Catherine Reilly

Chinese Focus : â€˜Irelandâ€™s a long way from homeâ€™

Last update: 11:39 | 18.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

My name is Xiaowei Guo. I came to Ireland on 23 January 1997 from Shenyang, a very industrial city in China’s north-east. The first day I arrived here I walked past St Stephen’s Green in Dublin and saw beautiful flowers growing in the gardens.

Hospital death shocks Dubin's Nigerians

Last update: 10:58 | 11.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

Community mourns loss of expectant mother, 32 By Catherine Reilly DUBLIN’S ROTUNDA maternity hospital is believed to be investigating the death of a 32-year-old Nigerian woman who was under its care, Metro Éireann understands.

New report calls out Govt over diversity policy

Last update: 10:55 | 11.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

POLITICIANS MAY wax lyrical on the ‘benefits of diversity’ and immigrants’ contribution to Irish society, but their policies sing to a vastly different tune, says a new publication.

Concern at â€˜negative feedbackâ€™ over Muslim students in Ireland

Last update: 10:55 | 03.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

NEGATIVE REACTIONS to Muslim students in Ireland are increasing, according to the president of a major Islamic student group.

Parents â€˜discouragedâ€™ from speaking native languages with kids

Last update: 10:54 | 03.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

SOME GPs and teachers are discouraging immigrant parents in Ireland from speaking their native languages to their children.

Bilingual children have â€˜a head startâ€™

Last update: 10:53 | 03.03.10 | © Metro Éireann

WHEN FRENCHWOMAN Isabelle O’Neill’s two sons were born, she bid them welcome in her native tongue. And subsequent trips through Irish supermarket aisles were also conducted en français, basic household items taking on a Gallic air.

Sikh blasts Garda â€˜double standard on faithâ€™

Last update: 11:38 | 25.02.10 | © Metro Éireann

Use of Bible for Garda Oath in contrast with force’s ban on religious headwear By Catherine Reilly

What does it take to be Irish in Ireland?

Last update: 11:36 | 25.02.10 | © Metro Éireann

‘Everyone can be Irish if they want,’ says a leading Government minister, but Ireland-based immigrants tell another story. CATHERINE REILLY reports

Call to overturn deportation of Nigerian mother

Last update: 11:35 | 25.02.10 | © Metro Éireann

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT officials are considering an application from a child’s court-appointed guardian to have his mother’s deportation overturned.

Muslims protest Norway newspaper cartoon

Last update: 11:33 | 25.02.10 | © Metro Éireann

MUSLIMS HAVE handed a protest letter to the Norwegian Embassy in Dublin after a tabloid in Norway published a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.

African churches must not give shelter to illegals - GNIB

Last update: 11:32 | 25.02.10 | © Metro Éireann

AFRICAN CHURCH leaders in Ireland must not allow congregation members to sleep overnight at church premises, the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) has warned. Several African pastors met with Superintendent John O’Driscoll of the GNIB last

â€˜Iâ€™ve always been the boss in my lifeâ€™

Last update: 11:31 | 25.02.10 | © Metro Éireann

Catherine Reilly meets Skygreen’s Tony Ofondu, who believes he’s the first foreign-born owner of a car dismantling company in the country

New student visa regs on the way

Last update: 01:05 | 18.02.10 | © Metro Éireann

RECOMMENDATIONS on a new immigration regime for full-time non-EEA students will be presented “within weeks”, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern recently told the Dáil.

Direct provision is â€˜unfairâ€™ says Flac

THE SYSTEM of housing asylum seekers in ‘direct provision’ centres is “unfair”, a report from the Free Legal Advice Centre (Flac) has said.

Civil service still closed to non-EU nationals

OPENING UP civil service jobs to non-EU nationals is under consideration, says the Office of the Minister for Integration.

Can Irelandâ€™s diversity help it emerge from recession? Opinion is split across the board. Catherine Reilly reports

The Immigration Control Platform’s Áine Ní Chonaill can definitely claim membership of the ‘told you so’ society.

â€˜Slumdogâ€™ song causes a storm

A DUBLIN soccer coach defended the bullying of an ethnic Indian player on the basis that his team trains to a song from Slumdog Millionnaire, it has been claimed.

Immigrants get a voice - New advisory council for integration will comprise a range of nationalities

IRELAND IS to get its first all-immigrant advisory body on integration issues, Metro Éireann can reveal.

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