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On Tuesday 9th April, ActionAid held an event with the Development Studies Association of Ireland on “Women’s Leadership in Humanitarian Contexts.” On the day speakers from ActionAid, Trinity College Dublin, and Plan International presented interesting topics for debate among the audience. Event Speakers: Makena Mwobobia, Executive Director of ActionAid Kenya and ActionAid International’s Champion on its.....

Responding to reports that the Irish Naval presence in the Mediterranean will cease and Operation Sophia will be downscaled and end in six months, the Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition (IRMC) today expressed serious concerns. The Coalition comprises 23 organisations that seek to advance the rights and dignity of people on the move and those.....

Clodagh Boyce, a student at St Joseph’s Mercy Secondary School in Navan and Kirsten Soney-Ituen, a student at Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach in Carlow have won the national ActionAid Speech Writing Competition 2019. The Final, held in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin on 20th March, was attended by over 60 people. Ten finalists emphatically delivered their speeches.....