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Irish billionaires' wealth increased by €18bn during pandemic - Oxfam

Ireland’s nine billionaires have increased their wealth by €18.3 billion (58%) to €49.7 billion since the start of the pandemic, according to a report by Oxfam. The Inequality Kills report was published today, January 17, ahead of the World Economic ...

17 Jan 2022 at 23:33

National News

Irish billionaires' wealth increased by €18bn during pandemic - Oxfam

18 Jan 2022 at 09:33

World

Protesters gather as G7 leaders set to arrive in Germany

About 3,500 protesters gathered in Munich on Saturday as the Group of Seven leading economic powers prepared to hold their annual gathering in the Bavarian Alps in Germany, which holds the G7’s rotating presidency this year. Police said ...

25 Jun 2022 at 17:48

Scotland

Sturgeon to urge nations to show ‘much greater commitment’ on climate damage

Scotland’s First Minister is calling on other developed nations to show “much greater commitment” to addressing the loss and damage caused by climate change. Nicola Sturgeon will make the plea at the Bonn Intersessional meeting in ...

07 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Sturgeon: Climate change will ‘overwhelm and overpower us’ without more action

Nicola Sturgeon has appealed to world leaders to take the threat of climate change “much, much more seriously”, insisting that without more action being taken global warming will “overwhelm and overpower us”. The outgoing ...

20 Mar 2023 at 17:51

Scotland

Private jet tax could pay for off-peak rail fares, says Oxfam Scotland

A devolved tax on the use of private jets could have paid for ScotRail to keep off-peak fares until the end of the financial year, a report by by Oxfam Scotland has suggested. About 6% of private jet flights in the UK ...

18 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Fashion & Beauty

British designer Katharine Hamnett warns young people about entering the fashion industry: ‘Don’t do it – it stinks!’

British fashion designer Katharine Hamnett made history at London Fashion Week in 1984 by wearing an anti-nuclear war slogan T-shirt next to then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – but that iconic moment nearly ...

13 Sept 2024 at 15:44

World

World could see its first trillionaire within 10 years, Oxfam says

The world could see its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organisation Oxfam International has said. The body delivered its annual assessment of global inequalities as political and business ...

15 Jan 2024 at 13:17

Cop28 outcome ‘disappointing’ on fossil fuels, Humza Yousaf says

Scotland’s First Minister has said it is “disappointing” that the Cop28 climate change summit failed to produce a “stronger resolution” that would have committed countries across the world to phase out ...

13 Dec 2023 at 18:28

Rare WWI naval signal book found in Oxfam bookshop sells for four-figure sum

A very rare lead-lined naval signal book from the First World War has been bought by a museum after being found in an Oxfam bookshop. The General Signals Book, which is filled with confidential ...

20 May 2024 at 16:10

Scotland

Scottish Government gives £250,000 to help people affected by conflict in Sudan

Projects to provide food, clean water and shelter to people affected by the violent conflict in Sudan are being given £250,000 from the Scottish Government’s Humanitarian Emergency Fund. The ...

27 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Truss wants reassurance over ‘appalling’ behaviour before lifting Oxfam aid ban

The Foreign Secretary wants to “reassure” herself before lifting the suspension on aid funding for Oxfam after a string of “appalling” allegations were levelled against the charity’s staff. ...

18 May 2022 at 18:18

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