Ireland to send supplies to people of Iraq displaced by violence
Supplies such as blankets, kitchen sets, jerry cans and shelter supplies are being sent to those most in need.
View ArticleKnightley: ‘What I saw and heard was worse than I could have ever imagined’
If the aid effort does not increase in South Sudan – 50,000 children could die from malnutrition.
View ArticleIreland commits a further €144K to fight worst Ebola outbreak in history
The outbreak started in Guinea in early 2014 and has spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
View ArticleIreland pledges €120,000 to help contain Ebola outbreak
WARNING: This article contains an image of a graphic nature.
View ArticleIrish aid workers travel to Sierre Leone to help with Ebola outbreak
The GOAL support team will travel to areas worst affected by the outbreak.
View ArticleUkraine sends its own aid convoy east following fears over Russia’s “Trojan...
Kiev had a change of heart this morning over the Russian convoy, saying it will let the aid in once it has been inspected.
View ArticleRussian armoured vehicles seen near Ukraine aid trucks
A convoy of armoured vehicles is said to be moving towards the Ukrainian border.
View ArticleUkraine tensions rise as Russian aid waits at border
Ukraine claims it destroyed a Russian military convoy.
View Article“There are so many emergencies to respond to, there aren’t enough people”
World Humanitarian Day takes place on 19 August.
View Article28 million people in the Middle East need humanitarian aid
Today is World Humanitarian Day and Oxfam Ireland are calling for help.
View ArticleRussian 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.
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleIreland 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.
View ArticleIreland is going to give €2.5 million extra to Gaza
Ireland has now given €10 million to Palestine since 2010,
View ArticleThis 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.
View ArticleGlasnevin Trust is helping with the burial of Ebola victims in Sierre Leone
Proper burials of the dead is preserving the dignity of the deceased.
View ArticleWhy is Ireland so good at foreign aid? The Famine
Seriously. According to the OECD, anyway.
View ArticleIreland giving over €3 million to South Sudan, Syria and Ethiopia
The money is going to South Sudan and Syria.
View ArticleIreland to give €3 million to ‘forgotten emergencies’
“These crises are not well-known situations, but the needs are very real”.
View ArticleLives reduced to rubble: Remembering the Haiti earthquake five years on
More than 220,000 people lost their lives in the disaster.
View ArticleItaly denies paying €10m ransom to free young hostages
The women were kidnapped last July.
View ArticleAll Irish citizens in Nepal are safe, as 1,000 Europeans remain missing
The death toll has topped 6,000.
View ArticleFrance is in trouble for not taking back millions it gave to Ryanair
The EU wants €10 million in state aid recovered.
View Article‘I don’t think I’ve felt that tired in my life’ – Irishman raises thousands...
Kieran McCarthy chats to The42 about his impressive achievement on Monday.
View ArticleAid will finally reach 500,000 besieged Syrians today but peace is a long way...
Almost half a million people in Syria are in areas under siege.
View Article‘Mama Merkel’ rules out closing the ‘Balkan route’ to Syrian refugees
A meeting on in Brussels also saw Turkey trying to strongarm the EU.
View ArticleBono 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.
View ArticleUN suspends all humanitarian aid convoys in Syria after deadly airstrike
The week-long ceasefire in the war-ravaged country has collapsed.
View ArticleIreland is giving €7.5 million to help Syrian people
“Ireland remains committed to the delivery of humanitarian assistance.”
View ArticleIreland 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.
View ArticleIreland pledges €2 million in aid to victims of Yemen's devastating,...
Three million people have been displaced from their homes by the ongoing conflict in the gulf state.
View ArticleLe Pen's personal assistant charged in 'fake jobs' scandal
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron won the support of a key centrist.
View ArticleGoal 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.
View Article'I didn't want to know how chaotic it was going to be... If I had, maybe I...
John Reilly talks to TheJournal.ie after his trip to Mosul directly after the siege.
View Article'We need to avert our gaze from the White House circus and focus on what...
Donald Trump’s presidency is a tumultuous soap opera, but it’s making us ignore real humanitarian disasters, writes Dominic MacSorley.
View ArticleShorter manslaughter sentences given to men if the women they killed were...
Women’s Aid is calling for tougher punishments for abusers.
View ArticleFirst shipment of food aid in weeks docks at rebel controlled port in Yemen...
The country is facing a serious famine due to an ongoing civil war.
View ArticleOxfam 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.
View ArticleIraqi 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.
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