Coveney: US decision to pull funding to UN relief agency 'heartless and dangerous'

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has issued a strong reaction to the US decision to end all funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

Coveney: US decision to pull funding to UN relief agency 'heartless and dangerous'

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has issued a strong reaction to the US decision to end all funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

The US State Department confirmed yesterday they will cease all funding calling the agency an "irredeemably flawed operation".

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