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08/06/2017
Father Jack Finucane Dies Aged 80
The co-founder of charity Concern, Father Jack Finucane, has died at the age of 80.
The Limerick priest gained global notoriety in the late 1960s alongside his late brother Fr Aengus Finucane by organising aid shipments to Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War.
Fr Jack Finucane also helped establish one of Ireland's largest charities Concern and was a director at the organisation until his death.
Speaking today, 08 June, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan T.D and the Minister of State for Diaspora and International Development, Joe McHugh T.D., expressed their sadness at the news.
Minister Flanagan said: "I learned today with great sadness of the death of Fr. Jack Finucane.
"Fr. Jack Finucane was an inspiration and was the driving force behind the foundation of Concern Worldwide. People of my generation remember Fr. Finucane and his brother Fr. Aengus showing the most extraordinary moral and physical courage in bringing food and humanitarian assistance to the starving of Biafra in the late 1960s.
"In Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Rwanda, and indeed, in his work with Live Aid, he saved many lives and inspired others to join the struggle for global justice. His legacy will endure in the work of the organisation he helped to found, Concern Worldwide. And his example will continue to inspire all those who champion the cause of global development."
Minister of State McHugh added: "The world of development and overseas aid has lost a giant today. With Fr. Finucane's passing, we have lost an original guiding spirit who helped shape the way aid organisations work."
(LM)
The Limerick priest gained global notoriety in the late 1960s alongside his late brother Fr Aengus Finucane by organising aid shipments to Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War.
Fr Jack Finucane also helped establish one of Ireland's largest charities Concern and was a director at the organisation until his death.
Speaking today, 08 June, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan T.D and the Minister of State for Diaspora and International Development, Joe McHugh T.D., expressed their sadness at the news.
Minister Flanagan said: "I learned today with great sadness of the death of Fr. Jack Finucane.
"Fr. Jack Finucane was an inspiration and was the driving force behind the foundation of Concern Worldwide. People of my generation remember Fr. Finucane and his brother Fr. Aengus showing the most extraordinary moral and physical courage in bringing food and humanitarian assistance to the starving of Biafra in the late 1960s.
"In Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Rwanda, and indeed, in his work with Live Aid, he saved many lives and inspired others to join the struggle for global justice. His legacy will endure in the work of the organisation he helped to found, Concern Worldwide. And his example will continue to inspire all those who champion the cause of global development."
Minister of State McHugh added: "The world of development and overseas aid has lost a giant today. With Fr. Finucane's passing, we have lost an original guiding spirit who helped shape the way aid organisations work."
(LM)
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