Some serious educational initiatives need to be put in place for contraception and HIV diagnosis. I support us helping them. but prevention is better than cure. 2 HIV positive parents gives a child such a poor chance at life.

Its a small gesture from a country known for its compassion and charity. There are people far worse off than us.

Stand by for the ‘take care of our own first’ brigade. Sure as eggs.

Ye people who dislike this idea are disgusting and should take a long look at yourselfs it’s 50k all the wealth this country has had tru the years and ye begrudge these people who have NEVER had anything 50k ye should be a shamed very shamed before we had money not that long ago may I add in the 80s when we were poor we would still share the little we had with who ever needed it now look greed greed greed more more want want we still have it better than most country’s in Europe never mind Africa.

For a relatively paltry sum of fifty grand, this donation seems to have created a wholly unnecessary division between commenters here. If anything, it shows the governments lack of creative thinking, and it’s inability to understand the desperate mood of its people. A solution could easily be found to allay the discontent of both sides. Make a list of all those earning unjustified salaries in the public service, when compared to their counterparts in other similarly sized countries. Then, cut them according to the cloth that we can afford. With the savings, donate whatever portion people would feel happy with, to other countries, and put the remainder into improving our own hospitals, for example. Who looses?. Our own fat cats. Who gains?, us and others in dire poverty. No cost to the poor, here or there. The only cost that comes to my mind, is that the fat cats might be forced to change their preferred choice of dinner table conversation, from ” Where do you find the best Kobi beef is served in the world “, to maybe, ” times are hard, I’ve been reduced to eating ordinary fillet steak several times this year already “.

As much i respect charity but might serve him better to give it to our own hospitals like crumlin children’s hospital , who are screaming out for any funding .

Charity begins at home.

Jesus would they ever start putting some money into our hospitals first. I spent two days in a waiting room with a 75 year old man who was after collapsing with a suspected heart attack before he eventually saw a doctor. This government are making a shambles of everything they do

Health cutbacks in Ireland but we’re funding hospitals abroad. Doesn’t really make sense Enda

It would have paid for a few extra trollies at home and they could have closed more beds, a small nation touring the world giving away millions when our country is broke how much sense does it make, or is it that they have to get their photo in the press ?.

Complete waste of time giving any aid money to Kenya. The government is hopelessly corrupt. It would be much better if they funded some private investigators to tackle some of the corruption. If the corruption was dealt with Kenya would not need aid.

People are complaining that we are giving a minor €50,000 to build a hospital in Kenya that will improve the lives of many. These people are worse off than all of us. “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” – Ben Carson