Commitment to aid must be honoured

LAST month, 20,000 Irish people marched through the streets, demanding that the Irish Government and the G8 “make poverty history”.

This unprecedented show of public concern for the developing world sent a clear message from Ireland: it is unacceptable that a child dies every three seconds from absolutely preventable causes.

Now that the G8 is over, organisations like Trócaire are examining the finer details to differentiate between the real commitments and the spin.