Giving / philanthropy, Ireland

A fundraising drive which will see a builder sell two four-bed houses is close to raising €1.5 million for a new cystic fibrosis (CF) unit in Cork University Hospital.
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'Are Ireland's rich all like Scrooge?' an article in the Irish Times has asked. The context for the question is the next Ireland Funds conference on big gift giving in Ireland which asks why people of Irish extraction in the US should give to Irish causes if local wealthy people don't give.

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U2 singer and Third World campaigner Bono has called on business to do more to help in the fight against AIDS. The call came as Bono launched the new American Express RED card at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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The American Ireland Fund is to give $1 million to Sesame Street to produce 26 shows that teach tolerance to Northern Ireland children. The funding follows research which found that children as young as three years old have sectarian beliefs.

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Atlantic Philanthropies, one of Europe's largest charitable foundations, has made a ‚€10 million donation to a Cork based charity. St Patrick's Hospital cares for terminally ill patients throughout Cork city and county.

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Research carried out by the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action has found that more than nine out of ten people in Northern Ireland make donations averaging £12.76 per month and as much as an additional £44 million could be raised if people used Gift Aid.

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Salesforce.com, the US software firm which has its European base in Dublin, is funding a programme to help people who are homeless in Dublin return to education and work. The City of Dublin YMCA was one of 21 organisations worldwide to share more than ‚€100,000 from Salesforce.com.

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Following reports in the UK press that some charities working nationally are down as much as 30% in their fundraising because of the impact of Third World disaster appeals, particularly the tsunami, some Irish charities have confirmed a similar trend.

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Irish people are expected to give 450 million euro to charity this year, according to a new wide ranging study on charitable giving in Ireland. The study, Good Intentions: Consumer Preferences for Charities in Ireland, was undertaken by research body Amarach Consulting.

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A Galway publican's generosity is set to provide a windfall estimated at ‚€10 million for the local branch of St Vincent de Paul. The charity was left a pub by Maureen O'Connell, a spinster who died in 1998.

The Galway city centre pub left in the will will be sold later this year. Legal issues delayed the sale until this year.
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