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Industrial food production system must change as one in nine now live with hunger
One person in nine, some 815 million people globally, were living in hunger in 2016, up from 777 million the previous ye...
Read ArticleIreland’s emissions are ‘off the charts’
Climate change is the next major topic on the agenda for the Citizens’ Assembly. Trócaire believes this is an opp...
Read ArticleTrump’s withdrawal from Paris Agreement “shameful and reckless”
Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw America from the Paris Agreement is a shameful act from an administration with no ...
Read ArticleSearching for a safe haven in Honduras
The century-old community of 84 families, 522 people, must find a new home because the river and the ocean are swamping ...
Read ArticleListening to the rain in Honduras: Amauro’s story
“Yesterday it started raining again and the water rose,” he says. “I was up all night. I couldn’t sleep because ...
Read ArticleClimate 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...
Read ArticleTrócaire launches 44th annual Lent fundraising campaign
Scale of humanitarian need ‘unprecedented’ as Trócaire launches Ireland’s largest annual fundraising campai...
Read Article70 million hit by extreme food shortages
Extreme food shortages are occurring across a number of African countries, with large areas of East Africa worst affecte...
Read ArticleDáil 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...
Read ArticleHow €31 can change a life in Malawi
A field of corn isn’t that exciting. Even to Irish eyes unused to the tall, long stalks and yellow cobs it really does...
Read ArticleCeann Comhairle launches the ‘Project for Africa’ with Trócaire
Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, Lela-alem Gebreyohannes, Ethiopian Ambassador to Ireland, and RTÉ broadcaster ...
Read ArticleTrócaire 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...
Read ArticleDear Stormont: we need to talk about climate change
Northern Ireland lags behind other regions in reducing carbon emissions, and has yet to pass a local Climate Law. A...
Read ArticleSeptember is Creation month. It’s a month to respond to Pope Francis’ call for a new way of being, free from the sla...
Read ArticleCarbon emissions released from the fossil fuels we use are a leading cause of the global temperature rise causing climat...
Read ArticleMary Robinson visits families hit by El Nino drought in Honduras
Mary Robinson arrives in Honduras today, where she will visit Trócaire projects that are helping families overcome the ...
Read ArticleThe movement to stop burning fossil fuels
Trócaire’s ‘The Burning Question’ campaign is part of a global movement of organisations and individuals who are ...
Read Article2016 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...
Read ArticleAnswering the call of Laudato Sí: one year on
This week we are celebrating the first anniversary of the ground-breaking papal encyclical Laudato Sí, published o...
Read ArticleDisaster preparedness in the bordos of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Teresita sells corn tortillas for a living in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. But this tiny woman is not just a street v...
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