Much like anywhere else in the world, many people in Poland do not hold the standard of the nation’s popular music in high esteem. The reasons they cite are plentiful, with low standard of lyrics, songwriting and presentation at the top of the list.
Weekend classes for Polish children have begun at Claddagh National School in Galway, amid fears that youngsters don’t know enough about their parental country.
Later this year Microsoft will launch the new Windows 7 – bringing the curtain down on the much-maligned Windows Vista, released just two-and-a-half years ago. Short in name, short in lifespan.
Like their friends and relatives back home, Polish people in Ireland have spent most May weekends enjoying the open air, whether it be on field trips, walking tours or religious pilgrimages.
It’s the start of summer in Poland, when most people head outdoors for weekends from now right up to October. Indeed, a May picnic in the countryside, in a park or by a river or lakeside is a long-standing tradition.
On my first day back home, I switched on the TV for the local news. Poland is quite a large country, and its various regions differ from each other not only in terms of economy and prosperity, but even in language, which makes TV viewing interesting with the
Campaigners are working hard to encourage Cork’s Polish community to take an active part in the upcoming local and European elections.
After a calm and somewhat boring Sunday afternoon spent in a pub armchair watching a football game, the following morning I headed for a job interview. Anyway, the position didn’t suit me after all, and brought two days of hoping for a miracle. On Wednesday
POLISH DIPLOMATS are on their way to visit the Polish pizza delivery man almost murdered during an RIRA attack on a British Army barracks in the North.
Freedom of mobility is a right that not all Europeans enjoy, according to Karolina Szmagalska-Follis, a social anthropologist originally from Warsaw.She was one of the speakers during the Integration and Identities in Europe forum in Dublin last week.
Ireland’s hotel sector has a majority immigrant workforce, a high proportion emanating from Poland. But as one Polish woman tells CATHERINE REILLY, getting one’s rights has been an uphill struggle that often requires strong trade unionism
“It was really good because after that they gave her an apology letter,” recalls Beata.
Ever since I saw the Gaelic football All-Ireland Final between Kerry and Mayo in 2006, I lost all interest in soccer. Even so, the announcement last year that Poland and Ukraine would be joint hosts of Euro 2012 made me feel proud for my nation.
Green clovers on the windows, St Patrick’s Day posters pinned-up and Guinness signs placed outside – and that’s just a pub on a WrocÅ‚aw corner.
POLES IN Cork will participate in the city’s St Patrick’s Day parade – with a somewhat unearthly exhibition.
The hope has come. As Waterford Crystal looks set to survive, the Irish economy seems finally to have grasped the brake and perhaps stopped its catastrophic fall.
It’s not only soldiers who die on duty. Sportspeople do as well. And every year brings new tragedies – the latest being the untimely death of Polish hammer thrower Kamila Skolimowska.
In June 2006, Poland’s then Minister for Education Roman Giertych evoked furious protests with his plan to introduce a school subject called ‘Patriotic Education’. His intentions were to create more space for teachers to discuss issues such