Duty Free
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First episode date | February 13, 1984 |
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Final episode date | December 25, 1986 |
Creators | Eric Chappell |
Networks | ITV |
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ID | 2280615 |
About Duty Free
After receiving generous redundancy pay, David and Amy leave for Spain, meeting a more affluent couple during their stay, creating tensions.
Chuck Feeney: Entrepreneur and philanthropist dies
... The entrepreneur made his money selling luxury Duty Free goods to travellers across the world, but he rejected the trappings of wealth himself...
Leicester City: Relegated EPL team delight fans on Asia tour
... The club s relegation comes after a remarkable 13-year period under the ownership of Thai Duty Free giant King Power...
Confectionery firms try to sugar coat price rises
... Global TradeMore from the At the premium end of the market, Swiss firm Goldkenn specialises in making chocolates for the Duty Free, airport shopping market...
Sania Mirza: India tennis icon who showed hate could be defeated
... She was playing against Russia s Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova at the WTA Dubai Duty Free Championships - hundreds of spectators, many of them fans from India, packed the courtside seating to watch her " last dance"...
P& O Ferries security ‘treated staff like criminals'
... " There were guards at Duty Free as if we were going to burgle it, " he told the BBC...
Chloe Haines arrested, try to open Stansted, plane door mid-flight
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Lebanese business people back protesters' call for change
... Mohammad Koussa says that when he started running his business seven years ago Lebanon was planning to have a Duty Free arrangement with the EU...
Chuck Feeney: Entrepreneur and philanthropist dies
The Irish-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Chuck Feeney has died at the Age Of 92.
Mr Feeney, through his Private Foundation the, donated More Than $8bn (£6. 5bn) to causes on five continents.
The Foundation gave $570m (£465m) to causes in Northern Ireland over four decades.
Its main areas of interest have been health, education, reconciliation and Human Rights .
Mr Feeney dissolved The Foundation in 2020, but by then it had made More Than $8 billion (£6. 5bn) in grants, mainly in the United States , the UK, The Republic of Ireland, Australia, South Africa , Vietnam, Bermuda, and Cuba.
Charles F Feeney was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1931, during The Great Depression, to Irish-American parents.
His Mother worked as a hospital nurse and his father was an insurance underwriter.
The Philanthropist traced his Family History back to County Fermanagh , where his grandmother was brought up close to The Village of Kinawley.
The Entrepreneur made his money selling luxury Duty Free goods to travellers across The World , but he rejected the trappings of wealth himself.
He went on to found the Atlantic Philanthropies in 1982, an international organisation Set Up to distribute his fortune to good causes and projects that he supported around The World .
For The First 15 years of his philanthropic mission, Mr Feeney donated money In Secret leading to him being dubbed the James Bond of philanthropy, only emerging from anonymity in 1997.
He had a particular interest in supporting universities on both sides of the Irish border, donating hundreds of millions of US dollars.
In 2012, at Dublin Castle , Mr Feeney received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the universities on The Island of Ireland.
Queen's University Belfast was one of the biggest beneficiaries of Mr Feeney's grants from 1993 to 2015, being gifted a total of $132m (£107m).
It also received the single biggest donation from the Atlantic Philanthropies , when it was gifted $24m (£19m) in 2012.
It was for the university's Institute of Health Sciences Centre for Experimental Medicine.
Another cornerstone of Mr Feeney's philanthropy in Northern Ireland was The Promotion of integrated education in The Pursuit of reconciliation and peace building.
Down through the decades, it is understood about £8m was gifted to the Integrated Education Fund for various projects and the area is listed as The First sector funded in Northern Ireland by the Atlantic Philanthropies back in 1991.
Atlantic Philanthropies quoted Mr Feeney, Who Said : " I had one idea that never changed in my mind—that you should use your wealth to help people. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com