Major gift, Ireland

A former Coca Cola executive from Northern Ireland has donated $200,000 to the University of Ulster.

A Northern Ireland company founded by one of Northern Ireland’s wealthiest men, Edward Haughey, is giving £1 million to the University of Ulster.

Atlantic Philanthropies founding Chairman Charles "Chuck" Feeney has became the 59th person to sign the Giving Pledge, the initiative of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet to invite the wealthie

Irish newspaper the Sunday Independent has identified the person it claims is "the foremost Irish philanthropist" - Declan Ryan, who last week made a €10 million donation to build schools in Sri Lanka

Speaking in Dublin last week, Chuck Feeney, one of the world's major philanthropists, has told Irish journalist Conor O’Cleary that he has some reservations about The Giving Pledge, the effort by Warr

Prominent Northern Ireland industrialist and philanthropist Sir Allen McClay, 80, has died in America where he had gone for medical treatment.

A new report into philanthropy in Ireland indicates that it is not inevitable that major giving will decline during the current recession and an unprecedented fall in the paper wealth of many of Irela

Billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney has said that his foundation is prepared to help Ireland through the recession.

An Irish telecoms tycoon has used €1 million of his fortune to found a charity and has set himself a target of €7.5 million to build and repair houses for Haiti’s poor.

CCS Europe, one of the world's leading fundraising consultancies, has raised £6 million of its £7 million target for the 'Planning For The Future' appeal. The appeal, which is ahead of schedule, is for the Catholic disocese of Down and Connor for cathedral restoration, priest retirement and lay education.