‘Not viable’ for Government to provide funds to replace US aid programme cuts, says Minister
Richmond says there will be no reduction in Ireland’s expenditure on overseas aid
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Concern Worldwide lays off almost 400 staff citing ‘aid funding cuts’
Positions at risk in organisation’s Dublin head office but numbers unclear due to ‘fluidity of the situation’
Irish aid agency Goal hit by Trump spending freeze
Organisation’s annual report for 2023 describes USAid as ‘largest donor’ at €103m
Death announced of East Timor peace campaigner Tom Hyland (72)
Tributes to former Ballyfermot bus driver led by President Michael D Higgins
Global hunger levels ‘to stay high for another 136 years’, assessment finds
42 countries have ‘serious’ or ‘alarming’ hunger levels as conflict takes toll
Michael Darragh Macauley: ‘I find it enjoyable to give back. I don’t do it for Instagram likes. I do it because it makes me happy.’
The former Dublin footballer may have left the GAA pitch behind, but he is playing to win in new territory: as CEO of Sanctuary Runners, making a difference to the lives of asylum seekers and migrants
One of Ireland’s most experienced aid workers: ‘The secrecy of HIV and Aids is worse now, it went underground during Covid’
Breda Gahan's work as a nurse and midwife brought her from the frontlines of the 1980s Aids epidemic in Dublin to conflicts and humanitarian crises across the globe and she has no intention of stopping
‘Living in Khartoum is a hell’: Food and water shortages leave civilians desperate as Sudan conflict rages on
Aid has become a battleground in the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, with a third of the population facing acute food insecurity
Cop28: World leaders meet to attempt closure of emissions gap amid worsening climate crisis
Fossil fuel allegations dismissed by Cop28 hosts as UAE insists ‘unprecedented outcome' still achievable
Multiple crises impeding global efforts to tackle hunger
Progress against hunger worldwide has largely stalled as conflict and climate crisis takes toll, according to 2023 Global Hunger Index
Africa’s climate-vulnerable people are resilient but need support, says Concern ambassador
UCC student Dearbhla Richardson says the requests of communities are not unreasonable
‘They came well-armed and told me to stop teaching’: Deliberate targeting of schools damages children’s prospects
Ireland can do more to show its support for students and teachers worldwide that face unacceptable risks
Sudan: As embassies evacuate staff, those left behind search for options
More than 400 people have been killed since fighting began on April 15th
In the right hands, money you leave in your will can grow a sustainable future for families living in the world’s most vulnerable communities
A legacy gift enables Concern Worldwide to provide practical farming solutions that will help families grow their food for generations, and long after we’re gone
Displaced in Somalia: ‘Only cooking oil and flour is possible to buy ... it’s not enough but we have no choice’
In Mogadishu, local resilience and charity are being tested by conflict and drought, which are forcing more people to the city.
‘There is no reason why everyone shouldn’t have a reusable water bottle or coffee cup’
Former PwC consultant Cathal O’Reilly is on a mission to change consumer behaviour around sustainability
World hunger reaching catastrophic levels, index shows
Global Hunger Index says 44 countries suffering with serious or alarming levels of hunger
How Concern is using EU funding to support the nutritional needs of some of the world’s most vulnerable under-5s
While the Irish government has always placed huge importance on addressing hunger and supporting NGOs like Concern, some other donor countries are cutting back
‘I lost a chance to climb Everest, but these people lost their loved ones’
Wild Geese: Avalanche foils Everest summit for London-based engineer Paul Devaney
Call for Ireland to support making vaccine technology openly available
Irish organisations’ open letter to Taoiseach says ‘united action’ needed on Covid-19
Using technology for positive social change
This global community offers free, tailored solutions to social and health problems
Making and selling of products containing microbeads banned
Harmful plastics founds in some toothpastes, body wash, face scrubs, sunscreen, medicines
‘I have been called ‘suicide girl’ by one of the big investors here in Ireland’
KeepAppy co-founder invented app after mental health crisis brought her to brink
Bees, bikes and books: give the gift of charity this Christmas
Charity gifts help donors and recipients visualise the type of help provided to others
Art from atrocity: Brian Maguire records a humanitarian crisis
The Irish artist travelled to South Sudan to bear witness to the resilience of its refugees
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
‘The little things make a difference’
Frances O’Keeffe’s volunteer work with Concern stretches back three decades
Africa can feed itself with a productive agricultural infrastructure
Irishman Tom Arnold is chairing EU task force to help rural Africa solve own problems
Irish aid charities fired more than a dozen staff over sexual misconduct
Trócaire, Concern and Goal have dismissed staff over sexual misconduct abroad
Rights activist gets harshest sentence yet in China crackdown
Blogger Wu Gan aka ‘Super Vulgar Butcher’ plans to appeal eight-year jail term
The Spiritan priest who became leader of Concern Worldwide
Obituary: Fr Jack Finucane – Born: February 17th, 1937. Died: June 7th, 2017
Fr Jack Finucane, co-founder of aid agency Concern, dies aged 80
Missionary who helped to organise Biafra aid campaign was cited by Bono as a major influence
Diarmaid Ferriter: Bishop Casey – activist and sexist hypocrite
Former Bishop of Kerry was a highly compartmentalised man in his 1970s heyday
‘My husband was killed that night’: snapshots from Syria
Six personal stories highlight the plight of a war-torn people six years into the conflict
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