by Miceál O’Hurley Diplomatic Editor DUBLIN — Saeb Erekat, the veteran Palestinian negotiator and universally recognised advocate of peace, has died at Intensive Care Unit of Hadassah-University Medical Center – Ein Kerem, Jerusalem. He was 65. Erekat is survived by his wife, two sons, twin daughters and eight grandchildren. The Fatah Party announced his death citing his…
Ireland comes out on top of Principled Aid Index 2020 – gaining international recognition for Irish Aid programme. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a leading global development think tank, has ranked Ireland as the number one donor in delivering principled aid in their ‘Principled Aid Index 2020’. ODI has found Ireland to be the most…
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Defence, Simon Coveney, T.D., and Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy, T.D, will launch the 2019 Annual Report on Ireland’s Official Development Assistance today, 10 November 2020. Speaking ahead of the launch of the report, which can be found here, Minister Coveney said: “The events of…
Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and the Diaspora, Colm Brophy, T.D., today announced €200,000 in Irish Aid support for those affected by flooding in Sudan. Speaking by telephone with the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sudan, Mr. Omar Gamareldin, Minister Brophy said: “I am very concerned at the seriousness of the…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, T.D., today announced the recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for 2020. The Presidential Distinguished Service Award was established following the 2011 Global Irish Economic Forum as a means to recognise the contribution of members of the Irish diaspora,…