Julie, 1) What is human right water? 2) What is education medicine? 3) How big is the hut that can accommodate a forest?

Well said Julie.

Patrick you have stooped to an all time low. Do you ever have anything to add.
Go away now please.

* basic human rights water, education and medicine
* the young girl was living in a forest, in a small hunt

Grow up a bit will ya

Julie I do not think there is anything lower than supporting terrorists or making excuses for terrorism in any shape or form.

Spectacular ignorance there, Patrick. Take a bow.
Surely ‘terrorists’ are deemed ‘terrorists’ by those in governmental control? It’s a purely subjective term, as is ‘Freedom Fighters’. So if the government are corrupt, and the ‘terrorists’ are fighting for justice can you continue to condemn?
This country was granted its freedom as a result of talks borne out of ‘terrorism’.

Patrick,Colin’s comment sums it up. All these attacks are starting to get a bit repetitive. Do you support financial terrorism that is equally ruining people’s lives.then you are a supporter of out and out terrorists with no cause or justification.

With that type of rationale it is possible to justify almost any action. It is obvious I am conversing with kids who have no real experience of life.

I find it interesting that someone like you, Patrick who thinks in terms of black & white is criticising others for having no life experience.
In situations like this you don’t need detractors… you’re perfectly capable of doing it on your own. Thank you.
As you were.

No Patrick but what I can justify is people who are living in total poverty not even running water, fight for their rights, while massive corporation steal their countries natural resource which are worth billions. I think the kids as you call us are just a bit more liberal than yourself as Colin said everything in Patrick’s world is black and white.

Not to mention the amount of money that gets spent on administration costs in the various charities.

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Such a daft comment Muriel.

How do you think aid agencies work? Have you ever tried to work for any company that has no administration?

Do you expect aid agencies not to have HR, finance, legal, management and other support staff?

Former CEO Tom Arnold trousered €120k so I’d imagine he would get similar. I’m sure he’s doing it for the black babies and not the filthy lucre though

Haha, classic. Nah, think Gerard is McSorley, rather than MacSorley. Unctuous, I think though.

That’s the question I was about to ask

Dermot and me.

Ian – Concern is not really a non governmental organisation. Are you are aware of how much money it receives from the Irish Government? I’ve heard it’s over €100 million a year. The Concern Annual Report does publish the details of the Irish Aid funding, but an aggregate figure is not provided – wonder why they don’t want the Irish public to easily access this info? I think it is over €50 million a year .

Also, re: the staff – I don’t expect people to work for nothing, but I do think that this type of work should be a vocation and the pay should reflect this somewhat. It’s not just the CEO’s salary that’s high – I understand that all the staff are also very well paid. While for some people the work is a vocation, for others it’s an industry and they are attracted to the money, rather than to the work. I’m sure also you’ve heard of NGOs being referred to as “EGOs”, referring to the huge egos of the staff who think they are saving the world. It’s not good for the poor to have these type of people working on their behalf.

You haven’t seen the monkeys in Leinster house or running the banks