PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED until 00.01am GMT 1 January 2019 New Year’s Babies: Babies born in Ireland in 2019 can expect to live to 2101 – UNICEF   As the calendar turns to 2019, an estimated 175 babies will be born on 1 January 2019 UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power is available for interview NEW … Continued

PRESS RELEASE      Orlando Bloom meets children working in Bangladesh slums in powerful installment of photography series ‘Tales by Light’ Season 3 will stream on Netflix from 21 December Photos and trailer available for download here DHAKA/NEW YORK, 18 December 2018 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom stars in an emotional episode of Tales by Light to highlight the plight … Continued

PRESS RELEASE Refugee and migrant children and youth report severe deprivations while on the move – UNICEF   UNICEF releases alarming data from poll of nearly 4,000 refugee and migrant children and youth ahead of Global Compact for Migration Summit in Marrakech “I am just used to suffering, and now I view it as normal” – … Continued

STATEMENT Yemen’s children: 15 million lives scarred and voices not heard  Children in Yemen calling on parties meeting in Sweden this week and on all countries with influence to settle for peace immediately Statement from Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the end of his visit to Yemen … Continued

PRESS RELEASE Irish teenager takes over Taoiseach’s office and calls for youth voices to be heard on UNICEF’s World Children’s Day   Aoife Murphy wins UNICEF’s #KidsTakeOver competition after campaign to lower the voting age to 16   DUBLIN, 18 November 2017 – Fifteen-year-old Aoife Murphy from Westmeath will bring the voice of young people around … Continued

PRESS RELEASE   Millie Bobby ‘Blue’ leads cast of stars in new UNICEF video for World Children’s Day   Stranger Things star Brown ‘goes blue’ alongside Orlando Bloom, Dua Lipa, Liam Neeson, Lilly Singh and Blue Man Group in support of world’s most disadvantaged children   Video and photos can be downloaded here   NEW YORK, 15 November … Continued

PRESS RELEASE Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment takes part in World’s Largest Lesson Images from event available here. DUBLIN, 12 November 2018 – Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton TD took part in the World’s Largest Lesson, along with primary school students at St. Fintan’s National School in Sutton and … Continued

PRESS RELEASE STATEMENT Yemen: Children in Hudaydah hospital at imminent risk of death Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore Peter Power, UNICEF Ireland’s Executive Director, Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF’s Regional Director for MENARO and Juliette Touma, UNICEF’s Regional Chief of Communication for MENARO are available for interview. NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 6 November 2018 – “Intense fighting in … Continued

PRESS RELEASE Ireland among best at reducing educational inequality in EU/OECD but fears children most in need being left behind – UNICEF Report Card Traveller children, children experiencing homelessness and immigrant children among groups lacking adequate supports Peter Power, UNICEF Ireland’s Executive Director is available for interview. DUBLIN / FLORENCE, 30 October 2018 – Ireland ranks … Continued

STATEMENT   In Yemen, millions of children could soon be without food or water as economic crisis deepens and Hudaydah violence drags on  Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 18 October 2018 – “Millions of desperate children and families across Yemen could soon be without food, clean water or sanitation services because of … Continued

PRESS RELEASE UNICEF announces arrival of education material for Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami affected communities Primark donates $ 200,000 to UNICEFs relief effort. Dublin / Jakarta / Geneva 16 October 2018 15 00 –  Today UNICEF announced the arrival of 30 tonnes of emergency education materials including 65 tents (for temporary classrooms) from its Supply … Continued

PRESS RELEASE UNICEF launches emergency appeal as thousands of children face extremely precarious situation in Indonesia  Appeal launched amid concerns for tens of thousands of children in aftermath of earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia UNICEF representatives in Indonesia are available for interview 02 October 2018, DUBLIN: UNICEF Ireland has launched an emergency fundraising appeal for children … Continued