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# Foreign aid

This year
2023
Key updates: Aid convoy passes into rebel-held Syria opens as quake death toll now above 40,000
Hundreds of thousands of survivors have been left homeless.
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Last year
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Ireland increases overseas aid budget to €1.2 billion with €30m for famine hit Horn of Africa
There will be €1.2 billion for international development – an increase of 17% on 2022 figures.
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Sep 27th 2022, 5:49 PM
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UK Foreign Office minister resigns over plans to slash aid budget
Baroness Sugg, whose brief included sustainable development, said promises should be kept in the ‘tough times as well as the good’.
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Nov 25th 2020, 5:54 PM
'This is a cover up': White House under fire as whistleblower reported to be CIA agent
Trump has accused the whistleblower of “treason”.
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Sep 27th 2019, 7:08 AM
Ireland donated €51 million in record-breaking year for Concern
Concern says it helped 22.6 million people in 27 of the world’s poorest countries in 2016.
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May 29th 2017, 6:05 AM
Government to give Goal almost €4m following investigation into financial irregularities
Money had been withheld while the charity’s operations in Turkey and Syria were investigated.
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Dec 13th 2016, 7:45 PM
€3 million in State funding for Goal withheld as investigation into charity's Syrian finances continues
Two members of Goal’s Turkey staff have already been sacked in the aftermath of the scandal.
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Aug 8th 2016, 2:01 PM
Irish charity GOAL under US investigation for alleged mismanagement in Syria
The USAID agency has put some of its funding for GOAL on hold, pending the probe.
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Apr 29th 2016, 1:10 PM
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.
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Apr 12th 2016, 10:52 PM
Should Ireland give more money to those in need abroad?
A new survey also revealed the Irish public’s want to increase the budget for foreign aid.
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Jan 13th 2015, 8:45 AM
Why is Ireland so good at foreign aid? The Famine
Seriously. According to the OECD, anyway.
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Dec 2nd 2014, 7:15 AM
Ireland is going to give €2.5 million extra to Gaza
Ireland has now given €10 million to Palestine since 2010,
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Oct 11th 2014, 9:41 AM
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.
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Oct 6th 2014, 6:33 PM
Costello calls for "urgent" international response to CAR crisis
A high-level meeting on the crisis will take place in Brussels tomorrow morning.
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Jan 19th 2014, 3:40 PM
Ireland pledges €2 million in aid to Central African Republic
With over 700,000 people displaced, Ireland is stepping in to help.
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Dec 27th 2013, 2:04 PM
Gilmore: Irish people expect us to play our full part in Philippines relief effort
It comes as the US and Britain deploy warships to the islands. Some 10,000 people are feared dead in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.
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Nov 12th 2013, 10:33 AM
Ireland ceased funding for Iran anti-drug programme over death penalty concerns
The country donated €600,000 to the initiative between 2005 and 2011, when the decision was made to cease supporting it.
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Nov 8th 2013, 8:51 AM
Global Hunger Index falls 34 per cent since 1990
Nineteen countries have been identified as suffering from alarming levels of hunger.
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Oct 14th 2013, 2:01 PM
Government announces aid funding for women and children
The foreign aid minister says the money will protect the youngest and neediest in Irish society.
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Sep 23rd 2013, 6:15 AM
Minister encourages retired public servants ‘twiddling their thumbs’ to volunteer abroad
Minister of State Joe Costello told TheJournal.ie that his department plans to launch a new civilian volunteer corps later this year.
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Aug 11th 2013, 8:30 PM
Irish government gives €2m in funding for Sudan and South Sudan
This emergency assistance brings our total support to the region to almost €5.5 million this year.
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Jul 8th 2013, 6:02 PM
Column: Eyes on Ireland to defend the EU aid budget
Bill Gates was right to highlight global poverty with Enda Kenny during his recent visit to Dublin – because Ireland is the country charged with brokering an agreement on overseas aid, writes Hans Zomer.
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Feb 4th 2013, 7:00 PM
Aaron McKenna: Should we turn off the tap of Irish aid to other countries?
So €4m in Irish aid may have been misappropriated in Uganda. Can we afford to keep giving – or can we afford to stop?
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Nov 3rd 2012, 8:15 AM
Poll: Should Ireland distribute foreign aid while it is in a bailout?
With the government suspending aid to Uganda yesterday, we’re asking should Ireland be distributing foreign aid while still under the terms of a bailout?
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Oct 26th 2012, 10:01 AM
Adoptions, kidnaps and floods: A busy year for Dept of Foreign Affairs
The Department provided millions of euro in aid to countries in crisis, as well as helping Irish citizens with emergencies, adoptions and weddings.
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Dec 30th 2011, 3:05 PM
US could make gay rights a condition of foreign aid
“Gay rights are human rights,” says Hillary Clinton, announcing that the US will use diplomatic tools to promote LGBT rights.
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Dec 7th 2011, 9:29 AM
Is waterboarding a form of torture? GOP presidential candidates aren't sure
The GOP members battling it out for the presidential nomination were at loggerheads last night about foreign policy, foreign aid and whether waterboarding is a form of torture.
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Nov 13th 2011, 11:18 AM
Turkey quake death toll rises to 534
Meanwhile, rain and snow has caused further difficulties for survivors and rescue teams.
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Oct 27th 2011, 2:02 PM
Slashwatch: Ministers, Taoiseach and top civil servants feel the pinch
Salary caps for civil servant salaries and an axe taken to Government’s personal pockets announced.
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Dec 7th 2010, 4:46 PM