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by DEAGLáN de BRéADÚN GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS to amalgamate the Equality Authority, Equality Tribunal and Irish Human Rights Commission are being opposed by a broad-based campaign of community and voluntary organisations. An initial meeting organised in Dublin by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) on…

Chuck Feeney's 'historic act of extraordinary generosity' financed transformational change.

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.

On 21 September 2011, Larry Cox, former executive director of Amnesty International USA, gathered his thoughts in a church in Georgia across from the prison where Troy Davis awaited execution. Atlantic support has played a key role in building momentum and making demonstrable progress in…

The business of making social change often has to start from the ground up.  Sometimes literally! Since its inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies has invested over $1.5 billion in a number of capital projects to build the infrastructure that enables health to be advanced, children and…

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISSenate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP)WASHINGTON -- The top Senate Democrat said Tuesday he'd move to force a…

By Lorna Siggins.  YOUNG IRISH people are turning away from political parties for more complex reasons than a general “despair and disillusionment”, according to the founder of a Galway-based national youth website. Advocacy and activism are seen as far more appealing than the “long, slow,…

Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson delivered the third Ray Murphy Lecture hosted by Philanthropy Ireland in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin on 'The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland'. I am pleased to have been invited to give this year’s lecture in the…

New York, June 9, 2009 Kica Matos has been appointed Programme Executive and Head of the U.S. Reconciliation & Human Rights Programme at The Atlantic Philanthropies, effective June 1st. In this capacity, she will focus on national security and human rights within the program's grant portfolio.Matos…

Original Source By DEBORAH BAKER SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Bill Richardson, who has supported capital punishment, signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty, calling it the "most difficult decision in my political life." The new law replaces lethal injection with a sentence…