# Aid

Last month

March 2023

Government sends €10m to combat hunger and gender based violence in wake of Pakistani floods

The aid is destined to help hundreds of villages still cut off following the disaster said to have been caused by climate affected monsoons.

8.2k

Mar 24th 2023, 10:45 PM

This year

2023

# Rescue Effort

Erdogan admits earthquake rescue effort not as quick as hoped as death toll nears 24,000

Officials and medics said 20,213 people had died in Turkey and 3,553 in Syria.

Chances of finding more survivors have dimmed since the passing of the three-day mark

Experts fear the death toll will continue to rise sharply

Turkish media have reported rescues of young children

16.6k

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Feb 10th 2023, 9:54 PM

# Aid

GOAL says 27 of its employees died in earthquake in Turkey and Syria

A number of other staff members are still unaccounted for.

16.4k

Updated

Feb 10th 2023, 2:26 PM

# Relief Efforts

Tánaiste announces €2 million in emergency aid for Turkey and Syria following earthquakes

Countries around the world have rushed to dispatch aid, personnel and equipment to help rescue efforts in the regions.

18.1k

Feb 6th 2023, 6:12 PM

Last year

2022

# Aid

Donations to Irish Red Cross reached €42 million for the crisis in Ukraine

A further €1.6 million was donated towards victims of the Creeslough tragedy.

8.7k

Dec 26th 2022, 2:42 PM

# Humanitarian

Coveney approves €2 million funding to UN for Palestinian refugees

It brings Ireland’s total contribution to the UN Relief and Works Agency in 2022 to €8 million.

9.2k

Sep 18th 2022, 2:02 PM

# Afghanistan earthquake

Taliban pledge no interference with quake aid, but many await relief

Even before Wednesday’s quake, the country was in the grip of a humanitarian crisis.

10.9k

Jun 25th 2022, 3:25 PM

# United Nations

UN wants €4.4 billion in aid for Afghans to avoid 'full-blown humanitarian catastrophe'

Around 8 million children could miss out on their education because teachers largely have not been paid since August.

13.5k

Jan 11th 2022, 8:38 AM

All time

# Fundraising

Charities praise generosity of Irish people as they raise funds to support Afghan communities

A number of organisations have launched relief appeals as well as campaigns urging the government to resettle refugees.

11.9k

Aug 25th 2021, 6:15 AM

# Entry Point

UN Council pushes back vote on extending aid to Syria

Ireland is in favour of keeping open a border-crossing that allows aid into Syria’s north west.

6.8k

Jul 7th 2021, 11:02 PM

# Aid

Ireland joins US and Norway to press for extension of cross-border aid into Syria

A border crossing that aid passes through is due to close this week.

7.6k

Jul 6th 2021, 10:30 PM

# Financial Support

€25m aid package announced for British horse racing

The funds will be made available for jockeys, training yards, stable staff and horse welfare.

4.5k

Apr 18th 2020, 9:41 AM

# Aid

Government to provide financial support to those affected by floods

The scheme will be provided by the Irish Red Cross on behalf of the government.

11.1k

Feb 27th 2020, 9:35 PM

# Sumatra

At least seven dead in landslides and floods in Indonesia

More than 2,000 people have been forced to leave their flooded homes.

6.8k

Jan 29th 2020, 12:26 PM

# Aid

Venezuela's government to stage concert to rival Richard Branson's charity one

The concert will be held on the Simon Bolivar bridge which links San Antonio, Venezuela with Cucuta, in Colombia, where aid sent by the US is being held up and stored.

13.6k

Feb 19th 2019, 8:49 AM

# Disaster

Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs to 373

The powerful tsunami struck without any warning on Saturday night,

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Dec 24th 2018, 3:11 PM

# East Ghouta

'An invisible actor': The Irishman who delivered aid to 30,000 people in war-torn Syria

Mark Mullan is a finalist for the Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Awards.

21.4k

Nov 24th 2018, 7:30 AM

# Amnesty International

Iraqi 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.

12.3k

Apr 17th 2018, 6:30 AM

# Earthquake

Oxfam 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.

