900 GOAL staff at risk of losing their jobs

Irish aid agency GOAL says more than 900 of its staff, including 28 people in Ireland, are at risk of losing their jobs.

It’s over cuts to international aid funding.

The charity currently operates in 14 countries, and “directly supported” more than 11 million people last year.

In a statement, it says funding cuts have put almost 30% of the aid agency’s staff at risk of redundancy – with a direct impact on its ability to deliver critical, life-saving programmes around the world.