Full coverage: Charities

UNICEF says Irish businesses have been fast-acting in their response to its emergency fundraising appeal for Ukraine. But the scale of the crisis means the UN agency needs much more support.

Fiona Cormican has been instrumental in turning the non-profit into Ireland’s largest private landlord. From the era of grant-funded council homes to the brave new world of investment funds and cost rental, she details what has happened to Ireland’s housing market – and what needs to happen now.

By law, the proceeds of the National Lottery must be spent on good causes, but budgetary procedures have drowned this funding stream into wider government spending and made it difficult to track to individual grants – until Benefacts compiled it all into a database.

Self Help Africa has secured a new multi-million EU contract to inject capital into private enterprises in the Zambian food value chain. Although most African agribusiness remains far from bankable, the organisation sees its role as “priming the pump”.

The housing charity is increasingly working with property developers and investors to provide much-needed supported housing. But Francis Doherty, the man in charge of its housing portfolio, says more landlord incentives are needed to stop tenants losing their home in the first place.

Out of a Swiss jail, tech tycoon Peter Conlon is now battling in the Irish courts. The upcoming case promises intrigue - from alleged human rights abuses in Zurich to a mystery €30 million Nigerian benefactor

Senaca was hired to transport and safeguard cash, including donations to Trocaire and the ISPCC. Now, it is bust leaving scores of creditors burned. Documents show the company used client money to prop up its own accounts.