Catherine Reilly

Soccer summer kicks off with mini World Cup

Last update: 13:32 | 06.05.10 | © Metro Éireann

THE WORLD CUP came early last weekend, with a multi-nationality soccer tournament staged by the Africa Centre in Dublin.

Dublin Muslim leader condones child marriage

Last update: 13:27 | 29.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

AN ISLAMIC LEADER in southwest Dublin has given the okay to child marriage – once the girl gives her consent and the practice complies with state legislation.

Slain teenâ€™s former team condemns â€˜racist abuseâ€™

Last update: 11:27 | 22.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

A DUBLIN SOCCER team that counted slain teenager Toyosi Shitta-bey in its ranks will ask the North Dublin Schoolboys League (NDSL) to send an official to all its games because of reoccurring racist abuse.

Dublin mourns for slain Toyosi

Last update: 12:04 | 15.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

“I’M OKAY.” These were the words of slain 15-year-old Nigerian-born Toyosi Shitta-bey as he bled to death on Good Friday, after being stabbed on the street.

Free choice of work is a â€˜fundamental rightâ€™

Last update: 12:02 | 15.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

FOR SOME IMMIGRANTS, says Olga Dubyna from Ukraine, Ireland’s work permit system amounts to “bonded labour”.

New forum for Irelandâ€™s Arabs to discuss concerns

Last update: 13:11 | 08.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

STEREOTYPING OF Arabs has negatively affected their potential contribution to Irish society, an Arab community activist in Dublin has warned.

Africansâ€™ grave protest against deportations

Last update: 13:10 | 08.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

MORE THAN 100 immigrants braved last week’s sleet to march through Dublin with a coffin in protest against deportations.

Diversity an issue in end-of-life care

Last update: 13:51 | 01.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

CULTURAL and religious issues surrounding end-of-life care for immigrants and Irish people are increasingly arising, according to the Irish Hospice Foundation. Paul Murray, communications officer with the body, told Metro Éireann that cultural

Voluntary return is a popular option for migrants says IOM

Last update: 13:50 | 01.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

IRELAND’S ECONOMIC downturn has seen hundreds of immigrants access a scheme to voluntarily return home instead of being deported.

Debate rages over call to split Nigeria

Last update: 12:27 | 25.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

NIGERIA’S ETHNIC tensions are not being overtly replicated in Ireland, but debate is furious over a call to divide the country, say community members.

European embassies await clarification of marriage rules

Last update: 12:25 | 25.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

FOREIGN embassies in Ireland are awaiting clarification on the status of marriages at their premises.

Women â€˜pushed to the limitâ€™ by asylum process - report

Last update: 12:24 | 25.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

FEMALE ASYLUM seekers are being targeted by strangers seeking sex, among other stressful situations, a new report has warned.

Muslims react to Irish arrests in cartoon murder plot controversy

Last update: 12:06 | 18.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

A CONTROVERSIAL Mus-lim leader in Ireland has warned that arrests in connection with a plot to kill a Swedish artist are “further evidence” of an extremist presence in Ireland.

Dreams come true for New Irish scholars in BOI?scheme

STUDENTS Armel Ntwari (23) and Sabab Asfaque (18) embody that notion that dreams can come true.

â€˜Our marriage is not a shamâ€™ : Deported Nigerian and his Irish wife fight for his return to Athlone

A DEPORTED Nigerian man separated from his Irish wife says immigration authorities never fully investigated his marriage.

Minister criticises â€˜misleadingâ€™ pamphlet on integration

AN EXTRAORDINARY re-buttal of a pamphlet from a leading migrant rights’ organisation was issued by Integration Minister John Curran last week.

Migrant workers protest Supermacâ€™s over new wage cut proposals

SUPERMAC’S ON Dublin’s O’Connell Street was the scene of a protest by migrant workers this week.

â€˜They donâ€™t respect peopleâ€™s rightsâ€™

Irish Daily Mirror editor John Kierans tells CATHERINE REILLY why he believes Ireland’s Travellers are the makers of their own bad press - although not everyone agrees

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