How Trócaire has fought for justice around the world
The Proclamation read out by the leaders of the 1916 Rising envisaged a new Ireland which "guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities…cherishing all of the children...
View ArticleTrócaire calls on Ireland to withdraw public money from the fossil fuel industry
Trócaire today launched a major new campaign calling on the incoming government to fully divest public money from the fossil fuel industry and to prohibit all future public investments in the...
View Article2016 Trócaire and Poetry Ireland Awards
The finalists of our annual poetry competition, run jointly will Poetry Ireland, gathered at the National Library in Dublin on 26 May to share their award-winning work. Winning poets at the awards...
View Article2016 must be Ireland's year for climate action
By Joanne McGarry, Campaigns Officer It’s time for Ireland to take action and keep its promises on climate change. While Ireland signed up to the global Paris Accord on climate change and finally...
View ArticleThe movement to stop burning fossil fuels
By Antoin McDermottTrócaire’s ‘The Burning Question’ campaign is part of a global movement of organisations and individuals who are demanding an end to the fossil fuel era and a faster move to a...
View ArticleReflections from a Trócaire volunteer
From recreating a refugee camp in the wilds of Kildare to participating in a climate ‘summit’, knee deep in the Irish Sea, to delivering lessons to ‘incorrigibly optimistic’ primary school kids... Tony...
View ArticleDear Stormont: we need to talk about climate change
By Mary Friel, Campaigns Officer, Trócaire Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland lags behind other regions in reducing carbon emissions, and has yet to pass a local Climate Law. As world leaders gather in...
View ArticleDáil signals first of its kind fossil fuel divestment legislation
Trócaire welcomes ground breaking environmental Bill that will benefit the poorest communities in the world. This afternoon a majority vote was passed in the Dáil to progress the Fossil Fuel Divestment...
View ArticleHow Donald Trump's Executive Order counters international law
By Julian Waagensen, Trócaire Policy & Advocacy Adviser President Trump’s Executive Order on refugees and immigration could be considered to be in breach of international law in several respects....
View ArticleImproving access to justice for indigenous Lenca community in Honduras
By Santiago Agra BermejoOne year on from the murder of environment and indigeous rights activist, Berta Cáceres, a Trócaire-supported project launches to empower the Lenca people of Honduras to gain...
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