USA: A 42-year-old skydiver with more than 18,000 jumps has made history by becoming the first person to leap without a parachute and land in a net instead.

Ireland could become a world leader when it comes to attracting investment through expatriates, a top business consultant said yesterday.

THE former chief executive of philanthropic organisation the American Ireland Fund (AIF) Kingsley Aikins is receiving $500,000 (€385,832) over five years as part of his severance deal with the organisation.

THE opportunity exists for the Celtic Tiger to become a “Philanthropic Tiger”, according to a leading philanthropic organisation. Kingsley Aikins, chief executive and president of the Ireland Funds worldwide, was addressing representatives from the non-profit and charity sector at the Ireland Funds’ philanthropy seminar in UCD.

IF you don’t ask, you don’t get. This is the one-line summary of a master class in philanthropic fundraising given by the leader of the largest benevolent organisation in the world, the president and chief executive officer of the Worldwide Ireland Funds, Kingsley Aikins.