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Tue 10 Oct 2009Cardinal calls for end to cuts in overseas aid spending
FURTHER CUTS to Ireland’s overseas development budget would have a devastating impact on the lives of some of the world’s poorest people, Cardinal Seán Brady has said in a letter to Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan.
“These vulnerable people have had no part to play in creating the multiple crises now facing them – climate, financial, food – yet the challenges they face are unprecedented. I appeal to you not to turn your back on them,” he said.
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