Trocaire has called on the Irish Government to pressure other EU countries into honouring their commitments on reducing world poverty.
The leaders of the 15 EU member states signed a document four years ago promising to halve global poverty by 2015. But Trocaire said today that little had been done to honour the pledge.
Speaking at a conference in Dublin, the aid agency’s director, Justin Kilcullen, said: “The leaders set that target because they believed it could be achieved. Unfortunately, four years into this process, little progress has been made.”