Aided by geometry

摘要

In 2008, Ireland is expected to spend E∪D914 million (￡680 million) on overseas development assistance, and has recently agreed to increase that annual contribution to 0.7% of its gross national product by 2012. In support of this commitment, the Irish government also allocated funds for the construction of a Dublin-based facility to inform the Irish public about where its money was going and to serve as a point of recruitment for foreign aid volunteers. Completed last month to designs by Tom de Paor, the Irish Aid Centre occupies the ground floor of a sixties office block on O'Connell Street, the city centre's principal thoroughfare.