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An Evening with Brendan O’Carroll in support of Trócaire

He’s won BAFTAs and IFTAs for his television comedies and now Brendan O’Carroll is taking on his most important role...

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Climate change

Climate Plan ignores plight of poorest and most vulnerable

As drought pushes millions of people to the brink of famine in East Africa, Ireland yesterday published its Draft Nation...

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Climate change

Trócaire launches 44th annual Lent fundraising campaign

Scale of humanitarian need ‘unprecedented’  as Trócaire launches Ireland’s largest annual fundraising campai...

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Access to Justice

How Donald Trump’s Executive Order counters international law

By Julian Waagensen, Trócaire Policy & Advocacy Adviser President Trump’s Executive Order on refugees and immigra...

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Climate change

Dáil signals first of its kind fossil fuel divestment legislation

Trócaire welcomes ground breaking environmental Bill that will benefit the poorest communities in the world. This after...

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Climate change

Ceann Comhairle launches the ‘Project for Africa’ with Trócaire

Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, Lela-alem Gebreyohannes, Ethiopian Ambassador to Ireland, and RTÉ broadcaster ...

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Climate change

Trócaire and NGO partners organise north and south climate action lobby events

Lobby events held in Dublin and Belfast to coincide with the COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh, where diplomats gather to...

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Humanitarian

Trócaire nominated for world’s biggest humanitarian award

Trócaire has been nominated for the 2017 Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize in recognition of its humanitaria...

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Ireland

Culture Night 2016

On Friday September 16th, Trócaire marked Culture Night 2016 with two great creative events in Dublin. Poetry inspired ...

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Access to Justice

This week’s UN Summit must lead to greater political engagement on the refugee crisis

By nightfall this evening 34,000 people will have fled their homes because of violence and persecution. That is the numb...

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Climate change

5 fossil fuel myths busted

Carbon emissions released from the fossil fuels we use are a leading cause of the global temperature rise causing climat...

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Climate change

The movement to stop burning fossil fuels

Trócaire’s ‘The Burning Question’ campaign is part of a global movement of organisations and individuals who are ...

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Ireland

Trócaire’s commitment to transparency and accountability

Message from Éamonn Meehan, Trócaire Executive Director There has been extensive media coverage over recent weeks of t...

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Ireland

Better World Award Winners 2016

Primary students take on climate change in this year’s Better World Awards poster competition.  Using Trócai...

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Humanitarian

Every day 42,000 must flee their homes

Approximately 42,000 people will mark World Refugee Day today by closing the door to their home and making a treacherous...

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Climate change

2016 must be Ireland’s year for climate action

It’s time for Ireland to take action and keep its promises on climate change, says Joanne McGarry, Campaigns Offi...

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Ireland

Young poets tackle climate change and migration

Young people aged 11 to 18 years from across Ireland used their poetry to place themselves in the shoes of people forced...

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Climate change

Trócaire calls on Ireland to withdraw public money from the fossil fuel industry

Trócaire today launched a major new campaign calling on the incoming government to fully divest public money from the f...

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Climate change

Responding to need and campaigning for change – how you made a difference in 2015

2015 will be remembered by many as a year bookended by terror in Paris, but the appalling violence inflicted on the Fren...

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Climate change

Climate legislation must be followed by a national action plan

Today’s passing of the Climate Bill into law is a welcome step on the road towards ending government inaction on clima...

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Climate change

Thousands join climate marches across Ireland

Thousands of people took to the streets of Ireland on Sunday to call for a global deal on climate to be agreed at the UN...

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Climate change

5 reasons to join the climate march on Sunday

This Sunday, Dublin, Cork and Belfast will join over 150 cities around the world in hosting climate marches, where peopl...

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