Press Releases

Dóchas, the umbrella body of Irish overseas development agencies, today welcomed the announcement by President Michael D. Higgins that his Ethics Initiative will partner with Ireland’s civil society organisations and overseas development NGOs in its... Read more

Irish overseas aid agencies today called on the Government to ensure it made no further cuts to the overseas aid budget and to set out how it will meet the 0.7% ODA/GNI target it had originally committed to achieving by 2015.   Read more

A new Ipsos MRBI opinion poll commissioned by Dóchas, the umbrella body of Irish aid agencies, has found that a large majority of Irish people - 75% - think that even in an economic downturn Ireland has an obligation to invest in overseas aid.   Read more

In a statement today, the members of Dóchas, the umbrella body of Irish overseas aid agencies, welcomed the announcement of the merger of development agencies Self Help Africa and Gorta.    Read more

Dóchas, the network of Ireland’s Development NGOs, today announced that its 50 member organisations have elected Sharan Kelly, Chief Executive of Tearfund Ireland as the new Chairperson of Dóchas.   Read more

On the day that the United Nations published a new report showing that the world is making huge progress in the fight against disease and poverty, Irish NGOs called on the Government to stop cutting the budget for overseas aid.   Read more

Dóchas, the umbrella body for overseas aid agencies, today called for the new Irish members of the European Parliament to use their roles to improve the lives of the world’s most marginalised people.   Read more