Making charitable donations
Sir, – The well-justified uproar over supplementary payments could not have come at a worse time of year for voluntary organisations of all kinds. Christmas is far and away the time of year when...
View ArticleHSE to investigate if charity money was used to top up salary at Central...
The Health Service Executive has been asked to investigate whether funding from a charitable organisation linked to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) was used to fund unauthorised payments to senior...
View ArticleABC salaries don't match individuals' output
WHEN I resigned from the ABC in 1976 after 26 years' service, I was the highest paid journalist in the news division ("On air and off, the ABC spares no expense on its stars", 20/11). My salary, based...
View ArticlePhilomena star Judi Dench urged to back inquiry into 'stolen baby' scandal
Co-star Steve Coogan pledges to do what he can to help campaigners in Ireland as film reignites controversy Judi Dench in Philomena, which has raised the profile of Ireland's 'stolen baby' scandal....
View ArticlePublic donations used to top up salaries at Central Remedial Clinic
The Central Remedial Clinic has confirmed that money donated by the...
View ArticleWhy Swiss voted to maintain huge pay disparities
Some stories are hard to swallow. Take the one last week about the 17 Irish bankers who each earned more than a €1 million in 2012, with an average of €1.4 million apiece for those lucky few. Extend...
View ArticleMedia
NEW DELHI: They say they begin where the mainstream media ends, but the investigative portals that hog limelight every now and then with sting ops targeting the high and mighty are increasingly taking...
View ArticleCo-operative Group slashes funding for charities
Scandal-hit group pays former Tory aides for advice but cuts cash for ethical causes The new Co-op revelations come in the wake of the scandal surrounding Paul Flowers, above. Photograph: PA The...
View ArticleFour Groups Receive Charitable Donations from CompTIA Vendor Advisory...
(Source: compTIA - Computing Technology Industry Association) Downers Grove, Ill., December 10, 2013 - Organizations committed to creating opportunities for women, honoring and aiding military...
View ArticleDuty of candour: a fear of whistleblowing still pervades the NHS
Whistleblowers have been promised changes to support them but many people still worry about speaking out 'There should be a duty of candour. Until people are held to account … I can't think things...
View ArticleCRC’s former chief executive repays HSE excess salary
The Central Remedial Clinic’s chief executive who resigned yesterday has repaid the HSE extra funding he received in excess of official guidelines. Brian Conlan, who took over as the clinic’s chief...
View ArticleScandal clinic 'needs fresh start'
The chief executive of the scandal-struck Central Remedial Clinic has insisted his successor should have no previous links with the hospital. Brian Conlon said he stood down in the wake of the top-up...
View ArticleClinic chief's appointment probed
The recruitment of the head of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) who resigned over a salary top-ups controversy is to be investigated by the Government's spending watchdog. Beleaguered Brian Conlon,...
View ArticleRest of CRC board must answer questions satisfactorily or else resign -...
(Source: Irish Labour Party) 9 December 2013 Following the resignation of the CRC Chief Executive Brian Conlon, Robert Dowds TD, member of the Public Accounts Committee and former teacher in a school...
View ArticleCRC says it is legally obliged to continue top-up payments
The chair of the Central Remedial Clinic’s board has told an Oireachtas committee today that the organisation is legally obliged to continue paying top-up allowances to senior staff at the...
View ArticleLegal threat on CRC salary cuts
Scandal-struck Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) chiefs said they face being sued if they enforce salary cuts on bosses getting top-ups from public donations. Five well-paid executives at the hospital are...
View ArticleMaking charities transparent
Sir, – Ireland’s 8,400 charities provide a vast range of public services in communities across Ireland. Just over half of the funds spent by these organisations come from the exchequer, with the rest...
View ArticleFormer chief executive of CRC says charities should be fully open on how all...
Brian Conlan, who resigned yesterday as chief executive of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC), said there should be full transparency in the charities sector on how all funds raised from the public and...
View ArticleFormer CRC chief executive received €200,000 lump sum from charitable...
The former chief executive of the Central Remedial Clinic Paul Kiely received a lump sum of €200,000 from charitable donations when he retired earlier this year, it emerged today. Mr Kiely also...
View ArticleAudit finds Cambodian NGO used a donation from Gina Rinehart for operational...
A $440,000 donation from Gina Rinehart to fund a women's crisis centre in Cambodia was swallowed up by a charity's operational expenses, an investigation has found. A KPMG audit into allegations of...
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