"A lot of the communities in its path were devastated with massive flooding, most of the houses were destroyed and livelihoods as well." Rhoda Avila, Humanitarian Manager at OxfamPilipinas @oxfam.org.ph, spoke of the impact of Super Typhoon Uwan on @rteradio1.bsky.social News At One.

This morning we were out spreading the word about the National Climate Demonstration happening Saturday 15 November in Dublin 📣🌍‼️ Let’s get the message out there!!! It has never been more crucial to take action on climate change to stop all out climate chaos.

🚨 The European Parliament is about to start debating a law that would harm millions across Europe. With 250+ groups we call on EU lawmakers to reject it.

Read the Oxfam reaction to the publication of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reports on Sudan and South Sudan. 👉https://oxfamireland.org/press/reaction-to-the-publication-of-the-integrated-food-security-phase-classification-ipc-reports

"An Independent Panel on Inequality is an excellent proposal and long overdue." Read more on the Oxfam reaction to the Stiglitz #G20 Extraordinary Committee Report on Inequality. www.oxfamireland.org/press/oxfam-...

For Mercy, life in the mines was all she knew, until a mobile school opened in her community. Through Oxfam’s From Mines to School project, funded by the European Union, Mercy seized the chance to return to class and continue her education. Read Mercy’s story: www.oxfamireland.org/impact/a-jou...

🚨 NEW joint statement It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line. Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests. corporatejustice.org/publications...

Why should you join the National Climate Demonstration on 15 November? Hear from Oxfam Ireland Youth Ambassador, Aimée Kielt, on why she is joining us to demand climate action NOW. Read the full blog www.oxfamireland.org/blog/why-sho...

Someone in Ireland’s richest 1% emits 14 times more carbon than someone in the bottom 50%. Oxfam Ireland calls for urgent action to tackle carbon inequality ahead of COP30. Read more from Oxfam Ireland's new report: www.oxfamireland.org/press/someon...

@nearfm.ie @oxfamireland.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo2R...

"Humanitarian access remains severely restricted. Oxfam continues to advocate for access." Salah Skaik, our colleague in #Gaza spoke on @wlrfm.bsky.social this morning. "On the ground Oxfam is restoring access to clean water and sanitation, providing hygiene kits and emergency food assistance."

Listen back to our CEO, Jim Clarken, speaking about PostBack on @rteradio1.bsky.social Morning Ireland today. 📻https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22553916/

"This is nationwide, it's very simple, very easy, free to use and makes a big difference." Our CEO, Jim Clarken, speaking about our PostBack initiative with An Post on @rteradio1.bsky.social Morning Ireland.

Everyone has the right to seek safety. Under the new #EUMigrationPact people seeking protection could be detained at Irish borders. Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/3duaz9p3 #PactCheck

Europe: A bystander to realpolitik, or a broker of principled peace? Read Oxfam's statement ahead of EU foreign affairs ministers on Monday. 🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/europe-bystander-realpolitik-or-broker-principled-peace #FAC

"The situation in Gaza today is the direct result of siege, deprivation and collective punishment by Israel" - Bushra Khalidi, Policy Lead for @oxfaminternational.bsky.social the Occupied Palestinian Territory, on Israel's aid blocks in #Gaza. @rteradio1.bsky.social @news.rte.ie @rteone.rte.ie

We will be outside Leinster House on Tuesday 23 September at 11am. Don’t take away protections for climate and workers. We are joining with people all around Europe to say protect the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and stop deregulation. ➡️Read more oxfamireland.org/blog/dont-ta...

"Last March, Oxfam said around 29,000 Palestinians work in Israeli settlements – a small percentage of the roughly 3 million Palestinians believed to live in the West Bank" - @sallyhayd.bsky.social in @irishtimes.com✍️

"This is genocide unfolding in real time. International refusal to hold Israel accountable has allowed this shocking situation to continue to deteriorate unabated, resulting in unthinkable human suffering in Gaza" - Jim Clarken, CEO of Oxfam Ireland.

"Award-winning Irish comedian, writer, and actor Aisling Bea has been unveiled as the lead ambassador for Oxfam Ireland’s Second Hand September 2025 campaign."

As the face of Oxfam Ireland’s Second-Hand September, comedian #AislingBea wants us all to buy vintage. She tells Suzanne Harrington why it’s time we all embraced pre-loved fashion for @irishexaminer.bsky.social 💚

"It's an abomination that people are starving in this way, we must make it end." Our CEO, Jim Clarken, on @news.rte.ie tonight on the famine in #Gaza "The time for talking about this is over, the world's leaders must say, "no more, this must stop now."

Oxfam Ireland CEO Jim Clarken reacts to @theipcinfo.bsky.social declaration of famine in Gaza governate: "This has to be the moment for every government and every citizen to loudly say ‘no more’."

@oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Chris McIntosh spoke to Morning Ireland on @rteradio1.bsky.social from Gaza City today on the continuing starvation campaign, and fears for people living there as Israel increases its illegal military attack.

