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Ballymun to pilot European Youth Guarantee scheme

Last update: 12:12 | 15.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

Dublin MEP Emer Costello held a public seminar recently to discuss the selection of Ballymun in north Dublin as a European pilot project for the European Youth Guarantee (EYG) scheme.

Abuse of migrants is â€˜a stainâ€™ on free Libya

Last update: 16:24 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

World Refugee Day on 19 June saw the release of an Amnesty International report – a document strongly suggesting that ill treatment of refugees arriving in Libya may be EU-funded.

Citizenship stats show 14,000 refusals in 4 years

Last update: 16:19 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

Some 14,700 applications for naturalisation were refused between 1 January 2009 and 31 May 2013, according to the Minister for Justice.

Negative attitudes towards immigrants see sharp rise

Last update: 16:13 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

There were more negative attitudes towards non-Irish people living in Ireland last year than in the early 2000s, according to a new report.

Domestic workers protest UAE embassy over staff complaints

Last update: 15:27 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

Members of the Domestic Workers Action Group (DWAG) gathered at the United Arab Emirates embassy in Dublin on 14 June to mark International Domestic Work-ers Day and to protest the decision of the embassy to invoke diplomatic immunity

Capitalâ€™s new Lord Mayor promises diversity, reform

Last update: 15:26 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

A Labour councillor has been elected new Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Sligo gets racist incident reporting service in first for north-east region

Last update: 15:11 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

The Sligo Family Resource Centre has launched its Racist Incident Referral and Support Services Project, an initiative hailed as unique to Co Sligo.

Limerick hopes to impress in Gay Games bid

Last update: 12:27 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

The bid committee behind Limerick’s bid for the 2018 Gay Games are finalising plans ahead of the upcoming appraisal by the site selection team on 3 July.

Fair Play Cup final is a real nailbiter!

Last update: 12:17 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

The team from Killarney’s Kasi Immigrant Support Group clinched victory in a tense penalty shootout to claim the Sari/UNHCR Fair Play Football Cup in Dublin recently.

Dead killerâ€™s family to sue state

Last update: 11:16 | 15.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

Metro Éireann has learned that the family of a Nigerian man who died in prison while serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife plans to sue the State over his death.

Kuwait is due for its own Arab Spring

Last update: 11:12 | 15.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

There are strong indications that Kuwait may be due for an ‘Arab Spring’, following ongoing tensions between the government, opposition and pro-democracy activists. In the last few months the Kuwaiti government has punished several social media users

â€˜Freedom walkâ€™ for journos killed in action

Last update: 11:06 | 15.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

A special ‘freedom walk’ to commemorate the 408 journalists across the world who have died in the service of their profession in the last three years was held in Dublin on Wednesday 5 June.

Irish, African journos talkâ€˜rules of engagementâ€™ at international conference

An eclectic gathering of Ireland-based journalists and colleagues from Africa took place in Dublin recently against the background of the International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ) 20th World Congress.

Soccer makes friends across the divide in Poland & Ukraine

More than 300 soccer matches, community festivals and other events were organised across Poland and Ukraine on Saturday 8 June to mark Friends of Football Day on the anniversary of the kick-off of last summer’s Uefa European Championship.

Troika cuts threat to free speech, media says MEP

An Irish MEP has warned that troika cutbacks forced on some EU member states are jeopardising freedom of speech and diversity of media ownership.

â€˜Missingâ€™ woman is found safe in Tipperary home town

A woman who was recently reported missing from her home in Co Tipperary for over three years has been “found safe and well”, according to Gardaí.

Dublin Airport trials self-service border gates

The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) has started a six-month trial of automated self-service border control gates at Dublin Airport’s Terminal 1.

Ghana church stampede could have been avoided

Four people were killed and scores injured recently in a stampede at a church in the Ghanaian capital Accra.

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