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Game Changer: The Atlantic Philanthropies
By Nicole Richards Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of US billionaire Chuck Feeney’s The Atlantic Philanthropies on why philanthropy is a force multiplier, the difference between ‘venture’ and ‘adventure’ philanthropy, and lessons learned from a limited life foundation. “It’s a real honour to talk…
Author: Generosity
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Chuck Feeney: The Billionaire Who Is Trying To Go Broke
This story appears in the October 8th issue of Forbes magazine — “Making it Big, Giving it Big” — the first Forbes 400 devoted entirely to philanthropy. By Steven Bertoni On a cool summer afternoon at Dublin’s Heuston Station, Chuck Feeney, 81, gingerly stepped off a…
Author: Forbes
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Universities honour philanthropist Chuck Feeney
A conferring ceremony is under way in Dublin Castle this afternoon to honour the Founder of Atlantic Philanthropies Chuck Feeney. Universities from across the island of Ireland are jointly conferring him with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws. It is the first time ever that all…
Author: RTE News Ireland
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Universities to honour philanthropist Feeney in unprecedented joint move
PATSY McGARRY ALL UNIVERSITIES on the island of Ireland are to jointly confer an honorary Doctorate of Laws on philanthropist Charles (“Chuck”) Feeney next month. The ceremony, on September 6th, will take place at Dublin Castle with Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Education and…
Author: The Irish Times
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How gay marriage went mainstream
The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network is an Atlantic grantee. Kathy Sheridan THE GAY WEDDING BUS is revving up. In the driving seat is Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, sporting a big red T-shirt with the message, “Civil partnership is NOT marriage equality”. Behind him, highly excited,…
Author: The Irish Times
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UN review puts Irish human rights record under scrutiny
MARK KELLY Thu, Oct 06, 2011 OPINION: MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter and senior officials are in Geneva today, facing a series of tough questions posed by our European neighbours and by other UN member states on Ireland’s human rights record. The hearing forms part of…
Author: The Irish Times
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It is up to us to uphold human rights
Uprisings in North Africa show change only happens if we demand it, writes Colm O’Gorman. IN just five months ordinary men and women have overall thrown governments in Egypt and Tunisia. Right now others are fighting, and dying, to oust Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi. In…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Fighting Ageism in Ireland
This is the first in a short series of posts recognizing the contribution of The Atlantic Philanthropies to the improvement of lives of older people in Ireland. Charles ( Chuck) Feeney is an Irish American businessman who in 1982 set up the Atlantic Philanthropies. This is one…
Author: The Silver Voice
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Pupils benefit from teachers’ management training
By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent PUPILS whose teachers take classroom management training are better behaved and have a better chance in the education system, research suggests. The study examined the behaviour of 217 pupils in 22 infant classes at 11 Limerick schools, some of whose…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Keeping Memory Alive
It wasn’t easy ten years ago when 19 people from diverse backgrounds in Northern Ireland came together to talk about setting up the Healing Through Remembering (HTR) Project. Intense feelings and bitter memories of the conflict made it sometimes hard to be in the same…
Author: Gara LaMarche
