The Minister for overseas aid, Joe Costello, is to lobby African government ministers for support for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).

Ireland’s minister for overseas aid is to lobby African government ministers for support for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).

A consignment of emergency supplies from Ireland has arrived in the Philippines where thousands of families have been left homeless due to flooding.

TACKLING homelessness will be the “absolute priority” of the new Minister for Housing Jan O’Sullivan, who was promoted to the cabinet yesterday.

Nora Owen has been appointed chair of the Irish Aid expert advisory group.

Ireland will provide a further €500,000 in aid to drought-stricken communities in Northern Kenya.

YESTERDAY’S declaration by the United Nations that parts of southern Somalia are in the grip of a terrible famine confirms what various aid agencies have been saying for several months.

IRELAND intends to maintain the target of contributing 0.7% of gross national product for development aid by 2015, despite the economic crisis, Jan O’Sullivan, Minister of State for Trade and Development, said.

MEMORABILIA from actor Liam Neeson’s amateur boxing career forms part of a new exhibition which opened in Limerick last night.