📣 New briefing with @eurodadnews.bsky.social & @concord-europe.bsky.social: EU blended finance & the illusion of development As Global Europe is redesigned, “mobilise private capital” is becoming the default answer. That’s a political choice, not a technical tweak. actionaid.org/publications...

"This is life lived under constant terror. It is not a ceasefire, its genocide continued." Read Karol Balfe's powerful opinion piece in the Irish Examiner. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis continues. Civilians are paying the price. #EU citizens: help push for a suspension of the EU-Israel agreement until human rights are respected. Add your voice: bit.ly/4qlG8XY #JusticeForPalestine

Listen back to our Programme Manager Cillian Quinn and Ola Mustapha who helped to lead our peer research speaking to @rteradio1.bsky.social Morning Ireland on our new report Between Hope and a Home. (20 minutes) www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Our new peer-led research has found that 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.

We’re doing our best to keep Palestine in the news. We've recently had pieces on @rteradio1.bsky.social, @irishtimes.com, @thejournal.ie, @irishexaminer.bsky.social and Irish Mail on Sunday, amplifying the voices of women, children, medics, and aid workers living through impossible conditions.

The Trump admin's capture of the Venezuelan president & its decision to pull out of the #UNFCCC show a blatant disdain for peace & #ClimateJustice. Read more 👉 https://www.actionaidusa.org/news/actionaid-usas-statement-on-the-u-s-withdrawal-of-the-unfccc/?utm_source=social+&utm_medium=bluesky

Proud to join @ICGBV_Ireland at Iveagh House yesterday to mark 20 years of collaboration on tackling GBV. A powerful discussion with grassroots leaders, policymakers and practitioners on sustaining progress for the next decade. #ICGBV20 #EndGBV

COP30 is over, as the dust settles, we need to ensure that justice is at the heart of our approach @actionaidie.bsky.social My op ed today

COP30: What happened in Belém and what Ireland needs to do next. actionaid.ie/cop30-what-h...

Listen back to Karol Balfe on yesterday's RTE This Week speaking about the outcome of COP30 in Brazil, and why justice must be at the heart of how we tackle climate change and why climate action must work for people too www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Your support can empower women to protect themselves from gender-based violence and femicide, and to recover, rebuild and thrive. actionaid.ie/christmas-ap...

Today's Dáil debate raises serious questions about the government's commitment to delivering on the full Occupied Territories Bill:

Women like Ann refuse to be silenced. Your support can help them get urgent protection, to develop financial independence, and to build the futures they and their children deserve. actionaid.ie/christmas-ap...

The new tropical forest fund is a gamble in the casino of financial markets. Public finance is scarce&needs to go directly to forest communities rather than to complex financial instruments that aren’t guaranteed to raise money or benefit people. www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

Acai 'berries', the Amazon rainforest and the Tropical Forest Forever Fund - a complex relationship, criticism and a cautious approach by Ireland @actionaidie.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social #Cop30 www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

“Nobody should have to choose between a secure job and a safe planet” @1teresaanderson.bsky.social, ActionAid’s Global Lead on Climate Justice explains why funding for a #JustTransition is absolutely crucial to ensure climate adaption doesn’t accidently push people into poverty.

10 years after Paris — Europe’s biggest diplomatic win — EU risks showing up at #COP30 with words, not leadership. Europe can still act: → Support a Just Transition Mechanism → Back tripling adaptation finance by 2030 Not new ambitions — just what’s needed for credibility! tinyurl.com/ys2eknef

ActionAid Ireland has described the EU Foreign Affairs Council failure today to act on suspending Israel’s preferential trade agreement as a betrayal of its own commitments to human rights and international law.

Listen back to Mahesh Badal, ActionAid Nepal, and @karolbalfe.bsky.social speaking to the Climate Ambassador podcast about the realities of climate change in the Global South, following the publication of ActionAid's The Hidden Truth report. open.spotify.com/episode/3a7Y...

Read our full statement here: actionaid.ie/ceasefire-an...

One month on from the devastating 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan, ActionAid is still working tirelessly to meet the needs of earthquake survivors, like Fatima*, whose homes and livelihoods have been destroyed, many of whom are living in tents. *Name changed to protect her identity

Next week’s budget is Ireland’s chance to show real global solidarity with women and girls living in some of poorest places in the world— at a time when too many countries are turning their backs on overseas aid. Read more: actionaid.ie/official-dev... #livesontheline

"The EU is making moves that would trample on hard-fought protections meant to prevent catastrophic workplace tragedies and environmental abuses. Ireland should stand up against that effort." Read Cillian Quinn's piece in today's TheJournal.ie www.thejournal.ie/readme/irela...

