Author: Irish End Poverty Day Committee

The International Committee for October 17 successfully convened its Seventh Biennial meeting in Rome from May 15 to 17, 2018. Belinda Nugent from Dublin represented Ireland and the Irish Committee at this meeting. During these two days, the Committee reviewed the implementation of its work programme since its last meeting, including its participation in the 2017 ‘Stop Poverty’ global campaign,… Read more →

Jean Tonglet (ATD Italy), Laura Baldassarre (Deputy Mayor of Roma Capitale in charge of the Persons, Schools and the Solidarity in the Community), Donald Lee (President of the International Committee for October 17), Isabelle Perrin-Pypeart (CEO of ATD International) On Thursday 17 May 2018, the final day of the 7th Biennial Meeting of the International Committee for October 17, the… Read more →

  The Social Inclusion Forum 2018 (SIF) will take place on Thursday, 10 May 2018, at the Aviva Stadium Conference Centre, Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4. The theme discussed will be: Social Inclusion in a Changing Environment. This event is part of the institutional framework put in place by the Government to support the development and the Implementation of the National… Read more →

The International Committee for October 17th was launched on October 17th, 2008. This Committee will gather in Rome from 14 to 17 May 2018 in Rome for its Biennial Working Meeting!     In 2014, the Committee met in Dublin (See reports of this meeting here and here too! )     Belinda Nugent from Dublin 1 will represent Ireland… Read more →

The United Nations, in dialogue with the International Committee for the UN End Poverty Day, agreed on the 2018 theme of the UN Day: Coming together with those furthest behind to build an inclusive world of universal respect for human rights and dignity   From January 2018 to April 2018, a brainstorming was held in New York followed by an… Read more →

ATD Ireland and the Irish End Poverty Day Committee invite you to gather at the Famine Statues and the Human Rights and Poverty Stone on Wednesday the 4th April 2018 from 5.30pm to 6.30pm to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King   Dr. Martin Luther King Jr will forever hold a place in the hearts of… Read more →

Our friend Sr. Caoimhín Ní Uallacháin O.P. passed a way peacefully in the care of the staff at Santa Sabina House in Cabra on Saturday March 3rd, 2018. Here is how John Lonergan wrote about her in his book “The Governor”:   You can watch her from 7min25sec in this video covering the 2013 UN End Poverty Day gathering :… Read more →

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document, which underpins all international human rights law and inspires us to continue to work to ensure all people can gain freedom, equality and dignity. And in 2018, the UDHR turns 70. The UDHR was drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all the regions of the… Read more →

The CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions has been published a few days before Christmas on 19 December 2017. It shows that despite some small improvements in poverty and deprivation rates, more than 790,000 people are living in poverty in Ireland, of which over 250,000 are children. Despite an increase in average incomes and other signs of economic recovery,… Read more →

On 20th December 2017, International Human Solidarity Day, the Irish 17 October Committee will launch its 2018 #EndPoverty Calendar. This calendar has been prepared by the Irish Committee and refers to major #EndPoverty events of 2017 with a special focus on the events of the annual UN #EndPoverty Day observed throughout the country. This calendar is also the Committee’s chance… Read more →