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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...

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Trócaire 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...

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2016 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...

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2016 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...

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The 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...

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Reflections 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...

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Dear 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...

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Dáil 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...

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How 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....

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Improving 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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