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Famine

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Opinion: Ireland has a dirty fossil fuel secret, supported by our FDI model and weak regulation

Caoimhe de Barra & Karol Balfe

30 Apr

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Famine Review Committee

UN warns of 'imminent and substantial likelihood of famine' in Gaza

9 Nov 2024

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The Morning Lead

Gaza famine: 'The land was once my escape - it has become a place of refuge and survival'

UN experts reported this month that there is no doubt famine has spread throughout Gaza.

Dima Jalal Saud

reporting from Gaza

28 Jul 2024

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Food Insecruity

Gaza famine: 'We are forced to eat what we used to consider animal feed'

Over 20% of people in the Gaza Strip are now facing the prospect of famine.

"These mulberry leaves are from the large trees that survived the war. I thank God for this blessing," one Gazan said.

"Does the world know?" asks another Gazan.

Dima Jalal Saud

17 Jul 2024

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Palestine

Famine likely happening in Gaza, but expert group says they can't get access to prove it

5 Jun 2024

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national famine commemoration

Israeli ambassador at Irish famine event sparks criticism as govt pledges to maintain 'pressure'

Updated 20 May 2024

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Memorial Day

Israeli settlers block and loot food convoy as President Higgins condemns attacks on aid for Gaza

14 May 2024

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Gaza

UN Human Rights Chief: 'Plausible' that Israel is using starvation as weapon of war

Twelve people reportedly drowned trying to wade into the sea to get aid packages that went astray.

Hamas has called on the United States to stop its airdrop deliveries of aid into Gaza.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform.

Updated 28 Mar 2024

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Middle East

Opinion: Israel's actions in Gaza have weakened our humanity — a ceasefire must come now

Karol Balfe

26 Mar 2024

4.5k

State of the Union

Biden to announce plans for US military to build temporary Gaza port for aid deliveries

7 Mar 2024

5.5k

World Food Programme

Israeli forces turn away 14-truck UN food convoy headed into Gaza as famine 'almost inevitable'

5 Mar 2024

13.1k

Gaza

More than 30,000 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, health ministry says

Mediators say a truce deal between Israel and Hamas could be just days away.

Aid agencies have raised serious concerns of a looming famine in Gaza's north.

Negotiators are hoping a truce can begin by the start of Ramadan in March.

However, a senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera that there is still a long way to go because an agreement could be reached.

29 Feb 2024

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Palestine

UN Security Council passes resolution for acceleration of aid into Gaza after days of negotiations

It comes after the UN warned that the entire population of Gaza faces “an imminent risk of famine”.

Updated 22 Dec 2023

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Famine

Ireland has a moral duty to those seeking asylum, says President Higgins

21 May 2023

19.3k

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Opinion

Peter Power: Climate change risking famine in Somalia and beyond as global leaders dither

Peter Power

27 Dec 2022

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Horn of Africa

Opinion: Famine is now threatening millions in Africa just as it once did in Ireland

Gillian Barnett

8 Oct 2022

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climate catastrophe

Opinion: 'Our animals used to feed us, but now we feed them - they are dying and we are next'

Paul O'Brien

Updated 19 Aug 2022

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Famine

Opinion: 'My daughter didn’t make it. She didn’t have enough food. The life left her'

Miriam Donohoe

9 Jul 2022

14.7k

Population boom

Census 2022: Initial results show population of Ireland at highest figure since 1841

23 Jun 2022

29.8k

Yemen

People in famine conditions in war-torn Yemen projected to increase five-fold this year, UN warns

14 Mar 2022

9.4k

Classified Documents

Tony Blair's 1997 Famine message was ghost-written by aides as he couldn't be contacted

20 Jul 2021

29.4k

The Famine

President Higgins speaks on Covid, events in the Middle East as part of National Famine Commemoration

16 May 2021

10.1k

EXTRACT

Extract: 'To the British government, the Famine was a threat to public order'

Gillian O'Brien

17 Oct 2020

53.0k

United Nations

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

9 Oct 2020

8.9k

Civil War

'People die in a surprisingly short amount of time': Call for urgent intervention as war-torn Yemen battles Covid-19

21 Jun 2020

18.6k

Coronavirus

World is facing 'multiple famines of biblical proportions' in coming months, UN warns

22 Apr 2020

64.6k

Great Famine

Commemoration of the Great Famine to take place in Arizona

1 Nov 2019

15.1k

Famine

Ending long All-Ireland wait is the aim for Rebels this year, insists John Meyler

1 Jan 2019

9.5k

Humanitarian Crisis

Breakthrough in Yemen conflict as ceasefire to take place at key port

13 Dec 2018

6.8k

Starvation

'We need real help': Doctors despair as orphaned babies die in famine-struck Yemen

28 Sep 2018

15.1k

green screen

Famine film Black 47 has made over €1 million at the Irish box office

20 Sep 2018

30.6k

Black 47

'I felt like there was a curse over the thing': What it was like making Ireland's first Famine feature film

8 Sep 2018

51.8k

Australia

Great Famine commemoration to take place in Melbourne

31 Aug 2018

14.2k

Errr...okay

Hollywood rejected Irish famine film in the 90s because it was 'too heavy'

31 Aug 2018

4.8k

edward nangle

The fascinating story of the Achill Island preacher, the Famine, and the Prelate

27 May 2018

13.9k

History

18th century coffin carrier used in workhouses during Irish famine on display

19 May 2018

11.6k

Oklahoma

Varadkar to thank Choctaw Nation for support during Famine

9 Mar 2018

41.3k

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Manhattan

Irish famine memorial in New York reopens to public after $5 million dollar renovation

7 Mar 2018

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Black 47

A film about the Irish famine premiered this week and the reviews are... mixed

24 Feb 2018

57.9k

Double Take

Double Take: The little-known Dublin plaque to an unsung hero of the Famine

10 Jan 2018

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