INDIANS IN Ireland marked Republic Day this week with a flag-hoisting ceremony at their embassy in Dublin.
About 150 influential Indian-Americans have formed a lobby group in Washington, and will meet members of the new Obama administration to demand more action in relation to the Mumbai terror attacks.
If you attract attention on the dance floor for all the wrong reasons, there is help at hand. ANNA PALUCH meets a Polish couple in Dublin who can put the groove into your moves
It was day a some thought would never come, but history was made when Barack Obama was sworn in as US President. Charles Laffiteau gives an eyewitness account of the inauguration in Washington DC
CATHERINE REILLY meets a Lithuanian woman planning to contest for election in Balbriggan
Since the reign of Frederick the Great in the 18th century, Berlin has mostly held a reputation as a city of tolerance and enlightenment. When Hitler rose to power in the 1930s, Berlin counted among the German states least in favour of the despot’s accession.
Tá arm na hIosraele tar éis tarraingt as Gaza le scrios graosta agus éadochas doimhin a fhágáil ina ndiaidh. Le níos mó ná 1300 daoine maraithe acu, tá siad ag tabhairt aghaidh arís don Teach
My farewell to Thailand was somewhat rushed in that I arrived in Bangkok from Cambodia a day-and-a-half before I had to fly home. I was shattered from my trip and dry retching at the thought of the long haul ahead, but was easily talked into a farewell piss-up
It’s all systems go towards the Six Nations, with just two weeks before the first game of this year’s competition. Although we have had a number of squad sessions, you can never have enough as there are always areas to improve on.
Over the last year, Zimbabwe has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. In a special eight-page supplement this week, Metro Éireann gives an exclusive insight on the country’s desperate economic and humanitarian situation. In particular, we
On 19 January I attended the Holocaust lecture in Trinity College. The lecturer, Dr Nicholas Stargardt of Oxford University, spoke about Jewish children hidden from the Nazis during the Holocaust. I happened to sit next to a stalwart member of the Dublin Jewish
John WalsheIt’s easy to welcome immigrants when times are good, when the economy is booming and jobs are plentiful. And times were good in Ireland for a long time. Indeed, it’s hard to believe now that just a few years ago, the