Calling all young people to challenge global injustice 

ActionAid Ireland is calling for young people aged 14 to 18 to write a five-minute speech for the ActionTalks national speech writing competition. The top prize for the national winner is a €500 voucher.   The competition, now in its ninth year, is an opportunity for young people to explore the root causes of local and […]

ActionAid Ireland response to Budget 2023

We must take much more radical action on climate change and challenge austerity globally to deliver women’s rights. ActionAid Ireland welcomes the increase of the overseas aid budget of €177 million, bringing the budget to €1.2 billion in Budget 2023. This is an important milestone in Ireland’s commitment to reach 0.7% of its Gross National […]

Transforming Education – Make education an urgent global priority

Transforming Education Summit For the first time ever, global leaders are gathering in New York for a summit focused only on education. The UN’s Transforming Education Summit is a recognition both of the scale of the global crisis in education. It shows the urgent need to transform public education systems in the face of a […]

Culture Night 2022

We will open our office in Dublin for Culture Night on Friday 23rd September 2022, for the first time since 2019. The event is free and open to all. On the night, Rhythm Africana will perform live from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. They will bring a variety of traditional songs from all over Africa. A high-energy […]

Urgent action on climate change needed as 33 million displaced by flooding in Pakistan

In Pakistan the government has declared a state of emergency as over 1,000 people have died, and more than 33 million people have been displaced following devastating monsoon rains. Karol Balfe, CEO of ActionAid Ireland said: “We are now watching the impact of climate change unfold before our eyes. Pakistan, the world’s fifth largest country, […]

ActionAid condemns Israeli raid of Palestinian human rights organisations

Israeli forces have raided the offices of several Palestinian human rights advocacy groups, which they had previously labelled as “terrorist organisations”, closing them down and reportedly seizing assets and documents. These are organisations that actively document human rights violations committed by Israeli occupation in occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) and advocate for the rights of Palestinian […]