A number of charities have hit out at the Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy after it was revealed today that the Department of Housing has removed 1,606 people from its official homeless figures this year.

Charities are snowed under with increasing reporting requirements and many risk bucking under the pressure, a conference has heard.

Charities in Ireland will be subject to a code of governance for the first time later this year, according to the sector’s watchdog.

Oxfam admitted it made ‘a serious error” by hiring a man who previously been dismissed over sexual misconduct allegations, writes Terry Prone

In Finland, the country’s top 10,000 or so earners’ tax bill is published each year. Known as “national envy day”, this openness seems a very practical commitment to the idea of transparency — and civic morality.

Political parties, charities and sporting organisations are scrambling to become compliant with the most comprehensive data protection legislation ever introduced by the EU, data security experts have warned.

Charities reckon that the Government’s new Vat compensation scheme will add up to more and better services for people in need.

New rules are coming into effect from next week to impose greater control on charities, as the board of Console meets to discuss outstanding payments to its staff.

A member of the charities regulator has said the controversy around Console and other charities would not have happened if the sector was properly regulated.

The Government is being urged to speed up new regulations for charities.

Former Senator Jillian VanTurnhout has said fraudulent charities need to be shut down.

A new survey shows donations received by charities at Christmas increased last year compared with 2013.

Two out of three Irish charities have seen public donations plummet by as much as 10% since the Rehab and Central Remedial Clinic scandals emerged.

Nine out of 10 people are less trusting of charities as a direct result of the ongoing Rehab and Central Remedial Clinic scandals — with one in four existing donors cancelling payments since the crisis emerged.

Taxpayer-funded charities will be ordered to reveal their full salary details and where the money comes from as part of a fresh probe into the sector.