# irish-aid - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# Palestine
# Palestine
At least 227 Palestinians have been killed in the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas.
# irish-aid - Tuesday 7 April, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Dr Enida Friel of GOAL says Covid-19 will not be beaten until it’s beaten by all countries.
# irish-aid - Saturday 9 June, 2018
# Column
# Column
‘Children are growing up in Zaatari refugee camp having never known any other home,’ writes Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.
# irish-aid - Tuesday 15 May, 2018
# Rapid Response
# Rapid Response
Irish people have responded to emergencies in Iraq, Libya and Africa, to name a few.
# irish-aid - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines – which Ireland played a crucial part in – has been an extraordinary success.
# irish-aid - Saturday 23 December, 2017
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
The Taoiseach says the time has come for Ireland to start increasing our spending on international development again.
# irish-aid - Monday 3 July, 2017
# Humanitarian
# Humanitarian
Dozens of civilians have been killed in the crises.
# irish-aid - Saturday 24 June, 2017
# FGM
# FGM
Almost 3,000 girls living in Ireland could be at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation.
# irish-aid - Wednesday 4 January, 2017
# Devastating War
# Devastating War
Almost 19 million Yemenis require humanitarian support, said Minister Charlie Flanagan.
# irish-aid - Sunday 16 October, 2016
# Hurricane Matthew
# Hurricane Matthew
“This is a country that we have access to. There is no war, no bombs dropping and no excuses. The appeal must be met.”
# irish-aid - Thursday 13 October, 2016
# Syria
# Syria
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is in contact with the Irish charity’s board.
# irish-aid - Monday 29 August, 2016
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
A total of €647.51 million was allocated to international development causes in 2015.
# irish-aid - Monday 1 June, 2015
# Beacon Of Light
# Beacon Of Light
We have an awful lot of work to do…
# irish-aid - Friday 1 May, 2015
# Earthquake
# Earthquake
The death toll has topped 6,000.
# irish-aid - Saturday 11 October, 2014
# VolOps
# VolOps
The Irish Aid volunteering fair is on in Dublin Castle today.
# irish-aid - Wednesday 1 October, 2014
# Help Wanted
# Help Wanted
Darren Hanniffy just came home from Liberia, where Ebola infections are DOUBLING every two weeks.
# irish-aid - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
# EBOLA
# EBOLA
The 42-year-old father of two passed away yesterday after showing symptoms of the virus.
# irish-aid - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
# Dochas
# Dochas
A new Ipsos MRBI poll also found that Irish people are mostly in favour of overseas aid, even in an economic downturn.
# irish-aid - Tuesday 15 July, 2014
# West Africa
# West Africa
The outbreak started in Guinea in early 2014 and has spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
# irish-aid - Thursday 3 July, 2014
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
The Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello said Irish people can be proud of what their overseas development aid programme has achieved.
# irish-aid - Wednesday 9 April, 2014
# Poverty
# Poverty
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.
# irish-aid - Thursday 20 March, 2014
# Typhoon Haiyan
# Typhoon Haiyan
The Government has also committed to long-term relief efforts.
# irish-aid - Saturday 8 March, 2014
# Aftermath
# Aftermath
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.
# irish-aid - Thursday 6 March, 2014
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
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.
# Holy See
# Holy See
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.
# irish-aid - Thursday 30 January, 2014
# Aid Works
# Aid Works
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was signed in 1989. How far have we come?
# irish-aid - Monday 27 January, 2014
# Tie-ins
# Tie-ins
Conditional aid in return for human rights improvements – is this to be the future of development aid?
# irish-aid - Friday 20 December, 2013
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
The first ever eye specialists have recently graduated from university in Mozambique thanks to the assistance of students from DIT.
# irish-aid - Monday 25 November, 2013
# Typhoon Haiyan
# Typhoon Haiyan
Latest figures estimate 4.3 million people lost their homes, double the number of those made homeless by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.
# irish-aid - Sunday 17 November, 2013
# Typhoon Haiyan
# Typhoon Haiyan
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’.
# irish-aid - Saturday 16 November, 2013
# Typhoon Haiyan
# Typhoon Haiyan
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.
# irish-aid - Thursday 14 November, 2013
# Typhoon Haiyan
# Typhoon Haiyan
The head of the UN humanitarian fund says that six days on, logistical problems mean help still hasn’t reached some places.
# irish-aid - Wednesday 13 November, 2013
# Typhon Haiyan
# Typhon Haiyan
The NGO is calling for an increase to the €1 million already committed.
# Your Say
# Your Say
The country has already sent aid worth €1.5 million to the island…but is it enough?
# Typhoon Haiyan
# Typhoon Haiyan
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.
# irish-aid - Monday 11 November, 2013
# Typhoon Haiyan
# Typhoon Haiyan
The declaration allows the government to impose price controls and quickly release emergency funds with looting now a problem.
# irish-aid - Thursday 17 October, 2013
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
For a sixth year in a row, funding for Irish Aid was cut bringing it down to €602 million.
# irish-aid - Wednesday 2 October, 2013
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
About 8,500 families have been displaced because of recent flooding.
# irish-aid - Thursday 29 August, 2013
# Comhlámh
# Comhlámh
Two reports released today detail the scale of work by Irish volunteers overseas and suggest public support is still strong for such activities.
# irish-aid - Friday 16 August, 2013
# Irish Aid
# Irish Aid
The money will be used to help refugees and internally-displaced citizens of the west African country.
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