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Trócaire urges Leitrim supporters to return Lent donations as Covid-19 hampers major fundraiser The organisation is concerned about the impact of Covid-19 on Ireland s largest fundraiser Reporter: ); Trócaire is calling on supporters in Leitrim to return donations from their Trócaire boxes. The organisation is fearful that a decline in donations to its Lenten Appeal would put many of its life-saving programmes at risk. The charity’s biggest fundraising campaign, which finishes this weekend (Easter Sunday), has been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Many supporters were unable to access their Trócaire boxes through the usual channels due to ongoing restrictions. ....
Call for Ireland to support making vaccine technology openly available Irish organisations’ open letter to Taoiseach says ‘united action’ needed on Covid-19 Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 13:22 Updated: Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 13:25
There “simply is no way” to defeat Covid-19 in Ireland without “united action worldwide”, an open letter to the Taoiseach from a coalition of Irish organisations and charities has said. The group is requesting Ireland’s support for proposals to allow Covid-19 vaccine technology to be shared openly through an emergency waiver at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The letter was co-ordinated by Oxfam Ireland and signed by Access to Medicine Ireland, ActionAid, Amnesty International Ireland, Comhlámh, Concern, Dóchas, Goal, the Irish Global Health Network, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Oxfam Ireland and Trócaire and references the Waiver from Certain Provis ....
WESTERN countries must share Covid vaccines with healthcare workers and vulnerable people in developing countries, the head of the World Health Organisation's Covid-19 response team has said. ....