Today is World Humanitarian Day. We celebrate and honour those who continue to provide humanitarian assistance to people who need it most. Last year, 377 humanitarian workers were killed in conflict situations across 20 countries. That is a record high. #WorldHumanitarianDay

"In a March 2025 briefing paper, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social said approximately 29,000 Palestinians were working in Israeli settlements. This included more than 6,500 Palestinian women, primarily employed in agriculture and manufacturing." @sallyhayd.bsky.social @irishtimes.com ✒️

Chris McIntosh, Humanitarian Response Adviser for @oxfaminternational.bsky.social in Gaza, discusses the battle to get aid trucks into the besieged enclave on @rteradio1.bsky.social last Friday.

"Whatever on earth can be done to stop the horror being perpetrated on #Gaza and the West Bank, whatever action to end Israel’s daily massacres and strategic starvation of Palestinians, has to happen." @unamullally.bsky.social @irishtimes.com 🖊️

Irish tech journalist @elaineburke.bsky.social spoke to Riham Al Faqih from MIFTAH - a civil society organisation based in Palestine - about digital rights violations committed against Palestinians 🎙️@fortechssakepod.bsky.social

Today, @theipcinfo.bsky.social has issued an alert saying that the worst-case scenario of famine is already unfolding. Israel’s genocide has thrown Gaza into the final chaotic stages of a full-blown human catastrophe.

Oxfam Ireland quoted in @independent.ie on #Gaza: "There’s a shortage of fuel for cooking and transport. Without electricity the desalination plants don’t work, and without fuel we can’t send water trucks to the areas that need water."

Disease is ripping through Gaza as Israel continues to deliberately block aid. There must be an immediate and permanent ceasefire. All required aid must be able to enter via all crossings into Gaza. 👉 t.co/y8NpEBcxmT

"Why are children dying of starvation an hour and a half away from me? What dystopia am I living in, where children are starving to death?" Bushra Khalidi, Policy Lead, Oxfam in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel speaking about the dire conditions in #Gaza on Prime Time @rteone.rte.ie

"Children are telling their parents, they want to go to heaven, because at least heaven has food." Jim Clarken, Oxfam Ireland CEO, speaking on The Last Word on Today FM Ireland.

Disease is ripping through Gaza as Israel continues to deliberately block aid. Water-borne diseases have increased by almost 150% inside Gaza over the past three months. www.oxfamireland.org/press/diseas...

"Children are telling their parents they want to go to heaven because at least heaven has food." Our CEO, Jim Clarken describes the catastrophic conditions in #Gaza on The Last Word on @todayfm.bsky.social ‪

Taoiseach Micheál Martin called for a "massive surge" in humanitarian aid into #Gaza, adding that he is "very disturbed by the undermining of the UN and the relief organisations". @news.rte.ie 🖊️

With supplies now totally depleted in Gaza, humanitarian organisations like @oxfaminternational.bsky.social are witnessing their colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes. 100+ INGOs are urging governments to act.

Rich Ensoll and Johan Hoving are canoeing around the entire country to fundraise for Oxfam Ireland - and have met some lovely locals along the way. Visit canoeingroundireland.com to donate! 🚣

Intentional internet shutdowns are a common occurrence in #Gaza - a move which has been condemned by the UN as a violation of international human rights law. @thejournal.ie @elaineburke.bsky.social 🖊️

Even before October 2023, people living in Gaza had access to only 2G mobile internet services. Tech journalist Elaine Burke speaks to Palestinian NGO Miftah about communications limits in Gaza and the West Bank. http://jrnl.ie/6745647

The EU’s foreign affairs ministers met today to discuss the list of options for political action against Israel. Read our reaction 👉 www.oxfamireland.org/press/enough...

✊ Join us at the @ipsc.bsky.social National March for Palestine. 🚨We continue to call for a permanent #CeaseFireNow, immediate and widespread access to humanitarian aid. All of our National and International trade agreements must be reviewed, we must remove our own complicity in illegal settlements.

Africa’s richest four hold more wealth than half the continent. The richest 5% hold nearly $4 trillion in wealth – more than double the combined wealth of the rest of the continent. 📢 Oxfam’s new report calls for bold taxation and fairer economies. 👉 Read the full report oxfam.org/en/research/...

Israeli strike kills at least 15 people queueing outside medical point in Gaza

"Palestinians say they are being suffocated, crushed by an apartheid system. This includes a two-tier legal system with Palestinians usually dealt with under military law, while settlers are protected by Israeli civilian law." @sallyhayd.bsky.social🖊️ @irishtimes.com

"While billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion this year for just a few people, 800 million people will go to bed hungry tonight. There's something not right in the structure" Oxfam Ireland CEO Jim Clarken appeared on @newstalkfm.bsky.social to debunk the myth of 'ethical billionaires'.

🎙️Our Head of Communications & Campaigns, Clare Cronin, joined @c103cork.bsky.social to chat about Rich & Johan’s epic canoe journey around Ireland 🚣‍♂️ She shared why their adventure in Ronan is more than just a challenge, it’s raising vital funds for @oxfamireland.bsky.social

“I join with everyone here in urging everybody involved to...reach agreement on a new ceasefire and hostage release agreement, to redouble those efforts and to end the violence once and for all" - @simonharrisireland.bsky.social

"We need to leave here with enthusiasm and fire to go out and make sure that financing for development is still alive and up to the challenges." Minister @nealerichmond.bsky.social describes the importance of funding during global crises at Financing for Development Week in Seville, Spain.