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At least 227 Palestinians have been killed in the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Dr Enida Friel of GOAL says Covid-19 will not be beaten until it’s beaten by all countries.
‘Children are growing up in Zaatari refugee camp having never known any other home,’ writes Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.
Irish people have responded to emergencies in Iraq, Libya and Africa, to name a few.
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines – which Ireland played a crucial part in – has been an extraordinary success.
The Taoiseach says the time has come for Ireland to start increasing our spending on international development again.
Dozens of civilians have been killed in the crises.
Almost 3,000 girls living in Ireland could be at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation.
Almost 19 million Yemenis require humanitarian support, said Minister Charlie Flanagan.
“This is a country that we have access to. There is no war, no bombs dropping and no excuses. The appeal must be met.”
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is in contact with the Irish charity’s board.
A total of €647.51 million was allocated to international development causes in 2015.
We have an awful lot of work to do…
The death toll has topped 6,000.
The Irish Aid volunteering fair is on in Dublin Castle today.
Darren Hanniffy just came home from Liberia, where Ebola infections are DOUBLING every two weeks.
The 42-year-old father of two passed away yesterday after showing symptoms of the virus.
A new Ipsos MRBI poll also found that Irish people are mostly in favour of overseas aid, even in an economic downturn.
The outbreak started in Guinea in early 2014 and has spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello said Irish people can be proud of what their overseas development aid programme has achieved.
In marking the 20th Anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we should also look to conflicts in Central African Republic and South Sudan, writes Joe Costello TD.
The Government has also committed to long-term relief efforts.
Shoreline communities in countries like India were the hardest hit in 2004′s devastating tsunami. But thanks to Irish assistance, almost 40,000 people in desperate need were helped.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has argued that aid to the country is going to directly assist some of the poorest people in the world and that it’s a matter of educating people.
Department of Foreign Affairs officials have been discussing the still-controversial closure of the Vatican embassy 26 months ago. It has since been decided to reopen it.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was signed in 1989. How far have we come?
Conditional aid in return for human rights improvements – is this to be the future of development aid?
The first ever eye specialists have recently graduated from university in Mozambique thanks to the assistance of students from DIT.
Latest figures estimate 4.3 million people lost their homes, double the number of those made homeless by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.
An Irish scuba resort owner on a tiny Filipino island is raising funds that go directly to stricken communities in the area, which he says has been ‘flattened’.
The tiny island of Malapascau, and the ‘Evolution’ resort run by Irishman David Joyce, were in the direct line of the storm when Haiyan hit nine days ago.
The head of the UN humanitarian fund says that six days on, logistical problems mean help still hasn’t reached some places.
The NGO is calling for an increase to the €1 million already committed.
The country has already sent aid worth €1.5 million to the island…but is it enough?
The UN estimates more than 11.3 million people have been affected with 673,000 made homeless, since Haiyan smashed into the nation’s central islands on Friday.
The declaration allows the government to impose price controls and quickly release emergency funds with looting now a problem.
For a sixth year in a row, funding for Irish Aid was cut bringing it down to €602 million.
About 8,500 families have been displaced because of recent flooding.
Two reports released today detail the scale of work by Irish volunteers overseas and suggest public support is still strong for such activities.
The money will be used to help refugees and internally-displaced citizens of the west African country.