Metro Ã‰ireann

Minister supports city-wide voter reg campaign for next yearâ€™s polls

Last update: 15:21 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter joined Dublin Lord Mayor Oisín Quinn and Dublin City Council officials on 4 November for the launch of a citywide campaign to encourage people to register to vote before a deadline later this month.

Irelandâ€™s Polish urged to get their names on electoral roll

Last update: 15:20 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Polish activists are calling on Ireland’s largest minority to make sure they register to vote for next summer’s local elections.

Internship in Ireland? The answer is â€˜Yes, please!â€™

Last update: 15:19 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Meredith Hicks examines the benefits and pitfalls of internships that are bringing more young people from abroad to Ireland in search of new opportunities...

Uganda is forever in my heart

Last update: 15:19 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Student teacher Aisling McNeill describes her two-month summer work placement in Uganda as ‘both a life-changing and life-challenging experience’. The St Patrick’s College undergrad tells Metro Éireann how her stay in the eastern African

Bus campaign to encourage reports of racism in Sligo

Last update: 15:19 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

The Sligo Rural Transport Programme and Bus Éireann have joined the Sligo Family Resource Centre in a new drive to support the reporting of racist incidents in the northwest county. Buses in the region are currently displaying a campaign poster

Recipe by Niel Leonard Tayco

Last update: 15:16 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Brazo de Mercedes is a type of rolled cake, like a Swiss roll, from a sheet of soft meringue with a custard filling.

The Faraway Nearby By Rebecca Solnit (Granta)

Last update: 15:15 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Book Review by Jeanette Rehnstrom

Cork athleteâ€™s offensive tweet ruffles feathers

Last update: 15:15 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Cork golden boy and world walking champion Robert Heffernan should face more than the wrath of social media for a recent offensive tweet he wrote after the removal of two Roma children from their families, anti-racism groups have said.

Nigeriaâ€™s U-17s record fourth World Cup glory

Last update: 15:14 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Nigeria’s under-17s are the toast of the globe after putting three past Mexico youth side on Friday 8 November to win the 15th edition of the Fifa U-17 World Cup.

Stance on Sri Lanka should be welcomed

Last update: 15:14 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Concerns over Sri Lanka’s human rights record recently came to the fore when Canada and India took separate decisions to boycott the Commonwealth summit in the country’s capital Colombo. Their protests against alleged human rights abuses in

'The youth of Ireland have no voice'

Last update: 15:13 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

The recent budgetary cut in jobseeker’s allowance to as low as €100 is the most socially unjust event that has ever happened in Ireland. No individual in Ireland could live decently on that paltry sum.

Dealing with my inferiority complex

Last update: 15:11 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Mariaam Bhatti: Tales of a Domestic Worker

Creating awareness of poverty to the fore on World Food Day

Last update: 15:06 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

‘Overcoming poverty’ was the theme of this year’s World Food Day seminar held at Kilcock GAA Club in Co Kildare recently.

Irish navy ship sold to Nigerian businessman

Former patrol vessel LE Emer, which was decommissioned by the Naval Service in September after 35 years of service, has been sold to a Nigerian businessman at auction for €320,000.London-based Cyprian Imobhio, who is the chief executive and managing

Maher Zain headlining concert for Syria relief

Multi-platinum R&B artist Maher Zain will perform in Dublin on Saturday 2 November at a special concert in aid of humanitarian relief in Syria.

Resilience in the face of evil at Dublin human rights gathering

Front Line Defenders founder Mary Lawlor stood in the foyer of a south Dublin hotel on the evening of 8 October, watching a stream of human rights defenders from around the world push through the revolving doors and up to the reception desk.

New destinations in Africa and Asia for expanding Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines has launched routes to four new destinations to Africa and Asia.

Dun Laoghaire celebrates its new citizens

Some of south Dublin’s newest citizens were invited to meet local councillors and network together at a special ‘Citizenship Celebration’ at Dun Laoghaire’s County Hall.The event hosted by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council on

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