Keir Starmer's decision to curb the spending of Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – a significant donor to Irish overseas aid charities – will have lasting impacts on the world's poorest communities.
A new email from the chair of the Charities Regulatory Authority reveals it “repeatedly raised” concerns from June 2023 on about Lorraine Lally sitting on the authority and on the board of Scouting Ireland.
Beyond the visible building site of the Anglesea Stand, management and governance changes are also under way at the south Dublin non-profit.
The cost of past sexual abuse cases has mounted again in new accounts filed by the youth organisation, with directors deciding its going concern status on a majority basis only.
Beyond immediate shelter, more and more people need complex assistance to escape entrenched homelessness. Price competition between charities has pushed the sector to the brink, but procurement policy is now changing.
A former government minister is at the heart of the intensive UNICEF operation to get essential supplies into the besieged Gaza Strip. Peter Power discusses its progress and applauds Irish companies for contributing vast amounts of money to this and other global projects.
The regulator of housing charities has decided to send inspectors with extensive investigative powers into the nationwide homelessness organisation after it reported financial difficulties.
PWC has been tasked with assessing the solvency of the leading Dublin-based homeless charity and highlighted the need for exceptional funding over the coming months.
As its auditors and Audit and Risk Committee work to complete its accounts, Scouting Ireland has deferred its AGM. It declined to comment on “members under suspension” to ensure fair process.
Scouting Ireland is facing serious financial issues and new estimates of how much its legal liabilities will cost reveal the scale of the crisis facing it in the years ahead.
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