Haiti
# haiti - Saturday 12 January, 2013
Column: Haiti – Three years on from devastation
The recovery from the 2010 earthquake has slowed but there are strong grounds for optimism, says Concern Worldwide Regional Director, BrÃd Kennedy.
# haiti - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
Cuba urged to allow duty-free imports after storm
Cuba’s government has been asked to help victims of Hurricane Sandy by suspending duties on imports of basic necessities such as food and medicine.
# haiti - Sunday 28 October, 2012
Read Me: The Irish have not always been the victims of history
Joe O’Shea’s book throws light on the lesser-known bad boys of Irish antiquity, including one Kilkenny man who captured 12,000 slaves and launched 40 cross-Atlantic slave voyages in the early 18th century.
# haiti - Friday 26 October, 2012
Hurricane Sandy death toll rises to 38 in Caribbean
Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas today after leaving 38 people dead across the Caribbean.
# haiti - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
Ad of the year? Haitians reading #FirstWorldProblems tweets
Charity turns Twitter hashtag on its head – what’s your reaction to it?
# haiti - Monday 27 August, 2012
Tropical storm Isaac heads towards Gulf Coast
It is seven years – almost to the day – since Hurrican Katrina devastated the same area in 2005.
# haiti - Sunday 26 August, 2012
Isaac’s death toll rises to nine as storm moves towards US
Storm continues to make its way towards the US coast after bringing heavy winds, rains and flooding to Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
# haiti - Saturday 25 August, 2012
Tropical storm Isaac makes landfall in Haiti
The Caribbean nation is still reeling from an earthquake over two years ago.
# haiti - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
Denis O’Brien’s Digicel hits profits of more that $1bn
It’s the first time the telecoms group has reached profits of this level. It operates across the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific.
# haiti - Friday 11 May, 2012
Haiti ‘unprepared’ for cholera resurgence
The onset of the rainy season means an increase in cholera, but the country is not prepared for this, Médecins Sans Frontières has said.
# haiti - Thursday 12 April, 2012
The Daily Fix: Thursday
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
GOAL warns that Haiti could face second cholera outbreak
It’s rainy season on the earthquake-stricken island – and the charity warns that cholera cases are already on the up again.
# haiti - Saturday 25 February, 2012
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things you need to know by 9am…
# haiti - Thursday 23 February, 2012
Govt to commit outstanding €1.5m of Haiti aid ‘in coming months’
Minister of State Joe Costello says Ireland has paid €11.5 million of the €13 million pledged at the 2010 donor conference.
# haiti - Thursday 12 January, 2012
Half a million people still living in camps in Haiti
Plan Ireland’s report on Haiti two years after earthquake reveals major challenges as other NGOs also note scale of work required for country to recover will need international investment.
Column: Haiti is slowly recovering – but criticising aid agencies doesn’t help
Aid agencies are criticised for the slow place of recovery in Haiti – but that criticism puzzles Tom Arnold of Concern.
# haiti - Monday 2 January, 2012
Haiti two years on: finding jobs is now the priority
Oxfam’s Caroline Gluck reports from the island nation still struggling to recover from the devastating impact of the 2010 earthquake.
# haiti - Sunday 25 December, 2011
Column: My Christmas in a Haitian hospital
Kilkenny man Richard Delaney will be dressing up as Santa this year – in an under-construction hospital in Port-au-Prince. He writes about his experiences.
# haiti - Sunday 9 October, 2011
World’s first Haiti Week to take place in Ireland
Former US President Bill Clinton made the announcement today and said the fundraising week will take place from 21 – 28 January 2012.
# haiti - Sunday 18 September, 2011
The Sports Pages: some of the week’s best sportswriting
Football philosophy, Usain Bolt’s eating habits and a history of grunting in tennis: everything you need to keep your Sunday ticking over.
# haiti - Monday 22 August, 2011
Hurricane Irene slams Puerto Rico; could hit US
Hurricane Irene is making its way to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and possibly Florida. Nearly 600,000 people in Haiti are still without shelter after last year’s earthquake.
# haiti - Sunday 14 August, 2011
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.
# haiti - Sunday 7 August, 2011
Column: How can you give an entire country a makeover?
So the government is worried about Ireland’s international image? Try rebranding a country after earthquakes and cholera, writes Sarah O’Toole of Brand Haiti.
# haiti - Friday 5 August, 2011
Floods threaten Haiti after Tropical Storm Emily
The news comes after Tropical Storm Emily broke apart after dumping rain on Haiti and part of the Dominican Republic.
# haiti - Wednesday 3 August, 2011
Tropical Storm Emily on path toward Haiti
The UN has put 11,500 troops on standby in Haiti, with the biggest threat to lives believed to be flooding following fatal mudslides in June.
# haiti - Tuesday 2 August, 2011
Tropical storm Emily on path towards Haiti
Haiti, still reeling from last year’s punishing earthquake, is prone to devastating floods.
# haiti - Saturday 30 July, 2011
The week in photos
This is the week that was, in pictures.
# haiti - Friday 8 July, 2011
The week in photos
This is the week that was, in pictures.
# haiti - Thursday 30 June, 2011
UN peacekeeping force ‘brought cholera to Haiti’
The disease has killed more than 5,500 people and sickened more than 363,000 others since it was discovered in October.
# haiti - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
Haiti mudslides, rainstorms kill at least 13
Heavy rains have hammered southern Haiti for a full week, destroying homes and causing mudslides that have killed at least 13 people
# haiti - Tuesday 7 June, 2011
Rory McIlroy heads to Haiti on his first trip as Unicef ambassador
The young golfer joined in knitting, sketching and singing sessions with local children while visiting a school and health clinic in the earthquake-hit country.
# haiti - Tuesday 31 May, 2011
US government report questions death toll from Haitian earthquake
A draft report suggests that the official death roll was between 46,000 and 85,000 – less than the Haitian tally of 250,000.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Air Accident Unit investigates incident in which a Ryanair plane plunged into a nose-dive; David Norris says quotes on paedophilia are “misleading” and Pippa Middleton to get a US TV Show.
# haiti - Saturday 14 May, 2011
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In your Fix this evening: The palace is looking forward to the Queen’s visit but Sinn Féin most definitely is not; the woman who was decapitated in Tenerife yesterday is named; Haiti’s new president takes office; Dylan gets defensive; and Jedward goes global.
New president takes power in struggling Haiti
The 50-year-old former pop star known as “Sweet Micky” has become the president of Haiti – a challenging career in Western Hemisphere’s poorest country which is still ravaged by the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
# haiti - Thursday 21 April, 2011
Haitian pop singer officially declared president
Michel Martelly has called on the Haitian people to unite and work together, but local media reports that violence has broken out in several cities.
# haiti - Thursday 7 April, 2011
Rising from the rubble: Irish housing project aims to rebuild Haiti from the ruins
Grim reality of clearing Port-au-Prince rubble means risk of uncovering remains of last year’s earthquake victims remains.
# haiti - Tuesday 5 April, 2011
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Investigation underway after some gardaà allegedly joked about ‘raping’ and ‘deporting’ Corrib protesters; fears of a serial killer on the loose in New York and why Ireland’s not the only country worried about banking stress tests.
In photos: Haitians react to presidential poll
Fears of further post-election violence prove unfounded as preliminary results show popular singer Michel Martelly takes two-thirds of vote.
# haiti - Monday 4 April, 2011
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