â€˜Ireland can improve by being less PC about everythingâ€™

Last update: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 14:04 | By: Eliza Foster

Logan Raju has struggled to heal after a fall last year - but as he tells Eliza Foster, his fiery opinions remain unquenched

Garda appeal over homeless man found dead in Dublin recycling bin

Last update: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 14:01 | © Metro Éireann

Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in identifying the last movements of a man whose body was discovered at a waste recycling facility in west Dublin on Friday 23 August.

Dubliners to make their West End debuts in Commitments musical

Last update: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 13:55 | © Metro Éireann

West End producers have announced the cast of the musical based on Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments ahead of its run at London’s Palace Theatre from 21 September

Roddy Doyle revisits old friends with new Dublin novel The Guts

Last update: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 13:52 | By: Eliza Foster

It’s been a busy few months for Irish author Roddy Doyle. As his new novel The Guts hit bookshelves around the world, the musical based on his most famous work, The Commitments, prepares to take over the London stage

Kingâ€™s dream lives on at Dublin event

Last update: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 13:44 | © Metro Éireann

A special event commemorating Martin Luther King’s momentous ‘I have a dream’ speech took place in Temple Bar’s Meeting House Square last Wednesday 28 August – 50 years to the date Dr King uttered those famous words.

Denied

Last update: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 13:38 | By: Chinedu Onyejelem

Nigerian says he wants to help ill brother - but Justice rejects his visa application

Making Ireland a richer society

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 13:14 | © Metro Éireann

DukeEngage participant Neal Pierre-Gatke discusses his work with Dublin City Council’s Office for Integration - and an enlightening visit to Áras an Uachtaráin

2 Guns Dir: Baltasar KormÃ¡kur

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 12:52 | By: Eda Halis

Action movie 2 Guns takes two US agents posing as criminals – played by veteran actors Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg – who are forced to work together, though each is unaware of the other’s secret mission.

The meaning of Eid is universal as Muslims end Ramadan fast

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 12:44 | By: Eda Halis

One of the five pillars of Islam, the month-long fast of Ramadan sees Muslims rededicate themselves to their faith by abstaining from food during from sunrise to sun set, among other acts of restraint and self-discipline.

Never Again spreads anti-racism message with soccer stars at â€˜Polish Woodstockâ€™

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11:57 | © Metro Éireann

The anti-racist message of the Never Again Association was at the heart of Europe’s largest music festival, which brought together 500,000 people from 1-4 August.

Change in third level fees for EU citizens

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11:56 | By: Nicole Antoine

Migrants who acquire citizenship of an EU or EEA country while taking a third level course will no longer have to pay full tuition fees in future, the Department of Education and Skills has announced.

First Kenyan ambassador to Ireland reflects on changes and challenges of six-year tenure

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11:52 | By: Eliza Foster

After six years as Kenya’s first ambassador to Ireland, Catherine Muigai Mwangi is heading back home.

Migrant kids learn how to be â€˜cyber smartâ€™ on the net

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11:42 | By: Eliza Foster

Thirty migrant children aged from seven to 16 came together in Tallaght recently for a special workshop on learning to use social media and social networking safely.

â€˜Iâ€™m not prepared to walk awayâ€™ says South African injured at work

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11:36 | By: Eliza Foster & Nicole Antoine

When Kevin Stewien moved from South Africa to Ireland in 2003, he was pursuing a brighter future for himself as well as his wife and children. He came into this country with a steady job and investments. But today, 10 years later – and four years after Metro Éireann first spoke to him – he has neither.

Joe Crowleyâ€™s â€˜crispy duckâ€™ comments ruffle feathers in Limerick

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11:27 | By: Nicole Antoine

A Limerick activist for Fianna Fáil has publicly apologised for purportedly racist comments he made in a local paper regarding Chinese restaurateurs in the city.

Out of the Race

Last update: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 13:42 | By: Chinedu Onyejelem

Immigrants withdraw from 2014 local election field citing lack of party support, rise in racism.

Govt nets â‚¬50m in 5 years from citizenship fees

Last update: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 13:39 | By: Chinedu Onyejelem

Revenues from the Government's naturalisation and citizenship fees between January 2009 and December 2012 stood at around €36m, Metro Éireann has learned.

600 in direct provision more than seven years

Many asylum seekers “spend too long” in the direct provision system, the Minister for Justice has said – as it emerges that more than 600 people have been waiting over seven years for a decision on their asylum applications.

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