Irish aid depot to improve response to world disasters

IRELAND’S ability to rapidly respond to worldwide disasters will be bolstered when a humanitarian aid depot opens in the Curragh next month, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern said yesterday.

The depot, holding stocks sufficient for a community of 10,000 people, will operate in conjunction with the main depot in Brindisi in Italy run by the World Food Programme (WFP).

Tomorrow, Irish Aid will deliver its first shipment to areas in Pakistan affected by flash flooding.