Aid agency criticises Government over ebola

Aid agency Goal has hit out at the Government’s decision not to send Irish troops to assist in containing the ebola crisis in west Africa.

As deaths from the disease rose to close on 2,500 yesterday, Goal chief executive Barry Andrews said he could not understand why the Government had chosen not to deploy even a handful of troops to give logistical assistance to aid organisations working in ebola-stricken regions.

The decision was made despite a plea for international assistance by the UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon.