{"id":377140,"date":"2026-04-01T21:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/377140\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:49:11","slug":"ireland-to-provide-extra-e40m-in-aid-to-ukraine-this-year-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/377140\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland to provide extra \u20ac40m in aid to Ukraine this year \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Republic will provide an additional \u20ac40 million in aid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\">Ukraine <\/a>this year, the Government has announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\">humanitarian and long-term development assistance <\/a>is in addition to the \u20ac25 million already earmarked in February to help repair Ukraine\u2019s critical energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It brings the State\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\">total contribution <\/a>this year to \u20ac65 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee announced the funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\">on Wednesday during an official visit to Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">During the trip, she met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who said he raised the prospect of progressing a path towards European accession with her in advance of the State\u2019s EU presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He said it is \u201cimportant\u201d that the process \u201cstarts to work\u201d for countries that fulfil their obligations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIn all dimensions, Europe must be protected, and Ukrainian expertise can make a significant contribution to security. I thank Ireland for all its support \u2013 military, humanitarian, and energy-related,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Russia invaded Ukraine at the start of 2022. Since then, thousands of civilians have been killed, alongside tens of thousands of military personnel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cMore than four years into the war, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine remains severe. Around 11 million people are expected to require assistance in 2026, including almost four million who have been displaced from their homes,\u201d said a Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIreland\u2019s funding will provide emergency shelter, medical care, maternal healthcare and essential supports to those most affected, particularly people in frontline areas and children. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe \u20ac40 million announced today includes over \u20ac26 million in humanitarian assistance and almost \u20ac14 million in long-term development and peacebuilding support. A total of \u20ac2 million of the funding package will be allocated to Moldova to respond to challenges relating to the war in Ukraine,\u201d said the department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Announcing the funding, McEntee said the \u201cscale of need\u201d in Ukraine is stark. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThis is Ireland\u2019s largest funding package for the people of Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began and it reflects our unwavering support,\u201d said McEntee. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Republic will provide an additional \u20ac40 million in aid to Ukraine this year, the Government has announced.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3775,1556,61,60,43,9688],"class_list":{"0":"post-377140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-fine-gael","9":"tag-helen-mcentee","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-ukraine-crisis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}