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Metro Éireann : 01.01.09

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Jail time for Welshman who racially abused Ireland-bound Poles

07:31 | 01.01.09

A man who physically attacked and racially abused a Polish man and his friends as they waited to board a ferry to Ireland has been jailed for a year.Mark Chadwick, 30, from Holyhead, Anglesey, north Wales admitted racially aggravated threatening behaviour

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US politician apologies for tasteless Polish jokes

07:30 | 01.01.09

A US senator has apologised for telling offensive ‘jokes’ about the Polish.

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One third of Poles will return within year, says new survey

07:29 | 01.01.09

ONE THIRD of Ireland\'s Polish immigrants plan to leave within a year, a survey by recruitment firm CPL revealed last month.

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Lithuania’s under-15s to compete in Irish soccer tournament

07:27 | 01.01.09

YOUNG SOCCER stars from Lithuania will be among those participating in an international soccer tournament in Ireland next February.

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The write to right

07:24 | 01.01.09

There’s plenty of magic to occupy both young and old in Fighting Words - the creative writing centre that’s the brainchild of Roddy Doyle. Viktor Posudnevsky pays a visit.

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A crying shame

07:23 | 01.01.09

Thailand and Cambodia have an unusual relationship. Cambodia’s years under the most destructive regime of modern times left it in the shadow of its more powerful, wealthier neighbour. But things were not always this way.

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French detention centre highlights mistreatment of migrants

07:21 | 01.01.09

Courtesy of Amnesty International Men, women, children and infants are piled on mats in overcrowded cells. Food is strewn all over the kitchen and the toilets are overflowing. Children dig in rubbish bins. Yellow biohazard bags are piled high

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Immigration: there’s no going back

07:20 | 01.01.09

So 2009 is upon us, as is Ireland’s new recessional reality. This year promises to be an extremely difficult one for those who have come to Ireland from abroad – for the obvious reason that job losses are affecting us all, Irish and immigrants together.

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Domestic violence cultural claim is ‘misleading’

07:19 | 01.01.09

Your front-page story on the AkiDwA report findings on domestic violence as a culturally accepted form of discipline (African wives’ ‘witch-craft’ fears, 18 December) is dangerously misleading. The fact that domestic violence does occur in

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A tough road ahead for 2009

07:17 | 01.01.09

So far, all the signs would seem to indicate that the first half of 2009 will be worse than the last quarter of the year just gone by. The world economy will be in turmoil for some time, with no obvious prospect that global business will recover just yet.

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Equality chief tenders his resignation

07:15 | 01.01.09

Here we present an edited version of Niall Crowley’s letter of resignation to Angela Kerins, chairperson of the Equality Authority

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Gearing up for the Six Nations

07:13 | 01.01.09

The national squad is now back into the swing of things. We had a training session two weekends ago in Alsaa, near Dublin Airport, and there were loads of new faces, which makes things exciting as places are up for grabs. The competition in trying to secure

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