# Foreign aid

This year

2023

# Earthquake

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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Feb 15th 2023, 7:30 AM

Last year

2022

# budget 2023

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

All time

# baroness sugg

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

# impeachment

'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

# Humanitarian Crisis

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

# Foreign aid

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

# Foreign aid

€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

# Foreign aid

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

# 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.

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Apr 12th 2016, 10:52 PM

# Foreign aid

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

# Charity

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

# Foreign aid

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

# one campaign

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

# Central African Republic

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

# Central African Republic

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

# typhoon haiyan

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

# Foreign aid

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

# Hunger

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

# Foreign aid

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

# volunteering

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

# Sudan

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

Voices

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.

Feb 4th 2013, 7:00 PM

Voices

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

# Your Say

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

# Foreign aid

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

# Human Rights

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

# 2012Elections

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

# Death Toll

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

# Budget11

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