Charities Regulator
Aengus Ó Snodaigh says Liberty Recycling letter was forged
Sinn Féin TD accepts regulator’s criticisms of governance and oversight of trustees and directors
Aengus Ó Snodaigh bid for Dáil statement not accepted, Sinn Féin says
Ceann Comhairle felt unable to accommodate request from chairman of Liberty Recycling
Liberty Recycling: Fine Gael asks PAC chair to summon Charities Regulator and others
Charity is under Garda investigation for alleged money laundering
Liberty Recycling: Frozen bank accounts, suspicious transactions and seized luxury goods
Charities Regulator frustrated that trustees responsible for charity’s management unable to answer questions
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Dublin charity may have been infiltrated by illegal organisation, watchdog fears
Liberty Recycling charity has bank accounts frozen as part of investigation
Regulator seeks urgent wind up of Liberty Recycling to protect sector’s reputation
Gardaí investigating alleged suspicious transactions comprising substantial international transfers of funds
Accountant’s office searched as gardaí investigate alleged money laundering at charity
Arrests expected after luxury goods and two BMW X5s seized in bid to learn what happened to funds held by Liberty Recycling
Charity in money-laundering investigation received €2m in State funding since 2020
Liberties Recycling has nine charity shops and operates 180 recycling banks around Ireland
Leitrim housing body linked to FF council chair under investigation
Inquiry into Cluainín Voluntary Housing Association by regulatory authority under way
Charity received more than 170 warnings from regulator about overdue accounts
Shauna Kavanagh Foundation, run by Wicklow-based businessman Brendan Kavanagh, failed to file accounts over six years
South Dublin hospital gifted to State with plans for new HSE facility on site
Leopardstown Park Hospital in Foxrock opened in 1917 to care for first World War soldiers
Plan to advise charities overseas how to avoid inadvertently financing terrorists
National group to tackle sanctions evasion efforts
Irish charities facing uncertain future amid rising costs and funding shortfalls
Survey finds that nearly a quarter of charities have doubts they can sustain services over the coming year
‘Lack of consensus’ around who owns properties used by scouts, charities watchdog says
Regulator wants ownership of the properties clarified as organisation not on Register of Charities may be owner
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Ireland’s small charities: ‘The year I came in, the HSE pulled most of the funding’
Outgoing Carmichael chief executive says regulatory code ‘tough’ for voluntary organisations
Fighting Blindness paid for Mediterranean cruise and Majorca stay for businessman
Regulator’s report criticises level of board oversight at Dublin organisation Fighting Blindness
Tech entrepreneur Brendan Kavanagh’s charity faces strike-off for failing to file accounts
Shauna Kavanagh Foundation, named after his late daughter, raises funds for cystic fibrosis patients
Dublin isn’t a ‘bargain bucket’ tourism destination, says Little Museum boss
Income rises to €1.4m despite closure of museum for rennovation during 2024
Presbyterian Church ignored concerns over its child safeguarding policies, expert says
Ian Elliott says he offered advice in 2023 to church, where moderator is now to resign
‘I am on a voluntary board and I’m shocked at the politics and naked ambition of some people’
Tell Me About It: I cannot afford to lose my connections in this area, so should I keep to my principles or just suck it up?
Peter McVerry Trust is still not complying with regulatory standards, housing committee hears
Political scrutiny of homeless charity follows Government provision of €15m to keep it afloat
Charities seek budget tax break on inheritance for wills giving to good causes
My Legacy umbrella group for charities says three percentage point cut in inheritance tax could treble legacy income from wills
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Most people have a charity they would like to support but cost-of-living pressures can make it difficult to find the money day to day
Quarter of Irish people intend to include charities in will, survey finds
Highest level of trust for small, local charities among survey respondents
Embattled Scouting Ireland board ‘exhausted’ by infighting, review finds
External review details ‘breakdown in trust’ inside youth organisation’s board
Church orders’ refusal to pay mother-and-baby home redress leaves Government with dilemma
Any attempt to force payment from church orders would be fraught with legal difficulty, expert says
Heather Humphreys waited a year to settle Charities Regulator conflict of interest
Then minister was told in January 2024 that regulator had concern about dual board roles, files show
Properties remain derelict after collapse of social housing deals with McVerry trust
Derelict and vacant sites left 'languishing' following withdrawal of trust from construction schemes
Fr Peter McVerry resigns from key role in housing charity
Priest resigns as Peter McVerry Trust board secretary as chairwoman Deirdre-Ann Barr also steps down
Scouting Ireland director steps down from Charities Regulator board after Minister threatens to remove her
Galway barrister Lorraine Lally had been asked to tender resignation by Heather Humphreys over conflict of interest concern
Scouting Ireland board member also has role with regulator inspecting youth organisation
Dual directorships of Galway barrister Lorraine Lally raise questions for Heather Humphreys
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