Press Releases
Below are the latest Trócaire press releases.
- Trócaire helps survivors of catastrophic flooding in northeast India
03 September 2008
Trócaire has responded to help survivors of catastrophic flooding in northeast India where over 2,500,000 people have to had to flee rising flood waters.
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- Irish public money invested in Zimbabwe must be reviewed
01 August 2008
Trócaire this week met with the National Pensions Reserve Fund to express its concern about Irish public money being invested in Zimbabwe.
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- The Beijing Olympics: Know Before You Go
01 August 2008
Trócaire has asked people to be mindful of China’s poor human rights record when they watch or attend the Olympics and to 'Know Before You Go'.
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- Back to the drawing board for the WTO?
30 July 2008
The collapse of the WTO trade talks only exposes yet another failure to establish more equitable trade rules for millions of the world’s poorest people.
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- Real fair trade should be Ireland's focus at WTO meeting
17 July 2008
Trócaire calls on the Irish government to use its influence at the WTO talks to ensure fair trade for developing countries.
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- Trócaire calls for Taoiseach to reaffirm aid commitment
08 July 2008
Trócaire has called for Taoiseach Brian Cowen to publicly reaffirm the government’s commitment to reaching 0.7 per cent of GNP on overseas aid by 2012.
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- International conference on Cluster Bombs ban opens in Dublin
19 May 2008
Trócaire calls on the Irish government to show leadership as an international conference to produce a new treaty banning cluster bombs opens in Dublin.
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- Reports from Burma of chaos and devastation among survivors
16 May 2008
Reports from the earthquake in China are shocking, but they cannot overshadow the far greater catasrophe in Burma, say Tr�caire.
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- Mixed messages cannot be allowed to undermine the aid effort in Burma
09 May 2008
Mixed messages in the media about the effectiveness of aid money in helping victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma are unhelpful, Trócaire said today.
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- Trócaire launches emergency appeal for Kenya
07 January 2008
As the death toll in Kenya nears 500, Trócaire today launched an appeal on behalf of thousands of innocent civilians caught up in the violence.
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