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29th September 2010:  President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, attended the Tallaght Stadium today to mark the success of the Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative, which will support more than 2,000 children through its innovative programmes by 2011. The €15million initial phase of the project has…

Original Source The TILDA study is funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Trinity College Dublin is an Atlantic grantee. The Irish population is getting older at an unprecedented rate, and now a new 10-year study is aiming to make Ireland the best place in the world…

Longer lives, inadequate savings and a slowing economy are among the reasons why more people are working past the average retirement age of 63. by Dave Carpenter Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and…

“We mourn the loss of Fitzhugh Mullan. He was a force for social justice and health equity who touched the lives of countless people. Fitz’s inspiring legacy lives on in the people, programs and policies he nurtured to help bring about fairer, healthier societies.”  -…

[atlpvideo src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PvR4bhDIbsk" height="388" width="560"]The London School of Economics and Political Science is seeking an outstanding scholar and leader for the newly created Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies, whose holder will serve as Director of the International Inequalities Institute. Applications for the post are open now, and close…

By Ailish O’Horaand Programme leaders from Trinity College Dublin met their benefactor - philanthropist and former billionaire Charles 'Chuck' Feeney - at the Global Brain Health Institute conference in San Francisco last week. They were among 70 programme leaders who gathered together from across the…

[caption id="attachment_80972" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Twenty-nine advocates, organizers and artists selected from across the U.S. and South Africa will work to tackle anti-Black racism and white supremacy. Photo: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity[/caption] NEW YORK, NY — The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) named its…

Atlantic President and CEO Christopher G. Oechsli joined Cornell University President Emeritus Frank H. T. Rhodes for a conversation about Atlantic’s founder, Chuck Feeney, and the vision and values behind the foundation’s grantmaking at Cornell and around the world. At the event, Hunter R. Rawlings…

CAMDEN, N.J.—The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers announced plans to establish a national center to improve care for high-need patients who experience poor outcomes despite extreme patterns of hospitalizations or emergency care. Inefficient and ineffective care of these patients has been identified as a driver…

Washington, D.C. - To help implement local outreach efforts to enroll children and families in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the National League of Cities (NLC) today awarded grants and technical assistance to eight cities.The Cities Expanding Health Access for Children and Families…