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Metro Éireann : 06.06.04

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The New Irish

00:00 | 24.05.07

Our Irish language columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin on what he sees as the ‘post-colonial’ view of the Irish language today

Why your vote counts

00:00 | 24.05.07

Across the Niger with Ukachukwu OkorieAs smiling portraits and party posters adorn the streets of the Irish Republic, it is pertinent to remind ourselves that this general election

Imagining life in my motherâ€™s shoes

00:00 | 24.05.07

As Polish Mother’s Day approaches on 26 May, Magdalena Jelonkiewicz reflects on the differences – and surprising similarities – between her and her own mother’s experiences

I am not a racist, butâ€¦

00:00 | 24.05.07

When I read in the media that immigration is a hot topic at the doorsteps in the run-up to the general election, I thought of the thousands of Irish men and women who might start off their anti-immigration sentences

Wedding bells and Tinikling

00:00 | 24.05.07

My sister Joanne will be getting married next summer, and while it is just over a year away, the planning has already begun. Of course, there are the usual things to arrange –the bridal party, the groomsmen,

On social customs and traditions (part one)

00:00 | 24.05.07

The Philippines is a mixed society, both singular and plural in form. Singular as one nation, but plural in that it is fragmented both geographically and culturally. The nation is divided between Christians,

Human rights group slams asylum seeker transport conditions

00:00 | 24.05.07

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has condemned the conditions asylum seekers are forced to endure while being moved from the North to a detention centre in Scotland, after a government

Charles Laffiteauâ€™s Republican politics, American style

00:00 | 24.05.07

So what is my perspective on Ire-land’s political parties? Well to begin with, they are all to the philosophical left of both the Democratic and Republican Parties in the US. I have heard the comparisons some people make between the centre-right

The slave trade and sexual abuse

00:00 | 24.05.07

Straight Talk with Sheikh Shaheed Satardien Slavery, human trafficking and the sex industry are a mutually supportive gruesome threesome which, thanks mainly to media exposure and the efforts of NGOs

â€˜First stepâ€™ to aid domestic workers

00:00 | 24.05.07

A GROUP representing domestic workers says it is “encouraged” by the development of a new code of practice for their protection.

Agencies used for â€˜equality avoidanceâ€™

00:00 | 24.05.07

Siptu urges regulation of agency workers INTEGRATION will suffer if employment agencies continue to be unregulated, a Siptu official

French ambassador questions US foreign policy in Trinity lecture

00:00 | 24.05.07

The French ambassador to Ireland has called aspects of US foreign policy in question, saying there is “no ‘axis of evil’” and claiming that the US-led invasion of Afghanistan “triggered

Teensâ€™ hostel danger

00:00 | 24.05.07

A GLOBAL human rights report has criticised Ireland for housing some young asylum seekers in residential facilities without any inspection system.

Metro Eireann Writing Award â€” Entry Form

00:00 | 17.05.07

Belfast Chinese consulate on the cards

00:00 | 17.05.07

South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has backed plans for a Chinese consular office in Belfast, saying closer ties with the Asian country will boost the North’s economy.

Islam in Europe â€“ a historical perspective

00:00 | 17.05.07

Straight Talk with Sheikh Shaheed SatardienSheikh Shaheed Satardien on Islam’s influence on civilisation in Europe through the agesContinued from last week

Childcare is the key

00:00 | 17.05.07

When I received a leaflet through my letterbox recently saying that the Taoi-seach Bertie Ahern would be officially opening the new childcare facility located just a few doors down the road from my home in Drogheda, I couldn’t hide my excitement.

Charles Laffiteauâ€™s Republican politics, American style

00:00 | 17.05.07

In my first very first column for Metro Eireann, I said that while I’m here in Dublin “I hope to familiarise myself with the political landscape of Ireland”. Now that election time is nearing I guess it’s time for me to

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