Broadcaster Sinha speaks exclusively on the recent home birth of her new son.
A SPATE of racist attacks in a Co Tyrone estate are not the work of a neo-Nazi organisation but of two or three local thugs, a community worker has told Metro Éireann.
TRENDY Islamic headscarves will be showcased at a fashion event in Dublin on Saturday.
IMMIGRANTS from conflict-ridden DR Congo are among those being refused permission to stay in Ireland under a last-gasp immigration measure.
MONEY TRANSFERS to Zimbabwe are facing significant delays, say Ireland-based natives of the devastated southern African country.
‘GO EXPLORE Nigeria,’ the Embassy of Nigeria in Ireland has been urging on its website. ‘Don’t’ is the contrasting message from Ireland’s Depart-ment of Foreign Affairs.
A Russian Orthodox parish in south Dublin has joined forces with local residents in opposing a massive new development which they say “will damage the community”.
Irish join migrants in heading for ports
FOREIGN NURSES at a well-known private hospital in Dublin have been reminded to speak in English while doing their rounds.
Now touring Ireland with her unflinchingly personal one-woman show, Karen Underwood - the ‘Chicago Diva’ - tells Jenny Hauser how discovering her talent for singing helped her throw off the shackles of a strict upbringing
Yoga teacher Paola Catizone speaks to Denise O’Riordan about taking yoga in a new direction through her community work here and abroad
Is Ireland’s Polish community in Ireland still strong enough to support its own local media? Anna Paluch speaks with the editor of Polski Express, Anna Pas, about how the Polish media in Ireland is changing to meet new expectations
Concluding his account of his recent visit to India, Charles Laffiteau comes into contact with some of the country’s greatest riches - and the poorest of the poor
A LITHUANIAN woman contesting the upcoming local elections has proposed to take Portlaoise residents on recuperative trips to her native country in order to beat the notoriously long queues at the nearby Midland Regional Hospital.
“No. I have chosen not to have children and I’m not a selfish person. Having children is a commitment until you die. If you bring children into this world, no matter what you do to protect them, they will still get hurt. Also, if you were to die
On 22 January this year, one of Ireland’s last true communists died. Bob Doyle was born in Dublin in 1916 to a poor working class family. Doyle had a difficult childhood; while his father was away at sea, his mother was interned in a mental asylum, and
My homebound flight cut into Dublin at an angle which gave me a great view of the city below. It looked as grey, damp and low-key as ever, but I couldn’t help but get excited, so much so that when the plane rolled to a stop and the seatbelt signs pinged
A new report published last Monday on the attitude of Irish teenagers to smoking revealed that they see it as a means to being recognised by their peers, and that being socially accepted is more important than the danger smoking poses to their health.