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By Arthur Beesley John Healy seems more like a university professor than a man who has been in command of a Bermuda-based financial colossus with assets in excess of $4 billion (€3.12 billion). What is more, he is charged with giving all that money 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.

Australia’s Prime Minister praises biomedical research at the University of Queensland as an example of what can be achieved when government, universities and philanthropy work together in partnership.It is good to be back home; it's good to be back in Brisbane; good to be back…

In keeping with Atlantic Founding Chairman Charles F. Feeney’s Giving While Living approach to philanthropy, Atlantic will conclude its grantmaking by 2016 with the objective of addressing big urgent problems-- with maximum impact – in a limited timeframe. This article looks at an example of…

by Carol Coulter The Human Rights Commission has sought an urgent meeting with the Department of Justice to discuss the cut of 24 per cent in its budget, which it said will leave it completely unable to perform its functions. In a statement following a…