THE STRESS and mundanity of life in an asylum seeker centre has inspired a Nigerian woman to write a prize-winning short story.
Some 35 asylum seekers living at a hostel near Galway were in emergency overnight accommodation in Dublin last Thursday after handing in a letter to the Department of Justice.
Dublin Bus is planning to withdraw 120 buses with the loss of 290 jobs – and the most recently recruited will be the first to face the axe. Metro Éireann spoke to two such drivers – one immigrant and one Irish – about their fears for
Dublin-based inventor Damini Kumar talks to Catherine Reilly about her creative childhood, her role as an ambassador for innovation - and the non-drip teapot that launched her exciting career
EMPLOYERS REMAIN reluctant to take on newly graduated immigrants due to poorly publicised regulations, the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS) has said.
THERE IS “something rotten” in the mentality of Northern Ireland’s border control personnel, a Belfast-based solicitor has claimed.
“We don’t normally have a holiday, and when we do we basically stay with the folks, which is minimal cost anyway. But there’s a lot to be looked after now because things are more complicated;we just have to make sure things don’t get
Some of what I’m about to discuss here may have already been rendered obsolete based on whatever actions the US Congress has or hasn’t taken on President Obama’s economic stimulus package. But the topic still bears discussion, seeing as it
A controversial activist visited Dublin last week to raise awareness for the Basque nationalist cause.
Fine Gael’s immigration spokesman Denis Naughten has been accused by Integration Minister Conor Lenihan of whipping up anti-immigrant tensions. CATHERINE REILLY meets the Roscommon TD, sans race card...
His name is Yan, and his business is in mind-altering substances. Viktor Posudnevsky meets the Russian owner of one of Dublin’s more unorthodox businesses
Dublin City Council and Forum Polonia recently gave Polish nationals the opportunity to learn more about setting up and expanding a business in Ireland.
Dagmara and Paulina Kozik tell Anna Paluch about their business, producing floral arrangements for special occasions - especially weddings
Of all the questions I have ever been asked by new acquaintances, the two I consider the most boring are ‘Why did you come to Ireland?’ and ‘Why did you decide to learn Irish?’ When I say that I’m from Poland, there is little follow-up
It’s a hit at the box office, but emigrant Indians are among Slumdog Millionaire’s most vocal critics. PRIYA RAJSEKAR gives her take on a film that’s dividing opinion both at home and abroad.
Last weekend Lithuanians in Ireland took part in festivities for their annual day of independence. The next one is due – in just three weeks, writes Viktor Posudnevsky
Dúirt Éamon Ó Cuív TD, an tAire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, ag seoladh trí otharcharr pobail de chuid Chumann Croise Deirge na hÉireann i nGaillimh um thráthnóna, go gcabhraíonn
It seems that 2009 is a year of anniversaries. It’s the 200th anniversary of the birth of famous evolutionary scientist Charles Darwin. It’s also the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Islamic revolution, and 20 years have passed since the fall of the