Catherine Reilly

'A visit is a visit'

Last update: 18:34 | 05.03.09 | © Metro Éireann

CHILDMINDING IS generally not considered a valid reason to come to Ireland on a visitor visa, a Department of Justice spokesperson has told Metro Éireann.

Deported to social welfare?

Last update: 18:26 | 05.03.09 | © Metro Éireann

Most people accept the need for a deportation process. But when it divides families and exposes Ireland’s social welfare to further strain, the system stands open to question. CATHERINE REILLY reports on how last week’s deportation to Nigeria has

Lagos kids â€˜in custodyâ€™ - claim

Last update: 18:22 | 05.03.09 | © Metro Éireann

A DISAGREEMENT between Nigeria and Ireland’s immigration personnel resulted in children being effectively taken into Garda custody in Lagos last week, it has been alleged.

Group calls for action against Burma leaders

Last update: 18:15 | 05.03.09 | © Metro Éireann

BURMA’S military rulers should be brought to the International Criminal Court for crimes committed against victims of Cyclone Nargis, according to an Ireland-based group.

Opposition to Igbo king grows among Nigerians

Last update: 18:05 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

GOD SAVE the King – or not, as the case may be.

Democratic deficit?

Last update: 17:59 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

DEMOCRACY in Armenia is making little progress, a leading political advisory body has claimed.

'I clicked with the Irish'

Last update: 17:57 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

DOCTOR Diana Minasyan is originally from the Armenian capital Yerevan, and works at Cork University Hospital and St Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital.

Two sides to Nagorno-Karabakh

Last update: 17:54 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

With Nagorno-Karabakh, as with any long-standing political conflict, diametrically opposed viewpoints exist on its origins and escalation.

THE EUROPEAN Comm-ission is tongue-tied.

Last update: 17:38 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Last week, the Brussels-based body responsible for the EU’s day-to-day running, admitted that it faces a dearth of English-speaking translators.

A man of many words

Last update: 17:36 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

“I speak English, Irish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Greek, Romanian, and Hungarian – and there’s Latin there from my schooldays,” explains Michael McAlinden, before deadpanning: “but that’s about it.”

A coffee for all the senses

Last update: 17:32 | 26.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Catherine Reilly meets Tanzanian coffee grower Emiliana Aligaesha, who has seen her life and community change for the better thanks to a partnership with Cafédirect

Asylum seeker has write stuff

Last update: 02:50 | 19.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

THE STRESS and mundanity of life in an asylum seeker centre has inspired a Nigerian woman to write a prize-winning short story.

Will the real Denis Naughten stand up?

Last update: 02:34 | 19.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Fine Gael’s immigration spokesman Denis Naughten has been accused by Integration Minister Conor Lenihan of whipping up anti-immigrant tensions. CATHERINE REILLY meets the Roscommon TD, sans race card...

Rank rumours as Transport Minister Noel Dempseyâ€˜s inaction breeds racism

POOR REGULATION of the taxi industry is fuelling tensions between Irish and foreign national drivers in Dublin.

DR Congo: â€˜You have not seen the worstâ€™

AMID THE surreal village that is the Mosney asylum seeker complex is Claude Mashinda Ilunga.

Nigerian embassy seeks â‚¬1m bonanza

LIVID Nigerian readers contacted Metro Éireann this week after its embassy decided to introduce a “registration fee” amidst an economic recession.

Trinityâ€™s Indian Society is an instant success

Shyam S Sathyanarayana from Chennai in India has nothing bad to say about Ireland. In his eyes, the gloomy economic times have not wiped the smiles off people’s faces, and the freezing weather hasn’t broken his resolve to never wear a coat.

From residency to recession

The Dimbo family were at the centre of a famous test case on residency rights for parents of Irish-born children. Having moved out of asylum seeker accommodation in Dublin, CATHERINE REILLY reports from their new home in Leixlip - and discovers a family glad

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