New media, Ireland

A leading social media consultant believes that charities in Ireland are "much slower on the uptake" than commercial organisations when it comes to social media.

The Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children (NICFC) in partnership with the Belfast Telegraph is using a widget developed by mobile fundraising provider InstaGiv to raise funds using a combination o

The first ever Irish Fundraisers' Tweetup will take place from 5-7pm on 24 February in the Clarence Hotel, Dublin.

As the Society of Vincent de Paul (SVP) launched its annual appeal coming up to Christmas it has revealed that its online donations are down 30% on the previous year.

Children's charity the Variety Club is to boost its fundraising by integrating text message donations as part of its latest fundraising campaign.

A new social enterprise providing Internet security for children online hopes to raise €5 million for children's charities over the first five years of its operation, according to a report in the

The Institute of Fundraising NI has launched their new series of Lunchtime Bites on the theme of ‘Fundraising through New Media’.

Payment services company Realex has reported that the number of online charity donations has soared as Irish people make donations to charities helping in Haiti.

Dublin Simon Community has launched a new interactive fundraising tool on their website that is designed to bring the public closer to the work done by the organisation and to encourage donations.

An Irish children’s charity has set up a website offering cash for unwanted gold.