29.2k

Feb 9th 2018, 7:16 AM

# Food Aid

First shipment of food aid in weeks docks at rebel controlled port in Yemen as country faces famine

The country is facing a serious famine due to an ongoing civil war.

5.6k

Nov 27th 2017, 6:56 AM

# Women

Shorter manslaughter sentences given to men if the women they killed were their partners

Women’s Aid is calling for tougher punishments for abusers.

54.7k

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Nov 24th 2017, 6:00 AM

Voices

'We need to avert our gaze from the White House circus and focus on what matters'

Donald Trump’s presidency is a tumultuous soap opera, but it’s making us ignore real humanitarian disasters, writes Dominic MacSorley.

6.7k

Sep 9th 2017, 7:30 PM

# saving mosul

'I didn't want to know how chaotic it was going to be... If I had, maybe I wouldn't have gone'

John Reilly talks to TheJournal.ie after his trip to Mosul directly after the siege.

28.5k

Aug 3rd 2017, 6:00 AM

# USAid

Goal 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.

6.6k

Apr 13th 2017, 7:37 AM

# Elections

Le Pen's personal assistant charged in 'fake jobs' scandal

Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron won the support of a key centrist.

15.2k

Feb 22nd 2017, 11:04 PM

# conflict fallout

Ireland pledges €2 million in aid to victims of Yemen's devastating, never-ending, civil war

Three million people have been displaced from their homes by the ongoing conflict in the gulf state.

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Jan 7th 2017, 10:00 PM

# hurricane matthew

Ireland 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.

18.4k

Oct 7th 2016, 2:40 PM

# Humanitarian Aid

Ireland is giving €7.5 million to help Syrian people

“Ireland remains committed to the delivery of humanitarian assistance.”

10.1k

Oct 6th 2016, 2:10 PM

# ceasefire collapse

UN suspends all humanitarian aid convoys in Syria after deadly airstrike

The week-long ceasefire in the war-ravaged country has collapsed.

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Sep 20th 2016, 12:25 PM

# violent extremism

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.

15.0k

Apr 12th 2016, 10:52 PM

# migrant crisis

'Mama Merkel' rules out closing the 'Balkan route' to Syrian refugees

A meeting on in Brussels also saw Turkey trying to strongarm the EU.

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Mar 7th 2016, 7:23 PM

# Civil War

Aid will finally reach 500,000 besieged Syrians today but peace is a long way off

Almost half a million people in Syria are in areas under siege.

5.8k

Feb 17th 2016, 7:15 AM

# Hero

'I don’t think I’ve felt that tired in my life' - Irishman raises thousands after unique Dublin Marathon challenge

Kieran McCarthy chats to The42 about his impressive achievement on Monday.

35.4k

Oct 28th 2015, 9:30 PM

# State Aid

France is in trouble for not taking back millions it gave to Ryanair

The EU wants €10 million in state aid recovered.

17.2k

Jul 27th 2015, 3:15 PM

# Earthquake

All Irish citizens in Nepal are safe, as 1,000 Europeans remain missing

The death toll has topped 6,000.

17.2k

May 1st 2015, 9:18 PM

# Syria

Italy denies paying €10m ransom to free young hostages

The women were kidnapped last July.

11.5k

Jan 16th 2015, 5:42 PM

# Destruction

Lives reduced to rubble: Remembering the Haiti earthquake five years on

More than 220,000 people lost their lives in the disaster.

3.6k

Jan 12th 2015, 6:30 AM

# Helping out

Ireland to give €3 million to 'forgotten emergencies'

“These crises are not well-known situations, but the needs are very real”.

7.2k

Dec 29th 2014, 12:49 PM

# donated

Ireland giving over €3 million to South Sudan, Syria and Ethiopia

The money is going to South Sudan and Syria.

6.0k

Dec 23rd 2014, 1:39 PM

# Charity

Why is Ireland so good at foreign aid? The Famine

Seriously. According to the OECD, anyway.

10.2k

Dec 2nd 2014, 7:15 AM