The proposed plan would see thousands of workers lose their jobs, with fewer than 300 positions left in the American organisation to administer humanitarian aid programmes around the world.

IRISH HUMANITARIAN GROUPS are reeling from the suspension of US foreign aid funding announced by the Trump administration.

Beyond that, hundreds of senior officials and workers who help distribute US aid had already been fired or put on leave, and many aid efforts remain paralysed around the world. Most of the soup ...

USAid workers said they tracked 600 employees who ... said early on Monday that he had spoken with Mr Trump about the six-decade US aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut ...

The long-awaited ceasefire has resulted in “cautious optimism” among those in Gaza, however, vast amounts of supplies are needed “as quickly as possible”, according to an Irish aid worker ...

“And that sort of level of insubordination makes it impossible to conduct the sort of mature and serious review that I think ...

The Trump administration’s plans would see thousands of workers lose their jobs, with fewer than 300 positions left in USAID to administer humanitarian aid programmes around the world.

But Palestinians and aid workers say it’s still an uphill battle to ensure the assistance reaches everyone. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...

Bob Geldof, lead singer of Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats ... O’Farrell uses Amara, an Ethiopian aid worker (played generously by Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky), to provide context to ...

I grew up in a traditional Irish American family ... place with you.” A Ford worker from Michigan added, “I was born in Canada. When I applied for financial aid to go to college, I was ...

Yesterday he told the Irish Independent ... land price register and urging the European Commission to revise state aid rules to provide government investment in affordable and sustainable ...