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PhD researchers struggling with the cost of living, cancer research charity warns

Research bodies are ‘not able to attract and retain talent’ because people cannot afford to live in the cities where the research is happening

AIB to exempt all non-profits from negative interest charges

The bank is broadening the range of eligible bodies ahead of imposing the rate on personal customers with balances of more than €1 million

Government cancels €950k annual grant for public database of non-profits

A review by the Department of Public Expenditure found that Benefacts, which is shutting down in March, was not providing ‘sufficient quantifiable value’

Gates says Feeney deserves more credit for growing wealth

Microsoft co-founder was inspired by the Irish philanthropist who made a fortune in duty-free shopping and successfully invested it before giving it all away

Charities’ Vat refunds to be capped at €1m

Representative bodies welcome the move, designed to give smaller organisations a fairer share of the benefits

‘Fashion revolution’ as charity sales platform launches app

The founders of the website, which carries goods from 98 per cent of charity shops in Ireland, are also expanding the service to Britain

Beleaguered ChildFund Ireland ‘open to takeovers or mergers’

Interim charity chief executive paused previous merger talks during investigation by regulator which found ‘excessive and inappropriate spending’ by the former chief and finance director

ChildFund Ireland was warned in 2017 over ‘excessive’ salaries to key managers

Report by Charities Regulator finds that levels of pay to executives ‘may be considered tantamount to mismanagement of public funds’

‘The number one rule is that we never judge anyone’

Covid-19 hit the already vulnerable homeless community with tremendous force, but charities such as Penny Dinners, Cope Galway and Inner City Helping Homeless are working overtime to ameliorate the worst of the crisis

Embattled Irish arm of ChildFund gets €60k

Under investigation by the Charities Regulator, and following a drop in donations, the children’s charity is facing serious funding challenges

Comment: Our reserves were not built to survive long Covid

The Asthma Society of Ireland wants to end deaths from the condition by 2030, but the prolonged pandemic has heaped pressure on its services

Homeless charity’s frontline staff have yet to get vaccines

Three Alice Leahy Trust workers who provide face-to-face services to homeless people have been waiting eight weeks for their Covid-19 jabs

Buckley winds down Haiti charity

Haven Community Foundation, founded by the former INM chairman and supported by Denis O’Brien, had faced funding problems

How I work: ‘You can change the hand you’re dealt and take control of your career’

If you want a career that matches your values and passions, ActionAid’s Siobhán McGee advises to keep learning, research when you can and be strategic when choosing roles

O’Leary charity sells €22m worth of Ryanair shares

Gigginstown health, education and sporting charity garnered €6 million profit from holding

‘I know the club has made an awful lot of difference in the way my life has turned out’

Even though Belvedere Youth Club lies in the shadow of the IFSC, many of its members exist in a pocket of extreme social disadvantage

Santa pays a flying visit to Galway’s Winter Wonderland

Johnny Farrell hopes the Woodland Winter Wonderland fundraiser will raise at least €20,000 for the Jack and Jill Foundation