Recruitment / people, Ireland

Irish President, Mary McAleese, will be the keynote speaker at a seminar in Dublin on 14th April, "Realising the Power and Potential of Women’s Philanthropy".

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has appointed its first chief executive.

The American Ireland Fund has announced the appointment of Kieran McLoughlin as its new CEO with immediate effect.

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

Tanya Harrington has been appointed as Director of the new NTR Foundation which has been established by Irish company NTR plc.

Mrs Martie Boyd MBE has stepped down as executive director of Northern Ireland's largest independent charitable trust, Ulster Garden Villages (UGV).

Two experienced Irish fundraisers have recently taken up new positions, with one leading a campaign in Italy.

Fundraising Ireland, a networking organisation for fundraisers, has made a number of new appointments to its board.

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.

‘Black santas’ in Belfast and Dublin have gone on the street to collect money for charity during the Christmas period.