International Aid
Ireland ups contribution to Global Fund after Bono tells Martin to ‘go big’
The U2 frontman wrote to the Taoiseach urging Ireland to increase funding for international financing partnership
Bono called on Micheál Martin to “go big” and “dig deep“ just weeks before the government increased Ireland’s foreign aid contributions by €15 million.
In a letter sent last month, the U2 frontman called on the Taoiseach to double Ireland’s €50 million commitment to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Bono wrote that if Martin could commit to the €100 million, “we’ll be the wind at your back”.
“Let me start by ...