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# Charities Bill
Rehab Group call on Justice Minister to withdraw €9k profit remarks
During a debate on the Charities Bill last night, Minister Alan Shatter revealed that the scheme made just €9,000 profit despite €3 million worth of sales.
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Jan 22nd 2014, 9:28 AM
# Oireachtas agenda
Poolbeg Incinerator, Irish Water and everything else happening in Leinster House today
What’s going on in Leinster House? Well, as you asked…
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Jan 22nd 2014, 9:00 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Should Paul Kiely have to give back his CRC retirement package?
A former CRC chairman said that Kiely worked hard over three decades so “it is not as if he has not been entitled to some of it”.
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Jan 18th 2014, 10:15 AM
# charities regulatory authority
Dáil to debate Sinn Féin bill on charities regulator
The bill would see the Charities Regulatory Authority up and running by mid-2014.
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Jan 18th 2014, 9:41 AM
# Charities
Shatter: Charity regulatory board will be set up by Easter
All registered charities will have to provide reports to the authority each year on their activities.
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Jan 17th 2014, 6:20 PM
# Charities
Charity regulator to be appointed in the second half of this year, says Reilly
Minister James Reilly said while he thought taking the CRC under state control was ‘premature’ he was not ruling it out.
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Jan 17th 2014, 2:32 PM
Voices
Column: Why are so many vital services being provided by charities in the first place?
We must – of course – question the behaviour and practises of Irish charities, but should also ask why they are providing so many vital services instead of the State, writes Ruairí McKiernan.
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Jan 8th 2014, 1:00 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you need to know on the final day of 2013.
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Dec 31st 2013, 8:51 AM
# Donations
The government is giving €1 million to charities this Christmas
The donations to three different charities were approved at Cabinet today.
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Dec 17th 2013, 6:53 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should the government have greater control of charities?
Minister Alan Shatter has already said legislation for a regulator is being considered, but do you think it’s a good idea?
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Dec 14th 2013, 10:12 AM
# Aodhán O'Riordáin
Outgoing CRC chief will not attend Oireachtas hearing on top-ups scandal
Brian Conlan tendered his resignation today and has said that he thinks his replacement should come from outside the CRC.
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Dec 9th 2013, 11:25 PM
Voices
Column: Tarring all charities with the same brush hurts vulnerable people
Worried about how your charitable donation is being spent? Don’t cancel your contribution, ask where it’s going – and expect a straight answer, writes CEO of Fundraising Ireland Anne Hanniffy.
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Dec 2nd 2013, 8:00 PM
# top-ups
HSE were sent reports stating a portion of salaries were being paid with lottery proceeds, says CRC
It was agreed that lottery funds would fund the difference between approved pay scales and contractually agreed contracts, and the HSE knew this, said the CRC.
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Dec 2nd 2013, 7:09 PM
# typhoon haiyan
'Cash, not second-hand clothes please,' Irish NGOs appeal to donors
Aid agencies say transportation of second hand goods can sometimes mean essential supplies don’t make it to where they’re needed.
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Nov 30th 2013, 5:34 PM
# Charities
Jack & Jill CEO: 'I get no top-up payments, no bonus, no pension'
Jonathan Irwin said charity staff having their salaries topped up with money from donations is “damaging”.
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Nov 29th 2013, 9:20 PM
# typhoon haiyan
Concern CEO: We need to look beyond short-term aid in Philippines
The aid agency is overseeing a programme to renovate 2,000 damaged fishing boats in areas where fishing communities were devastated by the storm.
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Nov 23rd 2013, 5:25 PM
Voices
Column: Collaboration, though not easy, is essential for charities to make a difference
It’s very rare that a social justice ‘win’ can be claimed by any one group – but when civil society organisations come together to fight for a cause, the results are inspiring, writes Anna Visser on National Giving Week.
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Nov 11th 2013, 1:00 PM
# Arthur's Day
Youth charity calls on Arthur's Day acts to donate fees to alcohol abuse groups
SpunOut.ie says the musical acts can acknowledge the effect alcohol can have by donating their performance fee.
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Sep 23rd 2013, 12:45 PM
# Child Abuse
Charities warn that children in care are at risk of sexual exploitation
It follows the revelation this week that over thirty people have been arrested in Northern Ireland as part of a major child abuse investigation.
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Sep 18th 2013, 6:29 PM
# Austerity
Charities speaking in Leinster House have a bottom line: 'No more cuts'
Barnardos chief executive Fergus Finlay says that policy makers seem to ‘regard children as being the cause for the mess we’re in’.
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Sep 11th 2013, 1:11 PM
# Unpaid
Charity funds remain unpaid as Event Elephant petition for examinership
Several charity organisations claims that Event Elephant owes them money as interim examiner is appointed.
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Jul 23rd 2013, 6:14 AM
# Charity
Charities regulator to be in operation by 2014
New Charities Regulatory Authority will be funded by charities by way of “modest annual registration fee”.
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Jul 10th 2013, 2:31 PM
# Property Tax
Pyrite homes, disabled accommodation to receive Property Tax exemption
The moves are outlined in a Bill published this afternoon which amends the Property Tax scheme before it begins in July.
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Feb 13th 2013, 3:34 PM
# No butts
Recycling project turning cigarette butts into plastic
Entrepreneur has turned a creative eye on all kinds of refuse that would previously have gone straight to landfill.
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Feb 2nd 2013, 10:30 AM
# write for rights
Amnesty launches Christmas letter campaign
Azza Hilal Ahmad Suleiman’s story is one of 12 the human rights group wants to highlight – and get help with – before 2012 is out.
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Dec 7th 2012, 7:15 AM
# goodwill
Ulster Bank customers can now donate to charities at ATMs
The Giving Scheme was launched across Ireland and Northern Ireland yesterday.
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Oct 19th 2012, 6:30 AM
# Charities
Two thirds of charities report increase in demand for services
The past three years have seen a surge in demand for the service of charities – but also a significant drop in income – according to a new report.
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Oct 2nd 2012, 12:29 PM
Voices
Column: Charities need our trust – so they require tighter regulation
The non-profit sector generates €6billion a year but goes virtually unregulated, writes Michael Moriarty. Isn’t it time this changed?
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Sep 19th 2012, 7:00 AM
# Charities
Calls for accountability and regulation in the charity sector
A Labour senate group will table a motion this week calling for the implementation of the 2009 Charities Act.
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Sep 16th 2012, 3:04 PM
# Charities
Age Action is latest charity to ask staff for unpaid leave
The elderly outreach charity says sustained cuts to statutory funding are making it a struggle to balance its books.
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Aug 21st 2012, 6:30 PM
# non-profit
Non-profit transparency database to close due to lack of funding
The database collected information and funding, salaries and spending in non-profits and charities.
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Jun 28th 2012, 9:30 PM
# Recession
Report: Ireland will soon have fewer charities
The survey found that the future outlook for many non-profits is questionable…and boards may have to decide to cease operations altogether.
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Apr 10th 2012, 1:10 PM
# Charities
Action needed to secure charity independence, suggests report
A report published by an umbrella body of Irish charities says legal changes are needed to allow charities to flourish.
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Feb 21st 2011, 4:26 PM
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