Photo: Speech Writing Competition winner’s trip to Brussels. Left to right: Gráinne Boylan, Sadbh Boylan, Mairead McGuiness (Vice President of the European Parliament), Juliette O’Donnell, Lisa Wilson (ActionAid Ireland), Séamus Kelly (teacher). ActionAid Ireland has revealed that the prize for the two chosen winners of the Speech Writing Competition 2019 will be an exciting trip.....

ActionAid Ireland welcomes the announcement in today’s budget that spending on Official Development Assistance (ODA) will increase by €110 million reaching 0.39% of Gross National Income (GNI) in 2019. Siobhán McGee, CEO of ActionAid Ireland, said: “This is the most significant increase for ODA in a decade.  We welcome the government’s commitment to copper fastening.....

Press Release: ActionAid responds to Pakistani government’s decision to expel its operations in an attack on civil society and human rights organisations Adriano Campolina, chief executive of ActionAid International, says: “Pakistan’s decision to shut down ActionAid and other International NGOs is a worrying escalation of recent attacks on civil society, academics and journalists.” “The immediate victims will.....