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The Tibetan spiritual and political leader the Dalai Lama is to make his third visit to the Republic this April.  The Nobel Peace Laureate will take part in a series of events for the social change initiative "Possibilities 2011", which is run by three Irish-based…

The Atlantic Philanthropies is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Sutton as Country Director for the Republic of Ireland.In this role, she will lead the Atlantic team in the Republic of Ireland, overseeing grantmaking under Atlantic’s Ageing, Children & Youth and Reconciliation & Human…

Interviews with Dermot Ahern TD, Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Kieran Rose, Chair and Co-founder of GLEN, Christopher Robson, Board Member and Co-founder of GLEN, Muriel Walls, Solicitor and Family Law Expert, Dr. Fergus Ryan, Head, Department of Law DIT. The signing of the…

by KITTY HOLLANDTHE CLAIMING Our Future civil society movement, which held its inaugural meeting at the RDS, Dublin in October, is to begin a series of regional meetings in the new year.The first meeting is likely to be in Galway during February, according to Niall…

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…

Christmas good news storiesAs the year draws to a close, we’d like to share two recent good news stories that involve ICI clients.1) A client, a migrant woman who experienced domestic violence, was granted a renewal of her residency status on an independent basis this…

by LORNA SIGGINSIRELAND COULD become home to the next Google, Facebook or Nokia if it stopped paying “lip service” to a younger generation by offering concrete support, the founder of a national social media agency has said.SpunOut.ie director Ruairí McKiernan said his company planned to…

The Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (TWCDI) runs an intensive after school programme, Doodle Den that aims to improve childhood literacy in Tallaght West, a Dublin suburb.Listen to the interview with children taking part in the Doodle Den programme >>(TWCDI  segment starts at 1:39:45)The Tallaght…

The recession is having a major impact on older people with many experiencing high levels of anxiety over the threat of reduced incomes, increased taxes and cuts in vital services, according to a new study. The Inequalities, Pensions and the Recession study, commissioned by the…

By CORMAC O’KEEFFE The criminal justice system is spending "increasing and wasteful" sums of scare resources with poor results, a conference will hear today. Penal reform and children’s groups are calling for a shift from criminal justice to social justice, claiming that "modest investments" in…