# Famine
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Last month
March 2024
Gaza
UN Human Rights Chief: 'Plausible' that Israel is using starvation as weapon of war
Twelve people reportedly drowned trying to wade into the sea to get aid packages that went astray.
Hamas has called on the United States to stop its airdrop deliveries of aid into Gaza.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform.
Updated
28 Mar
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Voices
Opinion: Israel's actions in Gaza have weakened our humanity — a ceasefire must come now
Karol Balfe
26 Mar
4.5k
State of the Union
Biden to announce plans for US military to build temporary Gaza port for aid deliveries
7 Mar
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World Food Programme
Israeli forces turn away 14-truck UN food convoy headed into Gaza as famine 'almost inevitable'
5 Mar
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This year
2024
Gaza
More than 30,000 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, health ministry says
Mediators say a truce deal between Israel and Hamas could be just days away.
Aid agencies have raised serious concerns of a looming famine in Gaza's north.
Negotiators are hoping a truce can begin by the start of Ramadan in March.
However, a senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera that there is still a long way to go because an agreement could be reached.
29 Feb
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Last year
2023
Palestine
UN Security Council passes resolution for acceleration of aid into Gaza after days of negotiations
It comes after the UN warned that the entire population of Gaza faces “an imminent risk of famine”.
Updated
22 Dec 2023
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Famine
Ireland has a moral duty to those seeking asylum, says President Higgins
21 May 2023
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106
All time
Voices
Peter Power: Climate change risking famine in Somalia and beyond as global leaders dither
Peter Power
27 Dec 2022
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Voices
Opinion: Famine is now threatening millions in Africa just as it once did in Ireland
Gillian Barnett
8 Oct 2022
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51
Voices
Opinion: 'Our animals used to feed us, but now we feed them - they are dying and we are next'
Paul O'Brien
Updated
19 Aug 2022
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10
Voices
Opinion: 'My daughter didn’t make it. She didn’t have enough food. The life left her'
Miriam Donohoe
9 Jul 2022
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9
Population boom
Census 2022: Initial results show population of Ireland at highest figure since 1841
23 Jun 2022
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31
Yemen
People in famine conditions in war-torn Yemen projected to increase five-fold this year, UN warns
14 Mar 2022
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Classified Documents
Tony Blair's 1997 Famine message was ghost-written by aides as he couldn't be contacted
20 Jul 2021
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The Famine
President Higgins speaks on Covid, events in the Middle East as part of National Famine Commemoration
16 May 2021
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Voices
Extract: 'To the British government, the Famine was a threat to public order'
Gillian O'Brien
17 Oct 2020
53.0k
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Civil War
'People die in a surprisingly short amount of time': Call for urgent intervention as war-torn Yemen battles Covid-19
21 Jun 2020
18.6k
7
Coronavirus
World is facing 'multiple famines of biblical proportions' in coming months, UN warns
22 Apr 2020
64.5k
51
Famine
Ending long All-Ireland wait is the aim for Rebels this year, insists John Meyler
1 Jan 2019
9.5k
21
Humanitarian Crisis
Breakthrough in Yemen conflict as ceasefire to take place at key port
13 Dec 2018
6.8k
5
Starvation
'We need real help': Doctors despair as orphaned babies die in famine-struck Yemen
28 Sep 2018
15.1k
20
green screen
Famine film Black 47 has made over €1 million at the Irish box office
20 Sep 2018
30.5k
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Black 47
'I felt like there was a curse over the thing': What it was like making Ireland's first Famine feature film
8 Sep 2018
51.7k
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Errr...okay
Hollywood rejected Irish famine film in the 90s because it was 'too heavy'
31 Aug 2018
4.8k
0
edward nangle
The fascinating story of the Achill Island preacher, the Famine, and the Prelate
27 May 2018
13.9k
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History
18th century coffin carrier used in workhouses during Irish famine on display
19 May 2018
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13
Manhattan
Irish famine memorial in New York reopens to public after $5 million dollar renovation
7 Mar 2018
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Black 47
A film about the Irish famine premiered this week and the reviews are... mixed
24 Feb 2018
57.8k
95
Double Take
Double Take: The little-known Dublin plaque to an unsung hero of the Famine
10 Jan 2018
1.8k
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Food Aid
First shipment of food aid in weeks docks at rebel controlled port in Yemen as country faces famine
27 Nov 2017
5.6k
10
humanitarian disaster
17 million in Yemen need food - now hospitals and water pumps will run out of fuel in three weeks
15 Nov 2017
10.6k
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du noyer
The artist who captured Ireland in the 1800s with thousands of watercolours
12 Nov 2017
33.7k
17
speech
Higgins compares today's refugees with those who left Ireland during the Famine
9 Oct 2017
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98
History
Pics: The world's largest exhibition of Famine-related art is coming to Ireland
2 Oct 2017
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66
Quakers
How a desolate patch of Ireland was used to teach people to farm during the famine
9 Sep 2017
25.8k
46