Hassle-free holidays in Poland? Sadly, nothing could be further from the truth

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 11:32 | By: Chris Geoghegan

Since the capitulation of communism in the early 1990s, our eastern brethren in Poland have used their newfound freedom to establish new lives abroad.

The Hague: a city of peace and justice

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 11:30 | By: Michael McGowan

I have just spent several days in The Hague visiting the International Criminal Court; the Peace Palace, where activists from across the world hold peace conferences; and the headquarters of international police organisation Europol, which was established by the European Union.

South Koreaâ€™s annus horribilis

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 11:09 | By: Andrew Farrell

This year will be remembered as South Korea’s annus horribilis – and we’re not even halfway through it.

Flowers for Daniel Keyes

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 11:06 | By: Panu HÃ¶glund

Thinking of how to develop contemporary Irish literature, I often come to think that there is very little science fiction available in the language.

BlÃ¡thanna do Daniel Keyes

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 11:05 | By: Panu HÃ¶glund

Ag déanamh mo mharana ar conas ba chóir litríocht Gaeilge ár linne a fhorbairt is minic a ritheas liom go bhfuil an teanga in anás ficsean eolaíochta.

Photo contest gives thanks to Irish-Polish friendship

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 11:03 | © Metro Éireann

Forum Polonia is celebrating 10 years of Poland in the European Union with a photography competition under the theme of Irish-Polish friendship.

Artist co-op seeks to clean up Temple Barâ€™s dingier corners

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:59 | By: Faye Strawn

Out of the horde of visitors to Dublin’s trendy Temple Bar district every night, few venture into the alleyways that sprout off like veins from its heart.

Report says 32,000 set up new businesses in 2013

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:57 | © Metro Éireann

Some 32,000 people started a new business in Ireland in 2013, according to a new report on entrepreneurship worldwide.

Felicia Olima reflects on 18 years of Citas College

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:56 | By: Faye Strawn

In 1996, on a rented desk space with two computers and a telephone, Felicia Olima founded Citas College.

Open day shows Islam is â€˜a complete way of lifeâ€™

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:53 | By: Faye Strawn

In 1959, the only Muslims living in Ireland were students, many seeking top-tier medical schooling at Dublin’s Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

City centreâ€™s first mosque celebrates decade of kindness, charity and living the simple life

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:52 | By: Caitlin McGough

This year’s Ramadan celebration will mark the 10th anniversary of Anwar-E-Madina, the first mosque in Dublin city centre and the first Sufi institution in Ireland.

Turkish Airlines adds Benin to African routes

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:40 | © Metro Éireann

Turkish Airlines has launched its latest African destination with a route to Benin.

Ireland sends vital supplies to refugees fleeing turmoil in Central African Republic

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:39 | © Metro Éireann

Ireland is providing tents, blankets and other vital supplies to assist refugees in Cameroon who have fled the violence in the Central African Republic.

Far-right rise is â€˜overstatedâ€™

Last update: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 10:37 | By: Chinedu Onyejelem

Ireland’s MEPs have taken up their seats at the European Parliament, with the first session scheduled for today 1 July.

â€˜New Irishâ€™ welcome in Defence Forces

Minister Shatter tells Ireland’s freshest citizens: ‘Your new country needs you’

Womenâ€™s Day event spreads message that immigrant women must get involved

At the end of 2013, Adaku Ezueda took a group of migrant women on a trip around Leinster House. “Somebody said she didn’t even know what ‘Taoiseach’ is, or who it is,” the i-Smile International founder recalls. “It is shocking how much people are isolated.”

â€˜No loan is too smallâ€™ as credit union pitches for business among Dublin 15â€™s migrant communities

A credit union at the heart of one of Dublin’s most diverse postcodes is reaching out to immigrant residents, offering access financial services that they might be denied elsewhere.

Retrace St Patrickâ€™s footsteps in Skerries

Skerries in north Co Dublin is celebrating its unique history with Ireland’s patron saint by inviting the public to retrace St Patrick’s steps in the town 1,500 years ago.

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