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Irish Universities Look to Graduates for Funds as Atlantic Goes West
Philanthropist Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney being conferred an Honorary Degree jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South at a ceremony in Dublin Castle. Photograph: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES By Louise Holden Last year University of Limerick expressed its gratitude to the…
Author: The Irish Times
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The Irish-American Billionaire Who Gave Away His Fortune
Chuck Feeney with Ed Walsh, then president of University of Limerick, and Frank Rhodes, president of Cornell, meeting in Plessy House, Limerick, in 1988 at the beginning of a process that would translate into hundreds of millions for higher education in Ireland. Chuck Feeney, ‘the…
Author: The Irish Times
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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
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Criticism of conditions in asylum hostels
By Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent. An organisation which works with asylum seekers in Limerick has hit out at the living conditions in hostels. Doras Lumni, set up 10 years ago, provides a wide range of services, including English language classes to up to 700 asylum seekers,…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Atlantic Celebrates the Life and Music of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
In this 2011 video, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and students at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance reflect on the Academy, music and their relationship with Atlantic’s founder Chuck Feeney. We share this video in celebration of the life of Irish composer, musician and…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Celebrating Irishness: Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney
Charles Feeney was born to a working class family in New Jersey, USA in the early 1930′s. His father’s mother hailed from near Kinawley, in Co Fermanagh, from where she emigrated to the USA. In the 1960′s he co-founded Duty Free Shoppers, which sold luxury…
Author: The Silver Voice
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University foundation grants hit €8.2m
The University of Limerick Foundation gave out €8.2 million in grants last year, after a sharp rise in donations and gifts, writes Gavin Daly. The foundation’s figures for the 12 months to the end of August last show an increase in income and expenditure compared…
Author: Sunday Business Post
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Chuck Feeney's Legacy Lives on as Philanthropic Fund Winds Down
By Ailish O’Horaand Programme leaders from Trinity College Dublin met their benefactor – philanthropist and former billionaire Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney – at the Global Brain Health Institute conference in San Francisco last week. They were among 70 programme leaders who gathered together from across the…
Author: Irish Independent
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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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Chuck Feeney: The Billionaire Who Gave It All Away
In 2003, Chuck Feeney signed off on a decision to spend all of his fortune in his lifetime. “Giving while living,” he called it. By Conor O’Clery Chuck Feeney today is a man of no property. He and his wife Helga live in a modest rented…
Author: The Irish Times
