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MORE THAN 1,800 people have signed up for a tour of a new €60 million palliative care hospital in Cork before its official opening next month.After 141 years of providing care to the sick and elderly, Mary-mount/St Patrick’s Hospital is leaving its historical city home…

Spanish actress-turned film director Mabel Lozano (pictured here with producer Monica Lopez and 2010 Award Winner Dearbhla Glynn) scooped top prize in the prestigious ICCL Human Rights Film Awards at the Irish Film Institute this evening (Wednesday, 15 June 2011). Lozano first caught the public…

On 30 May 2011 the Department of Education and Skills, the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) and the Gay & Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), an Atlantic grantee, launched Including Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Students in School Policies: Guidelines for Principals, a set…

An Animation created for Mayo Children's Initiative in conjunction with St. Brendan's Community College Belmulet and The Galway Film centre with Tutor Aideen Barry.   More on the Mayo Children's Initiative >>

Former Supreme Court judge and president of the Law Reform Commission Catherine McGuinness has become a sponsor of the Irish Refugee Council, expressing an interest in promoting comprehensive reform of the asylum system. “For many years I have watched with concern how the lack of…

youngballymun is a complex community change initiative that is working to improve the learning and well-being outcomes for all children and young people in Ballymun.  Adopting a life-cycle approach from pregnancy and infancy and right through to early adulthood, youngballymun supports the integration of evidence-based…

This video highlights Ann Dillon's personal story of disability as compiled by Genio, an Atlantic grantee that works to ensure that disabled people have the support necessary to live full lives in their communities.

This video highlights Don Bailey's personal story of disability as compiled by Genio, an Atlantic grantee that works to ensure that disabled people have the support necessary to live full lives in their communities.

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By Eilish O'Regan Elderly parents are bailing out their adult children with gifts of cash or assets, while regularly helping to care for their grandchildren too.The rise of the "granny nannies" is confirmed in a comprehensive study on ageing published yesterday.Nearly half of respondents cared for…