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2013 elections: Breaking the cycle of political violence in Kenya
On 4th March Kenyans will be going to the polls to vote in national elections. Memories of the post-election violence that gripped the country in
At it again – infant formula milk manufacturers
The breast milk of mothers has been described as the closest thing there is to a ‘silver bullet’ when trying to tackle malnutrition and reduce
Post-2015 global development framework and the role for development education
The Irish Presidency of the European Council is well underway – but what does this mean for the development agenda and development education? Siobhán Sleeman
‘Not Men, For Flags’: Northern Ireland and its path to peace
In one of his less well-known war poems Wilfred Owen looks forward to a future when men and women no longer do battle for flags
Israel, Caherciveen, the Telegraph and ‘anti-Semitism’
Recent months have seen a storm of criticism and comment of Trócaire’s campaign to boycott goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. This piece responds to one such commentator, Ruth Dudley Edwards, who accused Trócaire of disseminating ‘hatred’
My ‘walking the talk’ moment on our environment
Having lived for years in African countries and loving the wonderful sunny climates there, I became very negative towards Ireland’s natural environment and was very
Cartoon: on affluence and the environment
From the cartoon archives, Debt 04 by Bruce Petty. Thinking about using cartoons, photographs, statistics, maps or UN reports with your group? Our guides to
No shortage of future innovators in science for development at Young Scientist Exhibition
Future engineers, scientists and researchers are in no short supply of creative solutions to the challenges of global poverty, reports Patsy Toland from this year’s
Update: The Irish development education resources audit and IDEA’s new campaign
Happy New Year to our readers (teachers, students, newbies and veterans)! For those out there who have been wondering why we’ve been laying low these past few
The possibilities for teaching global development are endless: a primary school teacher’s reflection
Francesca Hunt reports on using virtual technologies as a teaching tool for exploring world development issues with her primary school class. It is not unusual