Minister Joe Costello visits GOAL's Street Children's Project in Addis Ababa
27 January 2012
Minister Joe Costello T.D. plays with some of the children at GOAL's street children's project in Addis Ababa
Tiernan Dolan's work with GOAL
26 January 2012
Longford schoolteacher, Tiernan Dolan, is a long-time supporter of GOAL. For more than 20 years he has been relentless in fundraising on behalf of the organisation across Longford and beyond, and in raising awareness of GOAL’s activities on behalf of the poorest of the poor.
European Commissioner for humanitarian aid response visits GOAL in Niger
26 January 2012
Kristilina Georgieva speaks with GOAL beneficiaries
Statement from the Board of GOAL
22 January 2012
GOAL rejects entirely claims made on Sunday, January 22nd by The Sunday Times that it withheld information from Irish Aid auditors who carried out a routine monitoring audit of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) multi-annual funding scheme for Irish NGOs. GOAL co-operates fully with its external auditors and has a strong track record of compliance and cost effectiveness over the last 35 years.
Statement: many Haiti earthquake survivors will remain at risk until country is rebuilt
12 January 2012
On the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, GOAL’s Country Director in Port-au-Prince, Derek Butler, has warned that unless the international community fulfills its promises to rebuild the country, hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors will remain without permanent homes, and extremely vulnerable to another natural disaster.Two years
Statement: DFA to allocate €200,000 to GOAL for emergency programme in Maban region of Southern Sudan
23 December 2011
The Department of Foreign Affairs today confirmed that it will allocate €200,000 to GOAL, for its emergency programme in the Maban region of Southern Sudan.GOAL is addressing the humanitarian needs of a growing displaced population in Maban, where refugee numbers are expected to reach 100,000 over the coming weeks.
GOAL flagship Mile at Leopardstown Racecourse
5 December 2011
GOAL has announced Leopardstown Racecourse as the location for this year’s flagship GOAL Mile on Christmas morning.
GOAL Mile breaks new ground
21 November 2011
The GOAL Mile breaks new ground this Christmas with the prisoners of Cloverhill Prison in Dublin staging the charity event for the poorest of the poor.Now in its 30th year, the GOAL Mile, traditionally held at venues throughout the country at and around Christmas Day, has proven to be a great fundraiser for the aid agency, who are poised to celebrate
The international community should hang its head in shame over Somalia
6 October 2011
The international community should hang its head in shame. Incalculable numbers of people are dying every day in Somali, and over half the population (four million people) is so severely malnourished that the UN estimates 750,000 could die over the next four months.