According to latest figures, 54,000 people died in the earthquake across Southern Türkiye and Syria - 48,000 in Türkiye and 6,000 in Syria.
The Turkish government have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks.
There are 125,000 people injured and nearly two million people lost their homes and have been displaced to tents or mobile houses.
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The Irish government allocated an overall support package of €10 million in direct response to the emergency appeal to the organisations working on the ground in the affected regions in Syria and Türkiye.
One of these organisations is Goal, a Dublin-based NGO with over 900 members working on the earthquake areas in Türkiye and Syria. 32 Goal staff members died as a result of the disaster.
Speaking to The Irish Mirror, Mary van Lieshout of Goal said that at the beginning of the earthquake, Goal got €800,000 worth of goods from the Irish Aid of Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs to distribute across the regions impacted.
The fund helped Goal in housing 1,700 individuals, Ms Van Lieshout confirmed.
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