The Ireland Chinese Social Evening and Barbeque took place last Friday at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) on Portland Row.
Nominations call for individuals and groups promoting a diverse IrelandIRELAND’S premier multicultural awards initiative has launched its call for entries with a clear message - this one is for everybody.
What exactly is going on in Dublin primary schools? A worrying trend of ‘ghettoisation’ in some schools in the Blanchardstown, Lucan and Balbriggan areas is emerging. Schools situated in geographical areas where the population is still predominantly white Irish have over 80 per cent international children populating their classrooms. How is it that such a scenario has come about?
A NEW report indicates that over half of immigrants to Ireland have never accessed the Irish health service and just under half have never been to a general practitioner (GP). The health survey, produced last week by Pfizer Health in Ireland, has compiled statistics for Ireland’s non-Irish national population and offers a remarkable comparison with the health of Irish natives, although the lower age profile of immigrants would factor into this.
IMMIGRANTS should be offered incentives for good attendance at English classes, a new report from the Immigrant Council of Ireland recommends.
Cork TD concerned that female genital mutilation is happening hereWEAK legislation could leave young immigrant girls in Ireland vulnerable to female genital mutilation, a TD had warned.
SANDY HAZEL meets some of the cast of Bones - a stark excavation of modern-day South Africa, where hope and forgiveness survive amid revenge and retribution
The Garda Siochana has confirmed that there will be no deviation from the force's uniform to include such items as the kirpan, a knife-like instrument that Sikhs are required to carry for religious reasons..
The PSNI has said its Sikh recruits will be allowed to wear turbans as part of their uniform though they may not allow other religious items.
A day of colour, music and friendship is promised in Louth next week as Women From Minorities (WFM) hold their annual exhibition there.
Parents fear children losing touch with home culture Immigrants are worried about a cultural gap emerging between themselves and the children they are raising in Ireland.
Immigrant-on-immigrant exploitation ‘must be tackled’ SOME immigrant-run businesses in Ireland are rampantly exploiting their own countrymen and women and must be monitored, a trade unionist has warned.
A NIGERIAN boy who lived in Ireland for over two years after his mother’s deportation has been reunited with her in Nigeria, Metro Eireann has learned.
SANDY HAZEL caught up with some excited students receiving their Leaving Cert results last weekIT WAS smiles all round last week as the Leaving Certificate results 2007 were released. St Kevin’s College, Clogher Road, Crumlin, is delighted to be sending their top student to University College Dublin (UCD) next month.
Integration minister wants migrant entrepreneurs to be role models INTEGRATION Minister Conor Lenihan TD has said that Ireland needs “ethnic entrepreneurs and millionaires” to emerge as role models in their communities.
It was a miracle that the rain held off, as families from all communities gathered for fun and dancing at Claremont Stadium in Navan last Saturday for the Meath Intercultural Family Festival.
THE BODY of a Ukrainian woman who was found death in a house in south Dublin last week will be repatriated to her homeland, where she has a daughter, Metro Eireann has learned.
INTEGRATION MINISTER Conor Lenihan appears to be backing Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy’s current stance on not allowing the incorporation of religious dress into the Garda uniform.