The Ireland Funds are proud to support programs that serve the “Forgotten Irish” – those men and women that immigrated to the U.S. and the U.K. driven by economic necessity and lack of opportunity in Ireland
At The Ireland Funds Worldwide Conference, Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin announced government plans to introduce a certificate of Irish heritage for up to 70 million people of Irish descent.
The words "Ireland" and "Homelessness" may not be immediately linked in many minds. But sadly, Dublin alone has over 2,000 people that fit this definition.