"You cannot abuse a system that doesn't work in the first place." ActionAid Ireland Policy and Programme Manager Cillian Quinn's letter in the Irish Times today.

Activists across Europe are taking to the streets to demand greater regulation of bad behaviour by big corporations. The protests are at an attempt by the EU to gut hard fought protections within the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. The Irish government must reject these rollbacks!

In today's @irishtimes.com our incredible colleague Riham Jafari discusses how recognition of the Palestine state is hollow without action. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

A powerful message from @ActionAid mobilisations in Nigeria: Far more of the world's money is going to the causes of climate change, not the solutions. 💸🌍🔥 This is absurd. We call on governments to shift the finance flows. #FundOurFuture, not the crisis! #ClimateFinance #FundTheFuture #COP30

#DrawTheLine mobilisations in Tanzania sent the message that communities on the front lines of the climate crisis demand bold, just and people-centred action. ✊ On bikes, and with symbolic trees in bottles attached to air masks they called for renewables, #JustTransition & #FundOurFuture. 🌍

#DrawTheLine mobilisations in Nigeria join the Global Week of Action today calling for #JustTransition, #Agroecology and to #FundOurFuture, not the crisis!

#DrawTheLine climate justice actions calling for #JustTransition and to #FundTheFuture not the crisis, come to Hargeisa in Somaliland! 😍✊🌍

The Global Week of Action calling for climate justice hits the streets in Senegal, Kenya, Sierra Leone and beyond 😍✊🌍 #FundOurFuture #DrawTheLine #JustTransition #Agroecology

ActionAid is one of 22 aid organisations calling on world leaders to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Farmers feed the world! #COP30 must deliver a #JustTransition in agriculture so that farmers’ views can shape climate action in the food sector. #JustTransitionRising #Agroecology #DrawTheLine

A new report "Trading with Illegal settlements" reveals how trade with illegal Israeli settlements by EU companies are directly contributing to the humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory. Ireland must pass the Occupied Territories Bill in full. actionaid.ie/trading-with...

Today, the United Nations concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. This is not the time for words. We now need urgent action from governments. Arms exports to Israel must be banned, sanctions imposed, and Israeli must be held accountable.

The time for talk is over, the government must take action and pass the Occupied Territories Bill - in full. We joined 45+ organistions and groups to call on the government to stop delaying and pass the Bill, ensuring services are included!

Did you get a chance to read our latest ActionTimes newsletter? This edition focuses on period poverty — from Uganda’s refugee settlements to the crisis in Gaza. Read more: actionaid.ie/support-girl...

Gaza City reoccupation threatens 50% of our local partners in Gaza and puts starving pregnant women at extreme risk. Conditions are deteriorating by the hour, with many members of staff facing a harrowing reality. Listen back to Riham Jafari on RTE Drivetime (55 minutes) www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The government needs to take action at the upcoming UN General Assembly to protect the people of Gaza.

ActionAid condemns US government sanctions on Palestinian human rights groups. We stand in solidarity and call on governments & civil society to oppose this assault on rights & dissent.

❗️A 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on 31 Aug, killing 2,200+ & affecting 14,400 people in remote areas. ActionAid is on the ground delivering food, hygiene kits, blankets & cash support to families who lost everything. Donate here➡️actionaid.ie/afghanistan-earthquake-appeal/

In these extremely difficult times, we are so grateful for your continued support which is helping change lives across the world. You can read more in our most recently published newsletter actionaid.ie/support-girl...

Listen back to Srikanta Misra, the Country Director of ActionAid Afghanistan, speaking to Morning Ireland about the devastating earthquake that hit Afghanistan on Sunday. (26minutes) www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Following the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan we are racing against time to provide urgent medical care, food, clean water, and search and rescue equipment to the areas they are needed most. Please help rush emergency aid to those most affected by donating now. actionaid.ie/afghanistan-...

🚨 A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on 31 August, devastating communities in Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman. More than 1,411 people have died and over 3,124 are injured, and the numbers are expected to rise. More than 12,000 people are affected and 5,412 homes have been destroyed.

A week after famine in #Gaza was confirmed, doctors warn pregnant women face severe complications from starvation & lack of medicine. At Al Awda Hospital, 70–75% of 300 women seen daily are malnourished. ActionAid urges a permanent #ceasefire & end to the blocking of aid.

🤲 Getting aid into Gaza is near impossible. ActionAid works via cash transfers so local partners can provide water, shelter and support. Supplies are scarce, prices soaring, crossings shut. Where we once reached 100, now we reach 40 - but we keep going. ▶️ actionaid.ie/gaza

The IPC confirmed famine in Gaza last week. Today, another hospital was bombed - killing civilians and journalists. We cannot look away. This is genocide unfolding in real time. Governments must act. Palestinian lives matter. #CeasefireNow