Bono to Taoiseach: Elevate our foreign aid budget
Singer asks for overseas aid to be hiked by €725m
Bono asked the Taoiseach to spend more than €725 million extra on Ireland’s overseas aid budget in a behind-closed-doors meeting held last year.
The meeting is understood to have taken place just before Christmas at Government Buildings.
In addition to the Taoiseach, it was also attended by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, along with Martin Fraser, the secretary general of the Department of the ...
