Results List
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Ireland’s First Centre of Expertise in Geriatric Care
Doctors, researchers and clinical staff at the Centre on Excellence in Ageing at St. James’s Hospital in Dublin are well on their way to changing the care of older people in Ireland. Only two years old, the Centre, led by Dr. Rose Anne Kenny, is…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Encouraging Respect for Differences While Recognising Shared Identities
The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS), based in the Dublin Institute of Technology, is an innovative three-year media initiative (2007-2010) to produce broadcast, photographic and print stories on immigration and integration. The seven project partners aim to influence public opinion and shape immigration policy…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI)
The University College Dublin Foundation Limited received PRTLI grants, described below, from The Atlantic Philanthropies and Higher Education Authority for support for the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and the Molecular Medicine Centre. Taking a big risk in grantmaking has paid off hugely for Ireland and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Fatima Regeneration Board
The local inner cities of Fatima Mansions and Dolphin House in Rialto in Dublin are among the most disadvantaged in Ireland. For more than three decades, the community has struggled to achieve local government support for the area — culminating in the achievement of a…
Resource type: Video
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Making a Difference in the Lives of At-risk Youth and Their Communities
The local inner city communities of Fatima Mansions and Dolphin House in Rialto in Dublin are among the most disadvantaged in Ireland. For more than three decades, the community has struggled to achieve local government support for the area – culminating in the achievement of…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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The Atlantic Philanthropies: Republic of Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This book tells the story of The Atlantic Philanthropies’ 30 years of grantmaking in the Republic of Ireland — investments totaling $1.3 billion to help breathe life into university research, support major advances in human rights, and underwrite joint efforts with government to improve services…
Resource type: Research Report
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Economic Evaluation of Palliative Care in Ireland
Source: Aoife Brick, Charles Normand, Sinéad O’Hara, Samantha Smith, Trinity College Dublin
This report examines the cost of providing palliative care in Ireland for individuals facing life-threatening illnesses, outcomes for patients and families resulting from that care, and the patterns and variations among the measures studied. Focusing their examination on three regional areas, researchers found: Wide variations in…
Resource type: Evaluation
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The Atlantic Philanthropies in the Republic of Ireland: 1987-2014
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Note: In 2017, we published an updated version of this report as part of our Country Books series. Between 1987 and 2014, Atlantic invested over $1.2 billion in the Republic of Ireland to strengthen and grow the higher education system, stimulate a knowledge economy, protect…
Resource type: Research Report
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A Picture of Ageing Research in Ireland, North and South
Source: Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI)
Today 1.1 million people aged 60 and over live on the island of Ireland. By 2041 that number will reach 2.44 million, making up nearly one third of the island’s total population. Over the last decade, Atlantic has made significant investments to help build and…
Resource type: Research Report
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Towards an Inclusive Public Transport Service in Ireland
Source: Immigrant Council of Ireland
Many experiences of racist assault, abuse, graffiti and vandalism of property occur on public transport. Over the past four years, the Immigrant Council of Ireland has coordinated a partnership with public transport companies in greater Dublin to develop robust and proactive anti-racism strategies and policies…
Resource type: Research Report