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Aid
Kenya
Irish man teams up with Kenyans to give "trade without aid"
26 Aug 2012
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Read Me
Column: How to stop crises becoming disasters
Anne O'Mahony
19 Aug 2012
92
workhouse
What has happened to Ireland's workhouses?
11 Aug 2012
31.6k
27
North Korea
North Korea requests UN aid over food shortage
3 Aug 2012
3.3k
18
Concern
Public donations to Concern fall after 2010 emergencies
30 Jul 2012
1.6k
4
Aid
Ireland to provide €3 million in vital aid to Somalia
29 Jul 2012
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93
Opinion
Column: Population growth an obstacle to development...
Paul O'Brien
11 Jul 2012
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30
Spain
Spain formally requests €100 billion rescue loan
25 Jun 2012
2.1k
11
Opinion
Column: Dragging heels on climate change hurts the poor
Tom Arnold
18 Jun 2012
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15
Spain
Spanish borrowing costs hit record level
14 Jun 2012
1.7k
23
Irish Aid
Government commits €50k to rehabilitate former child soldiers
3 Jun 2012
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10
Aid
Irish people still believe overseas aid is important
3 May 2012
963
7
Murder
British doctor killed by captors in Pakistan
29 Apr 2012
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7
Sudan
George Clooney released after Sudan protest arrest
17 Mar 2012
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9
Nine things to know before 9am, including: Ireland pledges aid to Syria, 110 technology jobs announced, and Iceland’s former PM on trial over financial crisis.
5 Mar 2012
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20
Syria
Ireland to pledge €500,000 in response to Syria crisis
5 Mar 2012
1.2k
25
Haiti
Govt to commit outstanding €1.5m of Haiti aid 'in coming months'
23 Feb 2012
2.3k
31
Crises
Political and media interests direct international response to disaster: Oxfam
7 Feb 2012
1.8k
Giving it socks
Packages of warm socks sent to North Koreans... by balloon
28 Jan 2012
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10
Haiti
Half a million people still living in camps in Haiti
12 Jan 2012
1.4k
Opinion
Column: Haiti is slowly recovering - but criticising aid agencies doesn't help
Tom Arnold
12 Jan 2012
83
Foreign aid
Adoptions, kidnaps and floods: A busy year for Dept of Foreign Affairs
30 Dec 2011
1.8k
6
airlift
Ireland to send emergency aid to flood-struck Philippines
23 Dec 2011
1.8k
16
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
23 Dec 2011
4.0k
Aid
Government pledges €200,000 to GOAL for South Sudan
23 Dec 2011
993
Somalia
Somali militants ban 16 aid groups and UN agencies
29 Nov 2011
1.3k
11
Shannon
Shannon Airport could become international 'humanitarian hub'
23 Nov 2011
2.8k
15
Aid
EU approves €35.7m of aid for redundant workers in Ireland
18 Nov 2011
1.4k
6
Yemen
Aid workers freed in Yemen
14 Nov 2011
145
Earthquake
Turkish quake: Japanese aid worker among the dead
10 Nov 2011
331
Construction
6,000 construction workers to benefit from €35m EU aid
8 Nov 2011
609
3
Development
Ireland ranked ninth for commitment to help poorer countries develop
8 Nov 2011
712
12
Gaza
Gaza activists make contact from Israeli prison calling incident "violent and dangerous"
6 Nov 2011
1.3k
96
Aid
Cameron threatens to cut aid to 'anti-gay' countries
30 Oct 2011
1.4k
27
Construction workers
Government delays could mean unemployed miss out on €35million EU aid
28 Oct 2011
302
Aid
Ireland sends €300,000 in aid to Turkish quake victims
27 Oct 2011
493
47
Horn of Africa
Ireland increases aid for Horn of Africa famine victims
23 Sep 2011
755
12
Somalia
Inside Somalia: How violence is trapping the starving
22 Sep 2011
481
Somalia
WFP investigating serious food aid theft in Somalia
15 Aug 2011
483
Horn of Africa
Second airlift of Irish aid reaches the Horn of Africa
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