US First Lady Michelle Obama has inspiring words for Irish schoolkids

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 15:53 | By: Nicole Antoine, Eliza Foster and Lindsay Kopit

It was all about the young people at the Gaiety Theatre on 17 June.

Domestic workers protest UAE embassy over staff complaints

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 15:27 | © Metro Éireann

Members of the Domestic Workers Action Group (DWAG) gathered at the United Arab Emirates embassy in Dublin on 14 June to mark International Domestic Work-ers Day and to protest the decision of the embassy to invoke diplomatic immunity in an employment rights complaint.

Capitalâ€™s new Lord Mayor promises diversity, reform

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 15:26 | © Metro Éireann

A Labour councillor has been elected new Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Taking â€˜baby stepsâ€™ towards gender equality

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 15:16 | By: Nicole Antoine

Hauwa Ibrahim took part in a roundtable discussion with the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) on Thursday 20 June.

â€˜Iâ€™m just giving back what Iâ€™ve been givenâ€™

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 15:14 | By: Chinedu Onyejelem

Visiting Ireland to deliver this year’s Sakharov Lecture, Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist Hauwa Ibrahim speaks exclusively to Metro Éireann about her work in defence of those victimised under Sharia law, and her support of girls’ education

Sligo gets racist incident reporting service in first for north-east region

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 15:11 | © Metro Éireann

The Sligo Family Resource Centre has launched its Racist Incident Referral and Support Services Project, an initiative hailed as unique to Co Sligo.

1 in 5 tested gay men have STDs - report

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 15:10 | By: Nicole Antoine

One in five men who used the HSE Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS) clinic for STD testing in 2012 received a diagnosis of gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV or syphilis, according to the service’s latest statistics.

Dead killerâ€™s family to sue state

Last update: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 11:16 | © Metro Éireann

Metro Éireann has learned that the family of a Nigerian man who died in prison while serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife plans to sue the State over his death.

Chinua Achebe hailed in Dublin

Last update: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 11:11 | By: Chinedu Onyejelem

Members of the African community in Ireland recently held a special memorial in Blanchardstown, west Dublin to honour African literary giant Chinua Achebe, who passed away earlier this year.

Tastes of the world at Citi diversity week

Last update: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 11:08 | By: Eliza Foster

Tastes from around the world, particularly Africa and Asia, were on offer in the lobby at Citi Ireland’s headquarters on 11 June at a special lunchtime event highlighting the different cultures and identities represented in its international workforce.

â€˜Freedom walkâ€™ for journos killed in action

Last update: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 11:06 | © Metro Éireann

A special ‘freedom walk’ to commemorate the 408 journalists across the world who have died in the service of their profession in the last three years was held in Dublin on Wednesday 5 June.

Irish, African journos talkâ€˜rules of engagementâ€™ at international conference

Last update: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 11:05 | © Metro Éireann

An eclectic gathering of Ireland-based journalists and colleagues from Africa took place in Dublin recently against the background of the International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ) 20th World Congress.

Soccer makes friends across the divide in Poland & Ukraine

Last update: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 10:54 | © Metro Éireann

More than 300 soccer matches, community festivals and other events were organised across Poland and Ukraine on Saturday 8 June to mark Friends of Football Day on the anniversary of the kick-off of last summer’s Uefa European Championship.

US student recalls â€˜amazingâ€™ experience in Ugandaâ€™s parks

Last update: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 10:16 | By: Eliza Foster

When she told people that she was going to spend a month in Uganda for a zoology study abroad programme, Michigan State student Savannah Foster received a range of reactions. Some were of support, some of envy – but most were of fear.

Troika cuts threat to free speech, media says MEP

An Irish MEP has warned that troika cutbacks forced on some EU member states are jeopardising freedom of speech and diversity of media ownership.

â€˜Missingâ€™ woman is found safe in Tipperary home town

A woman who was recently reported missing from her home in Co Tipperary for over three years has been “found safe and well”, according to Gardaí.

Dublin Airport trials self-service border gates

The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) has started a six-month trial of automated self-service border control gates at Dublin Airport’s Terminal 1.

Cork DJ comments court controversy

Last update: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 10:56 | By: Catherine Reilly

A Cork radio presenter’s highly inflammatory comments on immigrants has prompted Labour TD and former Metro Éireann columnist Aodhán Ó Ríordáin to remark on Twitter that he had seen more informed arguments “scribbled on toilet walls”.

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