{"id":377862,"date":"2026-04-02T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/377862\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:57:08","slug":"ireland-announces-additional-e40-million-in-support-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/377862\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Announces Additional \u20ac40 Million in Support for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6218be8b5f5ad.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"777\" data-start=\"710\">Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Helen McEntee TD, has unveiled an additional \u20ac40 million in financial support for Ukraine, increasing Ireland&#8217;s total contribution this year to \u20ac65 million. This package builds on \u20ac25 million announced earlier in February for energy infrastructure repairs.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1392\" data-start=\"1077\">The new funding will address immediate humanitarian needs, including shelter, medical care, and maternal healthcare for those most affected by the ongoing conflict. It will also support Ukraine\u2019s long-term recovery, with investments in civil protection infrastructure, healthcare, and progress toward EU membership.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1813\" data-start=\"1394\">Minister McEntee made the announcement during an official visit to Ukraine, where she met Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. McEntee emphasized Ireland\u2019s unwavering commitment to supporting Ukraine in the face of the continuing crisis. The package includes \u20ac26.5 million in humanitarian aid and \u20ac13.8 million in development and peacebuilding support, with \u20ac2 million allocated to Moldova for related challenges.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1930\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1815\">This is Ireland\u2019s largest humanitarian and development aid contribution to Ukraine since Russia\u2019s invasion in 2022.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1930\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1815\">Minister Neale Richmond will be discussing this package on Morning Mix today just after 10am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Helen McEntee TD, has unveiled an additional \u20ac40 million in financial support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3279,319,61,60,2673,1529,8284,43,700,151809,9270],"class_list":["post-377862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-broadcast","tag-broadcasting","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-news","tag-local-news","tag-local-radio","tag-news","tag-radio","tag-south-east-radio","tag-wexford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377862","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=377862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}