Posted on 09/07/2005 10:13:56 AM PDT by Murtyo
The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has announced further Irish aid to the US states affected by Hurricane Katrina last week.
The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has announced further Irish aid to the US states affected by Hurricane Katrina last week.
Yesterday, the Government said it would be allocating €1m to the Irish Red Cross and other organisations to help the relief effort in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.
Mr Ahern said today that the Government was also offering first-aid kits, blankets, tents, food and two water-treatment plants as part of the EU response to the disaster.
He said Ireland was also prepared to send medical and other experts to the area if they are needed.
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Thanks!
The affected area is the size of England.
Imagine all of England being trashed and ruined.
We appreciate the kindness of friends.
Irish friends BUMP. God bless the Irish.
At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.
Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, and shelter.
If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you.
Right now the site mostly covers Houston and Dallas but I will add various churches, schools, and other charities in San Antonio and Ft. Worth tonight. My wife is down at Reunion Arena in Dallas as we speak handing out care packages and otherwise ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer.
There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would be most appreciative if you would get the word out.
Many thanks,
Michael McCullough
Stingray blogsite
Ahern is of some use...
Thanks for the ping.
That should pi$$ off all those feckers I hear on the radio demanding that NO should get no releif.
I'm mad. The amount is pitiful..and a disgrace in terms of the inward US investment to Ireland from the States.
I'm at least glad that Eircom are sending a team of communications engineers out, and I think the ESB are sending electricians out to help with the aftermath.
No worries HappyGal.
We really do have enough resources in the US to cover the bills and efforts but the sentiment is welcome.
I haven't talked to my MIL to get the pub chatter just yet.
Well, whenever there is a hiccup in Africa, Ireland gives the most per head of population than any other nation in Europe.
Well, pardon my French but f*ck that. America may be able to pay it's own bills...but humanitarian goodwill should know no creed, colour or social class.
THIS is a massive disaster...and I see my nation as 'lacking' in it's response.
With 25,000 boday bags been sent to New Orleans today that attitude is dispicable!
The Bush-bashing and the Anti-Americanism is costing people lives.
I pinged ye to another thread about the American media's reporting, as an oportunity to give my own two cents on the British and Irish media, the "blame Bush brigade" are ignoring the real story in NO!
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