Catherine Reilly

Shalini: Iâ€˜m no hero!

Last update: 16:25 | 05.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

Broadcaster Sinha speaks exclusively on the recent home birth of her new son.

Combat 18 â€˜not behindâ€™ Tyrone racist attacks, says community worker

Last update: 16:24 | 05.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

A SPATE of racist attacks in a Co Tyrone estate are not the work of a neo-Nazi organisation but of two or three local thugs, a community worker has told Metro Éireann.

Congo migrants denied special â€˜protectionâ€™ status in Ireland

Last update: 16:22 | 05.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

IMMIGRANTS from conflict-ridden DR Congo are among those being refused permission to stay in Ireland under a last-gasp immigration measure.

Nigerian embassy â€˜in the darkâ€™ over travel warning

Last update: 16:20 | 05.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

‘GO EXPLORE Nigeria,’ the Embassy of Nigeria in Ireland has been urging on its website. ‘Don’t’ is the contrasting message from Ireland’s Depart-ment of Foreign Affairs.

Foreign nursing staff at Dublin hospital â€˜must speak Englishâ€™

Last update: 16:18 | 05.02.09 | © Metro Éireann

FOREIGN NURSES at a well-known private hospital in Dublin have been reminded to speak in English while doing their rounds.

Irish takeaways not ready for halal business

Last update: 18:48 | 29.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

Domino’s Pizza opens halal branch in UK with meat toppings edible for practising Muslims. But fast food giants in Ireland claim they see no market...

Irelandâ€™s immigrants â€˜most affectedâ€™ by bike collisions, says cycling campaigner

Last update: 18:46 | 29.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

MIGRANT cyclists disproportionately feature in serious injury and fatality stats, a leading cycling campaigner has suggested.

Fine Gaelâ€™s MoceviÄienÄ— eyes Balbriggan seat

Last update: 18:05 | 29.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

CATHERINE REILLY meets a Lithuanian woman planning to contest for election in Balbriggan

The skyâ€™s the limit for Nigerian barrister Daniyan

Last update: 06:29 | 15.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

BARRISTERS SHOOT in and out of the Law Library, the frenetic energy of the new legal term giving the adjoining lobby the feel of an international airport.

FF falls behind rivals in selecting immigrants for local elections

Last update: 06:25 | 15.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

IRELAND’S LARGEST political party is languishing behind its main party-political rival in the selection of immigrant candidates for the summer’s local elections, Metro Éireann can reveal.

Muslim group admits error over false TD quote on Palestinians

Last update: 06:23 | 15.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

A MUSLIM GROUP which distributed an e-mail falsely linking a TD with highly derogatory remarks about Palestinians has admitted it made a mistake.

Immigrants asked to put pen to paper for poetry anthology

Last update: 10:15 | 02.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

New poetry anthology aims to showcase work of Ireland

Romanian rep â€˜disappointedâ€™ at Irish job restrictions

Last update: 07:53 | 01.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

ROMANIANS in Ireland are being treated as second-class EU citizens, the head of the Romanian Community has claimed.

Tougher sentences needed for racist crimes, says report

JUDGES should be encouraged to impose tougher sentences on people who commit racially motivated crimes, a new report recommends.

Filipino professionals â€˜forced outâ€™ of Irish jobs market - Ferris

MIGRANT professionals made redundant are facing jobless futures in Ireland due to inflexible employment rules, the Philippines’ consul has said.According to John Ferris, a large proportion of civil engineers from the Philippines have been made redundant

Romanian rep criticises Irish jobs restrictions

Ireland's decision to uphold labour market restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian nationals makes them 'second class' EU citizens, the head of the Romanian Community in Ireland has claimed. The Irish Government will review the restrictions by the end of 2011,

New MRCI report exposes â€˜flagrantâ€™ abuse of restaurant workers

HALF OF migrant restaurant workers don’t even earn the minimum wage and most never receive employment contracts, a shocking new study has revealed.

A minority under siege?

Controversies over the treatment of Belarusian Poles brought Poland and Belarus to the brink of severing diplomatic ties in 2005. CATHERINE REILLY visits Minsk and Grodno to gauge whether a possible warming in Belarusian-EU relations heralds hope for Belarus’s

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