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Slavery was not just inflicted by foreign slave traders

Last update: 02:54 | 01.03.14 | © Metro Éireann

The movie awards season is something to look forward to every winter. Not too many of us look forward to this season of the year, but everything that comes with the pomp of Hollywood A-listers and the debates the awards generate is at least some sort of compensation.

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Give up yer aul’ sins

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

News filtered through various channels recently that Toron-to’s mayor Rob Ford, long suspected of being involved with illegal drugs, had smoked crack cocaine. And by his own admission, no less. Needless to say there was pressure from all sides for Ford

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Are things in Libya better or worse?

Last update: 14:57 | 01.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

I saw in the news recently that the Libyan prime minister was kidnapped – abducted by gunmen inside his official residence. I only repeated that to emphasise the absurdity of the situation.

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Wilshere’s comments on England eligibility cause a stir

Last update: 16:52 | 01.10.13 | © Metro Éireann

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere ruffled feathers in the soccer world recently when the suggested that only English-born players should be allowed to play for England.

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Gun control: what’s so difficult to accept?

Last update: 16:26 | 01.10.13 | © Metro Éireann

Aaron Alexis was a 34-year-old navy contractor who had previously been honourably discharged from the military. A normal member of society, if you ask me, at least judging by that short profile.

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The World at Home

Last update: 12:41 | 15.08.13 | © Metro Éireann

Oh Nigeria, how sick can a person be?

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‘I call them pseudo-elites, and they’re the ones governing us’

Last update: 13:11 | 01.08.13 | © Metro Éireann

I read Bode George, a political heavyweight in our dear country of Nigeria, who recently claimed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had set some kind of record by giving the country uninterrupted democracy for 14 years.

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Who was Margaret Thatcher?

Last update: 11:14 | 15.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

I have a discussion session with some of the youngsters in my local church every Sunday, and the most recent topic I raised was what they thought of Margaret Thatcher. 

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Where can you turn for justice?

Last update: 13:15 | 29.03.13 | © Metro Éireann

It was like something out of an exploitation movie: a man was chained to the back of a van and dragged through the streets.

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Horse feathers over horsemeat

Last update: 11:30 | 06.03.13 | © Metro Éireann

It is wrong to be given something other than what you paid for, plain and simple. 

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Jack Bauer never gets it wrong!

Last update: 11:25 | 20.02.13 | © Metro Éireann

I’m a big fan of the show 24, which follows the activities of Jack Bauer, an American anti-terrorism agent in the fictional Counter Terrorism Unit. 

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Make the world your personal space

Last update: 13:00 | 08.02.13 | © Metro Éireann

  A question I used to ask in my more naive days was ‘Why?’ I’m a bit wiser now, just a bit, so I don’t ask that anymore ¬– not because I don’t want to, but because I know there isn’t going to be an

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Is church for man or God?

Last update: 12:03 | 15.08.12 | © Metro Éireann

Is church for man or God?

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Cabral: saviour of the colonies

Last update: 15:31 | 01.08.12 | © Metro Éireann

Cabral: saviour of the colonies

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Less melting pot than salad bowl

Last update: 13:37 | 15.07.12 | © Metro Éireann

Less melting pot than salad bowl

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Israel makes life hard for its Africans

Last update: 14:32 | 01.07.12 | © Metro Éireann

Israel makes life hard for its Africans

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Africa’s own Che Guevara

Last update: 02:06 | 15.06.12 | © Metro Éireann

Heroes do exist – and Thomas Sankara was surely one of them. Born on 21 December 1949, among some of the most disadvantaged people of what was then Upper Volta, he brings to mind the Biblical story of Gideon – a powerful and revolutionary leader

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