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Chuck Feeney charity funds citizens' assembly idea, national citizens’ assembly
Source: The Irish Times
By Mary Minihan.ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES has given €630,000 to a new initiative aimed at encouraging people to engage with the political system through a national citizens’ assembly. The chairman of We The Citizens, Fiach Mac Conghail, who is also director of the Abbey Theatre, said most…
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An age-old problem
Source: The Irish Times
By Michelle McDonagh. It is estimated that up to 5 per cent of older Irish people are victims of elder abuse, although some advocates for the elderly believe this figure represents only the tip of the iceberg and that the actual extent of abuse still…
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Minister takes a stand
Source: Irish Independent
Trinity College Dublin has opened a new 30m state-of-the-art sports centre, partly funded by billionaire American philanthropist Chuck Feeney and the university's students. Facilities in the building on the corner of Pearse Street and Westland Row include a 25-metre swimming pool and a spectacular 19-metre…
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Chuck Feeney: The Billionaire Who Gave It All Away
Source: The Irish Times
[caption id="attachment_81715" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In 2003, Chuck Feeney signed off on a decision to spend all of his fortune in his lifetime. “Giving while living,” he called it.[/caption] By Conor O'Clery Chuck Feeney today is a man of no property. He and his wife Helga live…
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Celebrating Irishness: Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney
Source: The Silver Voice
Charles Feeney was born to a working class family in New Jersey, USA in the early 1930′s. His father’s mother hailed from near Kinawley, in Co Fermanagh, from where she emigrated to the USA.In the 1960′s he co-founded Duty Free Shoppers, which sold luxury goods…
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The Next Generation of Leaders Advocating for Brain Health
Source: The Lancet
By Dana Smith A monologist, a musician, an event producer, and an animal behaviourist are working to change how society thinks about aging and dementia. These individuals are part of the first cohort of Atlantic Fellows at the Global Brain Health Institute and are using…
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€6.6bn Later ... Atlantic Philanthropies Holds Final Irish Board Meeting
Source: The Irish Times
Taoiseach praises organisation for its contribution to NI peace, education, healthcare By Colm Keena [caption id="attachment_80045" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A file image of Charles F. ‘Chuck’ Feeney, founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, before he was conferred an Honorary Degree jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South…
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Childhood Intervention Programme Sees Kids’ IQ Soar
Source: Irish Examiner
An early childhood intervention programme, involving 200 Dublin families, saw children’s IQ rise by 10 points. [caption id="attachment_77213" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Marian Dennis and her son Jamie McClure Dennis. Picture: Conor Healy Photography[/caption] By Joyce Fegan The trial programme, Preparing for Life, which ran from 2008…
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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…
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Spreading the wealth
Source: Sunday Business Post
Chuck Feeney has given most of his vast fortune to charities while steering clear of the limelight. Irish people should follow his lead, writes Colin McCrea, who is a vice-president of his organisation. Unseen and unheard - and that's just the way he wanted it…
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