AS the World Bank meets in Dublin this week we, as Irish global justice organisations, would like to highlight our deep concerns about the often devastating impact of the bank’s practices on the lives of poor people throughout the world.

Dublin came to a standstill tonight as thousands took to the streets in a bid to help Make Poverty History.

A group campaigning for international debt relief has called on the Taoiseach to live up to his commitments on the cancellation of Third World debt.