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A WEALTHY FAN of the late Hollywood actor Paul Newman has left a bequest of more than €7 million to Barretstown, an Irish charity that provides therapeutic recreation programmes for children with serious illnesses.
The organisation, founded by Newman in 1994, aims to rebuild the lives of the children who enter its Kildare campus. Its stated mission is that every child with serious illness should enjoy their childhood.
Chairman Maurice Pratt announced the major bequest yesterday, adding that the family of the “late supporter” wanted to remain anonymous.
“This is a magnificent act of generosity,” he said, “and we cannot express our gratitude strongly enough.”
Barretstown was first notified of the money earlier this year but only made the news public this weekend. The board said it will ensure the money is invested widely, saying it will go towards upgrading facilities and introducing new activities for campers.
The annual running costs of the camps are about €5 million and the interest income from the bequest “will be of great help in this regard”, said Pratt. However, he added they they will still need the help of “our many dedicated and generous supporters to raise our annual running costs to ensure that we can serve as many children affected by serious illness and their families far into the future”.
Newman modelled Barretstown on his renowned Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut.
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Twitter @occupydamestr oct 8th
So you plan to block a city centre street on a busy Saturday, disturbing local businesses and residents, because of your personal sense of righteousness?
I’d usually be cynical about these type of protests but you know what people come on here and complain and complain that nobody does anything to protest in this country. Occupy Dame Street is at least a start. You can complain and give out about the government getting away with everything but at some point someone has to start something. I don’t advocate violence, most don’t, but I support a democratic right to protest at the bonuses, bailouts, pensions and golden handshakes that have and are continuing to go on day after day.
Ya bout time people started to protest. But the organizers must insure that the protests are hijacked by mote militant groups.
Surely outside the old Anglo offices or the IFSC would be the proper place to hold these protests, as opposed to outside the Central Bank? I mean the Americans are hardly occupying the Federal Reserve, are they?!
The whole point of it is to express anger towards the reckless investment banks, not central banks. Learn the difference.
Idiots.
Your press release effectively advocates Sinn Féin’s economic policy.
“Our demand in Ireland is that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank (ECB) stay out of our affairs. We do not want their influence or control.”
Nor does anybody else, but we need the support of both organisations until such a time as we are able to manage our own affairs. Instead of blocking a busy street on a busy Saturday, as Ronald said, crucifying poor shop owners, perhaps you and your fellow activists could try and pool your resources to start a business, and stimulate our local economy?
Instead of going out and howling about the problem, thus making things worse, perhaps you could try and TREAT the source of the problem, which is a lack of jobs?
Bring back the co-operative movement, I say.
When are we going to gave Occupy Kildare Street ?
Oct 8th for starters
There are plenty of citizens who will fight back if the hippies try and take over here, there is no way i would stand back and let a bunch of lazy lefties destroy our fine capital.
Ah, so you’ll stand back then the government, developers and bankers financially ruin the entire country but if a few hundred people block one street in protest you’ll fight back? Aside from that making no sense I’d doubt anyone apart from the ‘lefties’ will get off their hole!
Thank you for undeleting
Your comment wasn’t deleted Lousie. There was a problem with the photo gallery and the post was unavailable while the issue was being rectified.
In 1917 the federal reserve bank was established by the progressive Woodrow Wilson. The owners of the FED, Jacob schiff Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg Brothers, Rockefellers, JP Morgan and I believe the Rothschilds and the elite of Goldman Sachs (of which the US Treasiury is now a subsidiary) These same Wall Street financiers and moguls also promoted Theodore Herzl’s dream of founding an independent Israel by wresting Palestine from the Turks, The Fed owners also financed Leon Trotsky’s emigration to russia and financed the Bolshevik Revolution causing the slaughter and enslavement of millions.
The owners of these bail out recipient firms, like goldman Sachs, are also the stockholders and controllers of The federal reserve Bank, IMF, World Bank etc. In short we have aplutocracy and the Fed and its owners are the most egregious and onerous. The other Wall street firms are mere counts and barons compared to theowners of the Fed and other national banks. I would not doubt they are financing and promoting this repeat of 1848,
it was wealthy bankers who fnaced the Jacobins, Nazis, Bolsheviks and all the other socialist, “Power to the people” movements. It is all about control and often those who want to replace the old order are as tyrannical and ruthless as the estate they removed.
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