…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Civil Partnership and Ireland: How a Minority Achieved a Majority
Source: Clear Thinking Communications & Center for Evaluation Innovation
In 2010, Ireland enacted some of the most far-reaching legal protections for gay and lesbian couples in the world. The case study describes the story of how this historic legislation gained passage in a largely Catholic country that just 16 years earlier had decriminalised homosexual…
Resource type: Research Report
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“Positive Ageing” – Momentum Builds in Ireland
Source: Ageing Well Network
Atlantic grantees were active this week in building momentum in Ireland for adoption of progressive positive ageing strategies so that older people can live full lives. Ageing Well Network Conference and Major Report The New Agenda on Ageing conference, held by grantee the Ageing Well…
Resource type: News
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Not Just a Numbers Game: Budget Cuts Threaten Those Already Struggling
Source: Gara LaMarche
“Oh, I really feel we’ve been led up the garden path…We are the people that worked. We put this country on its feet, and we’re the people that are being hit every which way.” - Diane, age 81, in Dublin, Ireland Across many of the geographies…
Resource type: News
