ActionAid Ireland welcomes historic ICJ ruling declaring Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory is unlawful
  • Date: 19/07/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland has welcomed the historic judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which has declared that the Israeli Government’s continued occupation of the Palestinian territory is unlawful.  The ICJ concluded that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territory constitutes systematic discrimination, and that its legislation and measures in the West Bank and.....

eviction notice letter

ActionAid Ireland renews its urgent appeal to Minister Roderic O’Gorman to exempt lone parents in direct provision from eviction
  • Date: 15/07/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland today renewed its urgent appeal to Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, to exempt lone parents with international protection from having to vacate their Direct Provision accommodation by the end of this week, saying the moving deadline of July 18th is like a “guillotine hanging over their heads”. In.....

Al-Awda Hospital

ActionAid Ireland reports huge increase in injured patients being treated at its partner hospital in Gaza  in one of the bloodiest weeks since the start of the war
  • Date: 12/07/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland said today that staff at its partner hospital in northern Gaza, Al-Awda, are desperately trying to cope with an influx of injured patients from Gaza City in one of the bloodiest weeks since the start of the war.   ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said doctors at the hospital are working around the.....