Dochasnetwork's Blog - On 12 June Jan O’Sullivan, Minister of State for Trade and Development, announced that a review of Ireland’s Aid Policy will take place over the next 12 months. This post presents some basic information about the White Paper on Irish Aid, the review process and why Irish NGOs should get involved.

WOMEN AGED between 50 and 64 and living in Dublin are the most charitable group in society, a new survey shows. JAMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs Correspondent

The results of the 2010 Nonprofit Fundraising Survey, which compared fundraising results in fiscal year 2010 to those in FY 2009, are out, and they are good:

Six years ago, world leaders gathered at the Gleneagles G8 summit and pledged to help "make poverty history" by increasing their aid spending. But according to new figures released on Wednesday by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the world's biggest aid donors have collectively missed their targets by $19bn.

CHARITIES WILL be asked to sign up to a new code of practice today to boost transparency and bolster public confidence in the €500 million a year industry.

Few Irish cultural organsiations are winning funds from Europe’s €400m Culture Programme – are they blocked by bureaucracy or just misinformed, asks CIAN TRAYNOR The Irish Times