🏆🎉We are bursting with pride to announce that John, one of our beloved volunteers from the Oxfam Wexford shop, has been awarded the prestigious Martin Kenny Volunteer of the Year award! 👏
#volunteers #volunteering Charity Retail Ireland

Over 280 million people across 59 countries are experiencing acute, that's life-threatening hunger. That’s 24 million more than last year. People all around the world are suffering, while the world’s richest continue to make extraordinary profits.

The number of people on the…

🥳 Today Irish MEPs were part of making history in the EU by voting YES to the #CSDDD - a big step towards EU supply chain rules respecting human rights & the environment
11 years after the tragedy of the Rana Plaza collapse, there's a message of hope today that corporate…

📢 Good news for human rights and the planet!

🟢 The European Parliament has just raised the bar by giving the green light to new supply chain rules!

Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024, it's your turn now – let's wrap it up swiftly to start holding companies accountable!

#CSDDD

At the الهلال الأحمر المصري hub in Al Arish, I witnessed the barriers to aid getting into Gaza

All the trucks lined up, all the refused aid, hospital equipment not being allowed over the border - there is no logical reason

It’s clear people of Gaza are being collectively punished

A nice couple of finds in Dublin. The Gluck 'Orfeo ed Eurydice' is on the Ace of Clubs label which is a great source for older Decca discs like this 1947 Kathleen Ferrier Glyndebourne performance.
The Copland one is new to me.
€5 the pair & all for a good cause. Oxfam Ireland

NEW DATA: The collective fortunes of the Ferrero and Mars families, who own the 2 biggest private #chocolate corporations, surged to $160.9 billion in 2023.

This is more than the combined GDPs of Ghana and Ivory Coast, which supply most #cocoa beans.

👉🏾 oxf.am/CocoaConf24

In solidarity with #Palestine and our colleagues at Trócaire Caoimhe de Barra with Oxfam Ireland's CEO, Jim Clarken #CeasefireNOW

We’re marching in solidarity with our colleagues and everyone suffering the brutal effects of this war.
We're calling for a #CeasefireNOW and an end to this horror.
#Gaza #Palestine

Tomorrow! March with us as we join the national demonstration for #Palestine We need a #ceasefirenow
📅 Assembling at 12.30pm.
📍Meeting at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin. #Gaza

We are delighted to have MichaelMcCarthyFlynn , head of Policy at Oxfam Ireland for our Geary Seminar Series next Tuesday, 23rd April, at 1pm. Lunch will be provided for all attendees. We look forward to seeing you there!

UCD Research

#GearySeminarSeries

We are delighted that our Head of Policy (& graduate of UCD Public Policy) MichaelMcCarthyFlynn has been invited to speak to the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy

Many of the problems that Ireland, the EU and the world face stem from the rise of extreme wealth inequality.

We can't hope to have a just…

Join us this Saturday as we join the national demonstration for #Palestine . We’re marching in solidarity with our colleagues and everyone suffering the brutal effects of this war.
We need a #ceasefirenow
📅 Saturday 20 April, assembling at 12.30pm.
📍 Meeting at the Garden of…

Minister Seán Fleming today launched a new initiative that will see regular meetings between the Minister and Irish NGO board members from the Global South to discuss locally-led development and the importance of diversity.

Read more 👉gov.ie/en/press-relea…

We sincerely welcome this announcement by Michael McGrath.

We have advocated for 100% reallocation of Ireland's SDR reallocation of $4.69 billion to low income countries for a number of years.

This is a positive first step and shows Ireland playing a positive leadership role on…

Happening tomorrow, April 17th, as part of
the Spring Meetings of the World Bank & IMF

Might be of interest to David McWilliams Cliff Taylor Constantin Gurdgiev Will Goodbody Niamh Horan david chance Ciaran Hancock Eamon Quinn Thomas Hubert 🐌 @danielmurray Joe Brennan

Exciting opportunities at Oxfam Ireland!
➡️Finance Coordinator
➡️Deputy Shop Manager
➡️Senior Retail Assistant (Book Specialist)
➡️Fundraising Assistant
👉Read more and apply now: oxfamireland.org/career-hub
#vacancies #hiringnow #recruitment #hiringalert #jobalert #jobseekers

Time for a Wealth Tax?

independent.ie/irish-news/iri….