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Mental health funding to help break down barriers
A South Tipperary disability and mental health project has received funding which will enable a number of people to receive special care, suited to their needs. The grant, from the Genio Trust, will fund a project in St. Luke’s Hospital in Clonmel, helping them to…
Author: South Tipp Today
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€58m Replacement Care Centre and Hospital Opens in Cork
A new €58 million palliative care centre and hospital was officially opened yesterday in Curraheen, Cork, following the transfer of patients from the facility’s previous home on the city’s northside at a site that was in operation for more than 100 years. Kevin O’Dwyer, chief…
Author: The Irish Times
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Public Asked to Support 'Social Impact Bonds'
By Patsy McGarry The public are being asked to identify the social issues and/or interventions that have the most potential for a scheme of what are called social impact bonds. A social impact bond (SIB) is a public-private contract in which the relevant public-sector entity agrees…
Author: The Irish Times
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Palliative care hospital opens to public
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…
Author: The Irish Times
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Limerick hotel’s blast from past with time capsule
By Nick Rabbitts THE Limerick Leader’s County Edition of June 8, 1991, was just one of the artefacts recovered from a time capsule to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel. Twenty years ago this week, the Castletroy Park Hotel threw open…
Author: Limerick Leader
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Our Founder's 80th: a Tribute
Our Founder, Chuck Feeney, turns 80 tomorrow. Visit our special site dedicated to his legacy of “Giving While Living”. >>Visit the site
Author: The Atlantic Phianthropies
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Forum calls on citizens to help reinvigorate nation
A NATIONAL gathering of concerned citizens is to be held in the summer with a view to re-invigorating Ireland’s democratic institutions and restoring trust in public life. We the Citizens, an independent national forum aimed at showing the benefits of public engagement with national decision…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Human Investment Proves Capital Idea
by James McCullough A DESIRE to invest in human capital and help people prompted Wotif.com co-founder Andrew Brice to start giving away millions of dollars. Media-shy Mr Brice yesterday revealed how he had joined a growing number of multimillionaire philanthropists giving away millions to credible…
Author: The Courier-Mail
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Barnardos raises €8.5m funding
By GORDON DEEGAN ONE OF IRELAND’S best known children’s charities, Barnardos, has bucked the trend in the recession by increasing the amount it raised in 2009 through fundraising to €8.5 million. Figures by Barnardos Republic of Ireland Ltd show that the chief factor behind the…
Author: The Irish Times
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Imagining great Irish culture
by Paul Keating The political and economic news from Ireland continues to spin out of control seemingly in a more troubled downward spiral as the government collapses, and the citizenry hopes to change that direction with new elections. The doom and gloom cycle continues unabated,…
Author: Irish Central