Republic falling short in contributions ‘to avert climate crisis’
Government behind on its fair share of funding to tackle global warming – Trócaire
Overseas development spending to top €1bn for first time after budget increase
Extra allocation of €140m – earmarked for developing countries – welcomed by charities
UN’s 2030 ‘zero hunger’ target in peril, Global Hunger Index shows
‘Alarming’ or ‘serious’ levels of hunger identified in 51 countries
Climate disruption is helping drive rise in global hunger, report says
Global Hunger Index’s latest findings are ‘a terrible indictment’, Mary Robinson says
Hunger is persistent threat to highest number of people since records began
Six countries suffer from ‘alarming’ levels of hunger, according to 2018 index
A half-century on, Concern still shows readiness to adapt to new crises
International aid agency looks to its next 50 years in a smaller, more insecure world
Law binding State to set foreign aid targets ‘should be introduced’
Brendan Smith TD: ‘Vital that Ireland continues to keep aid promises to partner countries’
Irish aid charities fired more than a dozen staff over sexual misconduct
Trócaire, Concern and Goal have dismissed staff over sexual misconduct abroad
More than 20 million ‘at risk of starvation’ in developing world
Nearly half of countries in Global Hunger Index at ‘alarming’ or ‘serious’ levels
Fr Jack Finucane funeral Mass held at Kimmage Manor
Concern co-founder brought ‘humanity to the most inhuman situations’
South Sudan famine results from failure of political will
Ireland’s tragic experience gives us a voice and the responsibility that goes with it
Concern warns of funding shortfall to protect Syrian civilians
As war enters seventh year, agency says lack of money stymying humanitarian response
Irish charity sector is being drained by duplication
Agencies are funded mainly by the State, but expanding payrolls are burning up that money
Concern seeks to return to founding principles
Charity’s new five-year plan to focus on fragile environments and long-term poverty
Mary Robinson travels to Ethiopia to witness impact of drought
Former president to visit country with aid agencies to see response to food crisis
Opinion: Hunger must not be used as a weapon in Syrian war
Areas of Syria have been under siege for months, resulting in starvation and the spread of disease and death.
Concern Worldwide opens office in South Korea
Move presents new opportunities for Irish-Korean collaboration, says Irish Ambassador
Concern Worldwide and Gorta Self Help Africa may merge
Irish aid agencies are in discussions after board approval of move
Time to put down the guns and return to the spirit of peace in South Sudan
Opinion: Peace talks are indeed desirable, but more urgently we need a ceasefire
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