Migrant women who led research at the launch of Between Hope and a Home

New research: Between Hope and a Home

  • Date: 13/01/2026
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

Lone-parent migrant families with legal status in Ireland are being forced to leave Direct Provision and their communities with no realistic way of securing housing, according to new peer-led research published today by ActionAid Ireland. The report, Between Hope and a Home, documents how lone parents – most of them women – face discrimination, unaffordable rents,.....

COP30: What happened in Belém and what Ireland needs to do next. 

  • Date: 27/11/2025
  • Author: Cillian Quinn

Climate change is one of, if not the biggest crisis shaping our lives. Yet for most people, the negotiations that happen at COP can feel distant, full of jargon, and happening in a world that feels completely distant to us.  So here’s a breakdown of what actually happened at COP30 in Belém — our six big takeaways â€” and what Ireland must do now if we’re serious about climate justice.  1......

Natasha O'Brien and Karol Balfe raise awareness against femicide

ActionAid Ireland appeals for support for it’s Christmas campaign against femicide

  • Date: 25/11/2025
  • Author: Jo-Ann Ward

ActionAid Ireland has called on Irish people to stand in solidarity with the millions of women and girls around the world who are victims of gender-based violence this Christmas. The organisation is highlighting the global crisis of gender-based violence and femicide, which is women being killed because they are a woman, usually by their partners. Launching.....