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Civil society movement plans more meetings
Source: The Irish Times
by KITTY HOLLANDTHE CLAIMING Our Future civil society movement, which held its inaugural meeting at the RDS, Dublin in October, is to begin a series of regional meetings in the new year.The first meeting is likely to be in Galway during February, according to Niall…
Resource type: News
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Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is Accepting Applications for 2011-2012
Source: Health and Aging Policy Fellows
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is a unique opportunity for professionals in health and aging to receive the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The following is an…
Resource type: News
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Clinton told of Ireland's human rights failings
Source: The Irish Times
By Lara Marlow. THE DIRECTOR of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has asked US officials to question the Irish Government about its human rights record. Mark Kelly, an international human rights lawyer who lectures on human rights at UCD, met with the US…
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St. James’s Hospital Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing, Dublin, Ireland
The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St. James ‘s Hospital in Dublin is an example of a capital investment that went beyond mere construction. Atlantic offered the hospital a matching grant of €2.7 million over five years in 2004 enabling the hospital to obtain a long-sought…
Resource type: Video
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Opposition to Health Law Is Steeped in Tradition
Source: The New York Times
By David Leonhardt. “We are against forcing all citizens, regardless of need, into a compulsory government program,” said one prominent critic of the new health care law. It is socialized medicine, he argued. If it stands, he said, “one of these days, you and I…
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A Mayo child's wish for Christmas .....
Source: Mayo Today
Mayo Children’s Initiative (MCI) is celebrating children this Christmas by showcasing their wishes and hopes for one another in shop windows in Castlebar, Ballina, Ballinrobe and Belmullet.Displays of red and green cut-outs of children’s hands with heartfelt hand written wishes were unveiled on December 10th,…
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Assembly approval to Commissioner for Older People
Source: Age NI
Plans to appoint a Commissioner for Older People received the seal of approval today as it passed its final stage in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Commissioner for Older People Bill has been extensively reviewed by the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Office of the…
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Immigrant Activists Regroup
Source: The Nation
by Daniel AltschulerOver the past decade, the immigrants' rights movement has become one of this country's strongest grassroots forces. Nationwide, grassroots groups and legislative coalitions have mobilized millions of people to protest punitive enforcement laws, promote legalization for undocumented people and demand access to state…
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Better future for mothers, babies
Source: BuaNews
Compiled by the Government Communication and Information SystemPretoria - A project which combines a wide range of technologies is expected to improve maternal and newborn health.The Maternal and Newborn Health Technology Initiative (MNTI) focuses mainly on introducing lifesaving technologies, standardising maternal and newborn health practices…
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Empower people to help themselves
Source: Philanthropy SA
By Jay Naidoo. I WOULD like to recommend that we think of philanthropy not simply as a means of "giving back", but as a means of 'giving forward'. Taken this way, philanthropy can be seen as a means to promote the stability of African society…
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