Republic of Ireland

The Climate Chaos Wave

My boyfriend has a tattoo of a wave on his arm. He acquired it for free from a guy called Tattoo Lou. Now, I’m far too unromantic to dream about a matching tattoo, but an upcoming event in Dublin has me thinking of waves and tattoos.

Cross-party call to halt aid cuts

17 November 2009

Women of Concern launched in Cork

First Dublin, and now Cork! We recently launched our Women of Concern group in Cork City in the hospitality suite of the Heineken Brewery.

Coming to a school near you

Over on the Fast site, Fionnagh Nally has been blogging about her trip to Kenya.

The raffle winners

The draw for the Concern summer raffle took place yesterday at Ireland’s National Ploughing Championships. The raffle was part of our Make Your Mark on Hunger campaign.

Videos: I care because

In this video, representatives from Ireland’s aid organisations talk about why they care about the cuts in the aid budget.

Charity begins at home?

In this video, I give my views about the recent cuts in Ireland’s aid budget.

We still care

It’s true, times are tough here in Ireland. But does that mean we care any less about people living in severe poverty?

“Not forgetting poorest of poor”

A recent Irish Times editorial wrote: “It is a regrettable reality that, as the economy shrinks, overseas aid, set as a proportion of GNP, automatically shrinks.

Fast 2009

We’ve got a new blog on the Fast site!