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Africa Day Awards 2013 - The Winners

Last update: 10:45 | 01.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

Africa Day Awards 2013 - The Winners

Africa Day Awards 2013: Bigger and better

Last update: 10:44 | 01.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

The annual Africa Day Awards celebration got bigger and better this year – thanks to the generosity of title sponsor Aligreen Recycling Ltd, and supporters including Concern Worldwide, WPI Textile Recycling Ltd, On-Site Refueling and MK Design.

Access Ireland: Looking Back, Facing Forward: The more things change...

Last update: 10:43 | 01.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

Ann Moroney & Nadette Foley look back at the legacy of Access Ireland and its work to help integrate refugees from around the world during a time of unprecedented change for Irish society

A practical guide to intercultural mediation training

Last update: 10:34 | 01.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

As its final publication, Access Ireland has produced the Intercultural Mediation Training Resource: A Practical Guide and Training Manual.

Second Africa Week Athletics is a winner

Last update: 10:23 | 01.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

Kenya’s 800m gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was the special guest of honour at the second annual Africa Week Athletics.

Editorial: A brighter outlook for war-torn Somalia

Last update: 11:28 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

Over €73m in aid was pledged recently by international donors to help rebuild conflict-ravaged Somalia.

Africa Centre faces closure in funding crisis

Last update: 11:25 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

The Africa Centre is facing the threat of closure due to lack of funding, it has emerged.

New bill aims to outlaw purchase of sex

Last update: 11:24 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

A new bill provides for the criminalisation of sex purchasers with the aim of removing the “attractiveness of prostitution and trafficking” from organised criminal elements, according to its explanatory memorandum.

Third timeâ€™s a charm for Africa Day Awards

Last update: 11:21 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

The third Africa Day Awards is to be held on Saturday 25 May at the prestigious Radisson Blu Royal Hotel near Dublin Castle, organisers have announced.

Latvians make a song and dance of it!

Last update: 11:19 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

The Latvian community in Ireland held their second annual Culture Day celebration in Dublin recently, centred around an exhibition on Latvia’s song and dance traditions and a procession through the streets of Temple Bar.

Africa on the wall

Last update: 11:08 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

Hanging on the wall of the Sport Against Racism Ireland office is a BBC poster with images of African icons from the world of arts, sport and politics. For a while I used to get a great kick out of quizzing our young African visitors on the personalities

Timmy Raheem: the future of Irish soccer

Last update: 11:03 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

A product of the Glentoran-Insaka Football Academy and a midfield scoring machine in the mould of Yaya Touré, Timmy Raheem hopes to follow in the footsteps of Ebenezer Afriyie Acquah, another graduate from Sunyani in Ghana

From hurler to paddler: Offaly man Cleary is linchpin of Aussie national dragon boat squad

Last update: 10:55 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

An Irish emigrant to Australia has become an unlikely success story as part of that country’s national champion dragon boat rowing team.

Kenyan food co-op boss talks business on fact-finding mission

African businesswoman Sally Sawaya was interviewed by Marian Finucane at a special ‘Business Breakfast’ event in Dublin recently to discuss the success of her co-operative

Editorial: The time to end direct provision is now

The decision by a retired Supreme Court judge to speak out against the institutionalisation of asylum seekers in the State has ignited discussion on the treatment of people

Global Achievers Award for Nigeria 2013: The future is bright for Nigeria - and beyond!

With two Nigerian ambassadors gracing the occasion, and international superstar Dr Alban (of ‘It’s My Life’ fame) performing live, the recent Global Achievers

Opportunity blocked

The desire to find work is often credited as the number one reason why immigrants come to Ireland. However, many find that opportunities are simply not available to them, and as such there is a significant and growing number of immigrants here who are unemployed.

Home and abroad, workers want the best for their families

Brendan O’Shea looks at what motivates migrant workers to seek new lives abroad - and what causes others to stick it out at home

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