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World’s Wealthiest Men Join Bill Gates to Raise $4 Billion To End Polio
At the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi late last week, the world’s two richest men made a bit of philanthropic history. Carlos Slim...
Twitter Helped Belfast Woman ‘Find Missing Mum’
Twitter and the kindness of strangers brought home an Irish mom with dementia, after her daughter decided to post her photo when she'd gone...
Queen Invites 10,000 Random British Subjects to Palace Picnic and Concert (w/ Video)
Day 3 of the UK celebration marking Queen Elizabeth's 60-year reign began with a picnic of smoked salmon in the palace gardens for 10,000 UK...
Son Moved by Mother’s 100 year-old Letter to Santa Found in a Chimney
An Irish man received a touching Christmas gift when a 100-year-old letter from his mother to Santa was printed in a newspaper. The scorched...
Americans are the Most Generous, Global Poll Finds
Americans give more to help others than the residents of 152 other countries, according to a new global survey.
The poll, conducted last year with...
Beloved Teddy Bear Flown Home by Caring Airline
A woman's frantic search for her daughter’s “irreplaceable” teddy bear left on a Ryanair flight to Lanzarote at the start of November ended on...
Inspiring 9/11 Story: A Massai Warrior’s Unexpected Gift to America
In the days following 9/11, Americans were in shock and grieving—but so were others around the world who offered extraordinary gestures of support to a country that...
British Air to Send Jumbo Jet of Aid to Drought-hit Africa, Irish Famine Memory Spurs Donations There
In the coming days, British Airways will send a jumbo jet full of supplies for crisis-hit East Africans. Carrying aid from Oxfam and Unicef,...
22 Year-old Plays His Way into Golf Stardom: Rory’s a Celtic Tiger, With Class
For 15 years golf needed Tiger. He made the game more popular, more accessible, more interesting, by virtue of his virtuosic play and dominance...
Queen Lays Wreath at Irish Massacre Site; Charms and Moves a Nation
It was a moment of historic healing as Queen Elizabeth this week laid a wreath and bowed her head in a "hugely symbolic act...
From Victim to Survivor: a Foundation for Peace
My 12-year-old son Tim was killed on 20 March 1993 by a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England. He was...
KFC to Stop Using Palm Oil – Healthier Food, Less Deforestation
KFC restaurants in the UK and Ireland will stop using palm oil to fry its chicken beginning this month, reaping a "double benefit" by...
President Obama Honors 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Today, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to fifteen diverse recipients. The Medal of Freedom is...
Amateur Swimmer Beats Olympians and Jellyfish to Become Top Open Water Swimmer of 2010
An Irish woman who began distance swimming in her late 30's as a way to bring balance and fitness to her working life, has...
‘World Giving Index’ Ranks Generosity of Countries With Surprising Results
The “World Giving Index” is the first report of its kind to tally different types of charitable behavior found in people from 153 countries....
Wind Supergrid to Connect Europe in North Sea
Progress has already been made in Copenhagen at the UN Climate Change Conference in the realm of renewable energy. Nine European countries, it was...
Target, CVS Encourage Reusing Shopping Bags With Cash Rewards
Target and CVS stores are starting new programs to reward shoppers for not requesting new plastic bags with every purchase, either with a...
Irish National Liberation Army to Disband and Give Up Weapons
An Irish republican paramilitary group responsible for dozens of murders during Northern Ireland's three decades of sectarian strife is to officially renounce violence...
Giving 300,000 Birthday Smiles
Imagine a child who watches a friend receiving a pile of presents from his parents, but then remembers that his own family is too...
Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...