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Speak Up for Health Coverage for Kids in the U.S.: Join the National Voice for Children
I’m visiting Atlantic’s programmes in Viet Nam right now, and a few days ago a provincial health official proudly told a group of us that the Government recently made health care free for all of the nine million Vietnamese children under the age of six.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Introducing Atlantic Currents
Since the announcement a few months ago of my appointment as President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, I’ve had an unusual opportunity to hear what many people know – and don’t know – about us. Some only know that we were once the “anonymous…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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75% support non-EU workers' right to bring family into State
A STRONG majority of people in Ireland believe that non-EU workers here on a work permit should be able to bring their families to live here with them, and that their family members should be allowed to work here, according to polls conducted by Red…
Author: Sunday Tribune
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Sutherland urges Irish to adapt to needs of migrants
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…
Author: Irish Times
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Atlantic Philanthropies is on its way to spending itself out of existence
By Arthur Beesley John Healy seems more like a university professor than a man who has been in command of a Bermuda-based financial colossus with assets in excess of $4 billion (€3.12 billion). What is more, he is charged with giving all that money away…
Author: The Irish Times
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Not In My Back Yard - A Look At The Undocumented In Ireland
By Aisling Ryan Saint Patrick’s Day brought the usual bowl of Shamrock from Ireland, to the White House this year. But despite the festive mood on March 17, the Irish delegation was focused on developments in the immigration debate, as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepared…
Author: Irish Examiner