ActionAid Ireland

📣 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.

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Share this post and contact your local TDs to tell them we need to pass the Occupied Territories Bill now!

These new measures are not isolated administrative changes but part of a long-term strategy to erase Palestinian presence from the West Bank. Ireland has repeatedly stated that settlements are illegal. It must now match words with action by passing the Occupied Territories Bill.

Israel’s security cabinet has approved a series of sweeping measures to expand its powers across the occupied West Bank. This includes easing the sale of Palestinian land to Israeli settlers and expanding the powers of Israeli authorities in areas under Palestinian control.

All eyes on the West Bank

"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

Morning Ireland Tuesday 13 January 2026 Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Audrey Carville and Justin McCarthy.

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...

Read the full report here: actionaid.ie/lone-parent-...

The report makes clear that while Ireland’s wider housing crisis affects everyone, it does not do so equally. For lone-parent migrants – often black women, and women who feel isolated and are juggling care, work, trauma and unfamiliar systems – the barriers are multiplied.

Between Hope and a Home, documents how lone parents – most of them women – face discrimination, unaffordable rents, inadequate supports, and inconsistent local authority practices that leave families effectively trapped between Direct Provision and homelessness.

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.

ActionAid USA's statement on the U.S. withdrawal of the UNFCCC - ActionAid USA News Niranjali Amerasinghe, Executive Director of ActionAid USA, said: “The Trump administration’s intention to withdraw from the UNFCCC should be seen as part

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 Climate change is one of, if not the biggest crisis shaping our lives. Yet for most people, the negotiations that happen at COP can feel distant, full of jargon, and happening in a world that feels co...

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

Cop 30 in Brazil concluded with a deal We get reaction from Brazil and Ireland to the outcome of the UN's climate summit. George Lee, Environment Correspondent and Karol Balfe, Chief Executive of Action Aid Ireland.

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:

This Christmas, Give Women the Chance to Live Safe and Free Women like Ann are facing violence, fear and injustice every day. Your Christmas gift can provide safety, counselling, legal support and hope for a new beginning.

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...

Cop30: Brazil proposes monetising value of Amazon in new fund Da Silva hopes Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) will raise enough money to provide financial incentives to keep forests standing

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.
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Cop30: Brazil proposes monetising value of Amazon in new fund Da Silva hopes Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) will raise enough money to provide financial incentives to keep forests standing

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
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“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.

COP30: Council sets EU position for the climate conference in Belém The Council today approved conclusions on COP30, reinforcing the EU's commitment to keeping 1.5°C within reach, scaling up climate finance and driving global energy transition and adaptation efforts.

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!

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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.

S5E8: Action Aid – Climate Change in the Global South

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...

Ceasefire announcement must be used as a springboard to end the Israeli genocide and unlawful occupation - ActionAid We cautiously welcome the Gaza ceasefire announcement after two years of genocide with relentless bombardment, famine, and repeated displacement it brings real hope of peace. ActionAid Ireland CEO, Ka...

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

Official Development Assistance Why Ireland must champion Official Development Assistance and women’s rights. Globally aid cuts will dramatically undermine gender equality.

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