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The Irish America Hall of Fame officially opens in Ireland
By Patrick O’Brien The Irish America Hall of Fame is officially inaugurated in Wexford today with Irish Tourism Minister Leo Varadekar doing the honors along with inductee Michael Flatley. The Irish America Magazine Hall of Fame is located near the shore where John F.Kennedy’s family…
Author: Irish Central
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Atlantic Quietly Closes Its Doors in Ireland After 30 Years of Philanthropy
Chuck Feeney’s ‘historic act of extraordinary generosity’ financed transformational change By Simon Carswell It ended as it began – quietly, low key, with no fanfare. The Dublin office of Atlantic Philanthropies closed this week as billionaire Chuck Feeney, who gave away his €7 billion fortune through it,…
Author: The Irish Times
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Not Just a Numbers Game: Budget Cuts Threaten Those Already Struggling
“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…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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€6.6bn Later ... Atlantic Philanthropies Holds Final Irish Board Meeting
Taoiseach praises organisation for its contribution to NI peace, education, healthcare By Colm Keena A file image of Charles F. ‘Chuck’ Feeney, founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, before he was conferred an Honorary Degree jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South at a ceremony in…
Author: The Irish Times
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Ensuring That Vital Resources for the Poor Aren’t “Left on the Table”
Helping vulnerable and disadvantaged people to make lasting changes in their living conditions is at the core of Atlantic’s mission, and in every country in which we work there is significant and sometimes – as in the United States – growing inequality. The persistence of…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Pensioners given the voice to fight against fuel poverty
Original Source Age Sector Platform is an Atlantic grantee. Photo: CAMPAIGN: Bill Carson, Alison McElhinney and Phil Evans at the age sector platform PICTURE: Hugh Russell FIFTY-ONE per cent of all households experiencing fuel poverty in Northern Ireland are pensioner households. In Northern Ireland almost…
Author: Irish News
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Elderly will turn off heat to save cash
Almost 40% of people over 50 in Northern Ireland are planning to cut back on heating their homes because of growing financial strain, according to a new survey. Shock figures revealed that older people are so worried about how they will cope with the spike…
Author: Belfast Telegraph
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Citizens Advice Provides New Home for A2B’s Ground-Breaking Internet Service
A2B Chair John Keanie (left) hands over the reins to A2B’s groundbreaking web-based services to Derek Alcorn, Chief Executive, Citizens Advice (Northern Ireland). Today marks the hand-over to Citizens Advice (Northern Ireland) of a ground-breaking, 5 year development project that has helped pump £50m into…
Author: Citizens Advice
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10th Anniversary - The Omagh Bombing - 'Public inquiry would help us all to move on'
“I won’t be long.” Those were the last words Michael Gallagher heard his son Aiden say as he left to buy jeans in Omagh on August 15, 1998. The 58-year-old has been very much the public voice and face of the bomb victims over the…
Author: Irish News
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Chuck Feeney: Giving It All Away
Atlantic Philanthropies has this year wound itself up as quietly as it arrived in Ireland more than 30 years ago, after dispensing €1bn on Irish projects. Our reporter profiles Chuck Feeney — the billionaire backer of an extraordinary foundation. By Liam Collins Everybody you meet…
Author: Independent.ie