The pop superstars have announced 50p from each ticket sold for their 2014 UK stadium tour - with dates in Dublin, Sunderland, Manchester, Edinburgh and London - will go to Stand Up To Cancer.

Presentation Sister Patricia Wall, 76, completed a two-mile tandem jump with SkyDive Ireland in a bid to raise €100,000 for Aware and local charities in Slieveardagh, Co Tipperary.

Dan Doyle, 64, an Irish American who was deeply involved in peace process work in Northern Ireland and who played a leading role in fundraising for the national basketball stadium in Dublin, has been arrested in the U.S. on charges of embezzling  $1 million from his charity.

The Claddagh Association Inc., a charity set up to assist Irish emigrants in western Australia, is recognizing the fact and warning Ireland that a recent influx of unprepared and subsequently homeless emigrants has been noted in Perth. The charity is reporting a major increase in the cries for help from Irish emigrants who couldn’t find their niche in Australia and are now homeless. 

On May 1, Dave Turner and Gerry Mullroy will set out to conquer a transAm 90 day 4,200 mile cycling journey in support of the charity Drogheda and District Support 4 Older People (DDS4OP).

The youth organization accused of publishing inappropriate sex advice for teenagers has defended its policies – and issued a strong rebuttal to critics.

Guinness brand is committing $100,000 to Irish American actor Denis Leary’s ‘Leary Firefighters Foundation’ this St. Patrick’s Day season and needs your help in raising the funds.

Irish NGO Haven U.S. is looking for 40 volunteers to help them build sustainable communities on the island of Ile a Vache in Haiti May 2013.

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Thieves in Kildare have been targeting homeowners posing as Priests collecting for charity.

Jubilant conservatives might want to temper their excitement; Politico is reporting that Hillary Clinton plans to give a series of lucrative paid speeches this year.

How would you like a free flight to Ireland and three nights free accommodation this October? That’s what San Francisco-based Irish entrepreneur Paul Downey is offering in return for a small favor.

One Direction is teaming up with the charity Comic Relief to put out a new single that will benefit the charity’s ‘Red Nose Day’ fundraising initiative.

The little girl who touched the hearts of the Irish nation and Elton John with her brave cancer fight is owed almost $50,000 by struggling record shop chain HMV.

Evert and Kate Bopp, founders of the Irish charity Disaster Tech Lab, have been invited to the White House. The Bopps, who founded their organisation in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, have recently been working in the Rockaway area of New York City as part of the disaster relief effort following hurricane Sandy.

The world’s number one golfer and 2012 US PGA tour player of the year, Rory McIlroy has released details of his first fundraising initiative of The Rory Foundation today, in Holywood, County Down.