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Brussels move on integration of Roma welcomed by rights groups

Last update: 18:18 | 15.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

The recent recommendation from the European Council aimed at more effective Roma integration strategies across EU member states has been welcomed by human rights groups.

Jeremiah the peace-maker

Last update: 18:17 | 15.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

South Africa’s Ambassador to Ireland Jeremiah Ndou has had a perhaps less tumultuous four years after previous missions to Libya and Zimbabwe. Yet as he tells Lois Kapila, it’s impossible to distil his tenure down to a few important moments ‘when

Recipe by Niel Leonard Tayco Sweet and sour fish

Last update: 18:10 | 15.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

This recipe for sweet and sour fish comes from eastern China and serves from four to six.

Young â€˜Gunnerâ€™ will make Ireland proud

Last update: 18:09 | 15.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Armstrong Okoflex, 11, signs to Arsenal youth team

Time to reflect on Mandelaâ€™s legacy

Last update: 18:09 | 15.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Special tributes have been paid the world over to Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday 5 December at the age of 95.

Domestic work is too easy to ignore

Last update: 18:07 | 15.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Mariaam Bhatti: Tales of a Domestic Worker

Recent US election results show immigration reform is not dead

Last update: 18:07 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Leila Hadj-Abdou

God is not looking for a perfect person

Last update: 18:01 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Pastor EJ Ezekiel Faith Restoration Ministries, Dublin

The Booker Prize winnerâ€™s back in Metro Ã‰ireann with his new exclusive â€˜Brown-Eyed Boyâ€™

Last update: 17:46 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

A new short story by Booker Prize winning author Roddy Doyle is to be published exclusively in Metro Éireann from 15 December.

Travellers protest in Fingal over lack of services for families

Last update: 17:45 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Members of the Traveller community in Dublin’s Blanchardstown recently organised a protest to highlight the failure of local authorities to deliver on Traveller-specific accommodation.The protest, which took place outside the Fingal County Council

â€˜The face of Ireland is changingâ€™

Last update: 17:43 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Former TV personality and long-time artist Kevin Sharkey is one of Ireland’s great characters, never short of pricking the bubble of the national psyche with a controversial opinion. Lois Kapila met the Donegal native to discuss his latest exhibition at

Recipe by Eda Halis

Last update: 17:41 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Stuffed courgette or zucchini is a very common meal in Turkey. The recipe below is for a meatless version, but you can easily add mince to the stuffing if you wish.

Pick Brazilâ€™s World Cup group and win a trip for 2 to the final

Last update: 17:40 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Soccer’s world governing body has launched a competition asking fans to predict who will face host nation Brazil in the group stage of next summer’s World Cup.

We need actions to fight racism, not words

It was welcome to see the Minister for Justice “utterly condemn” the series of hate mail sent recently to some members of the Muslim community in Ireland.

Christian Corner My divine encounter

It happened on a recent Tuesday morning. I had just returned from the school run and had a short chat with my wife in the kitchen before deciding to go upstairs to get ready for the day’s activities. What would happen next I can only describe as a divine

Typhoon Haiyan wreaks havoc in Philippines

Thousands dead, countless injured by ‘world’s strongest tropical cyclone’

African Catholic women urged to put their faith towards positive change

A top chaplain of the Dublin archdiocese has told African Catholic women in Ireland to “share and be enriched with different forms of expression of our faith and spirituality as Catholics and Africans in the diaspora”.

Protesters call for more than just apology over Roma kidsâ€™ controversy

By Lois Kapila

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