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# aid - Tuesday 19 February, 2019
Venezuela's government to stage concert to rival Richard Branson's charity one
The concert will be held on the Simon Bolivar bridge which links San Antonio, Venezuela with Cucuta, in Colombia, where aid sent by the US is being held up and stored.
# aid - Monday 24 December, 2018
Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs to 373
The powerful tsunami struck without any warning on Saturday night,
# aid - Saturday 24 November, 2018
'An invisible actor': The Irishman who delivered aid to 30,000 people in war-torn Syria
Mark Mullan is a finalist for the Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Awards.
# aid - Tuesday 17 April, 2018
Iraqi women suspected of IS links being sexually exploited and refused aid
An Amnesty International report has expressed concern about how women and children are sexually exploited.
# aid - Friday 9 February, 2018
Oxfam aid workers used prostitutes during Haiti relief efforts, report claims
A spokesperson has confirmed that no staff employed by Oxfam Ireland were involved in the case.
# aid - Monday 27 November, 2017
First shipment of food aid in weeks docks at rebel controlled port in Yemen as country faces famine
The country is facing a serious famine due to an ongoing civil war.
# aid - Friday 24 November, 2017
Shorter manslaughter sentences given to men if the women they killed were their partners
Women’s Aid is calling for tougher punishments for abusers.
# aid - Saturday 9 September, 2017
'We need to avert our gaze from the White House circus and focus on what matters'
Donald Trump’s presidency is a tumultuous soap opera, but it’s making us ignore real humanitarian disasters, writes Dominic MacSorley.
# aid - Thursday 3 August, 2017
'I didn't want to know how chaotic it was going to be... If I had, maybe I wouldn't have gone'
John Reilly talks to TheJournal.ie after his trip to Mosul directly after the siege.
# aid - Thursday 13 April, 2017
Goal won't lose out on US funding after investigation into alleged fraud
In a new deal, USAID has laid out conditions under which Goal must operate.
# aid - Wednesday 22 February, 2017
Le Pen's personal assistant charged in 'fake jobs' scandal
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron won the support of a key centrist.
# aid - Saturday 7 January, 2017
Ireland pledges €2 million in aid to victims of Yemen's devastating, never-ending, civil war
Three million people have been displaced from their homes by the ongoing conflict in the gulf state.
# aid - Friday 7 October, 2016
Ireland to provide humanitarian aid after storm kills 300 in Haiti
The US is now bracing itself for Hurricane Matthew, with states of emergencies declared in a number of places.
# aid - Thursday 6 October, 2016
Ireland is giving €7.5 million to help Syrian people
“Ireland remains committed to the delivery of humanitarian assistance.”
# aid - Tuesday 20 September, 2016
UN suspends all humanitarian aid convoys in Syria after deadly airstrike
The week-long ceasefire in the war-ravaged country has collapsed.
# aid - Tuesday 12 April, 2016
Bono urges US lawmakers to view foreign aid as national security
The U2 frontman said he understands the financial stress countries are under as they debate how much aid to give.
# aid - Monday 7 March, 2016
'Mama Merkel' rules out closing the 'Balkan route' to Syrian refugees
A meeting on in Brussels also saw Turkey trying to strongarm the EU.
# aid - Wednesday 17 February, 2016
Aid will finally reach 500,000 besieged Syrians today but peace is a long way off
Almost half a million people in Syria are in areas under siege.
# aid - Wednesday 28 October, 2015
'I don’t think I’ve felt that tired in my life' - Irishman raises thousands after unique Dublin Marathon challenge
Kieran McCarthy chats to The42 about his impressive achievement on Monday.
# aid - Monday 27 July, 2015
France is in trouble for not taking back millions it gave to Ryanair
The EU wants €10 million in state aid recovered.
# aid - Friday 1 May, 2015
All Irish citizens in Nepal are safe, as 1,000 Europeans remain missing
The death toll has topped 6,000.
# aid - Friday 16 January, 2015
Italy denies paying €10m ransom to free young hostages
The women were kidnapped last July.
# aid - Monday 12 January, 2015
Lives reduced to rubble: Remembering the Haiti earthquake five years on
More than 220,000 people lost their lives in the disaster.
# aid - Monday 29 December, 2014
Ireland to give €3 million to 'forgotten emergencies'
“These crises are not well-known situations, but the needs are very real”.
# aid - Tuesday 23 December, 2014
Ireland giving over €3 million to South Sudan, Syria and Ethiopia
The money is going to South Sudan and Syria.
# aid - Tuesday 2 December, 2014
Why is Ireland so good at foreign aid? The Famine
Seriously. According to the OECD, anyway.
# aid - Tuesday 25 November, 2014
Glasnevin Trust is helping with the burial of Ebola victims in Sierre Leone
Proper burials of the dead is preserving the dignity of the deceased.
# aid - Friday 7 November, 2014
This headset helps the blind navigate the city they're in
The device creates a 3D soundscape to aid its wearer, providing them with context to their surroundings.
# aid - Saturday 11 October, 2014
Ireland is going to give €2.5 million extra to Gaza
Ireland has now given €10 million to Palestine since 2010,
# aid - Monday 6 October, 2014
Ireland is ahead of the pack in terms of supporting developing countries
Ireland is the only donor country to allocate half of its total aid to the world’s least developed countries.
# aid - Friday 12 September, 2014
The EU is targeting Russia's oil and AK47s in its latest round of sanctions
Meanwhile in Ukraine, the UN has launched a food aid operation in the war-torn east of the country.
# aid - Saturday 23 August, 2014
Russian aid convoy to Ukraine described as a 'direct invasion'
Angela Merkel and Barack Obama warned that Moscow’s military presence and shelling were triggering a “dangerous escalation” of the conflict.
# aid - Wednesday 20 August, 2014
The UNICEF chief in Gaza is doing a Reddit AMA today
Ask her anything.
# aid - Tuesday 19 August, 2014
28 million people in the Middle East need humanitarian aid
Today is World Humanitarian Day and Oxfam Ireland are calling for help.
# aid - Sunday 17 August, 2014
"There are so many emergencies to respond to, there aren’t enough people"
World Humanitarian Day takes place on 19 August.
# aid - Saturday 16 August, 2014
Ukraine tensions rise as Russian aid waits at border
Ukraine claims it destroyed a Russian military convoy.
# aid - Friday 15 August, 2014
Russian armoured vehicles seen near Ukraine aid trucks
A convoy of armoured vehicles is said to be moving towards the Ukrainian border.
# aid - Thursday 14 August, 2014
Ukraine sends its own aid convoy east following fears over Russia's "Trojan horse"
Kiev had a change of heart this morning over the Russian convoy, saying it will let the aid in once it has been inspected.
# aid - Friday 8 August, 2014
Irish aid workers travel to Sierre Leone to help with Ebola outbreak
The GOAL support team will travel to areas worst affected by the outbreak.
# aid - Wednesday 6 August, 2014
Ireland pledges €120,000 to help contain Ebola outbreak
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TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already answered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but said it was “obviously a long time ago.”
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
So today we’re asking you: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
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