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Metro Éireann : 07.05.09

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Maphoso unshaken by â€˜racist attackâ€™

00:45 | 07.05.09

An independent candidate in the upcoming local elections was forced to withdraw from canvassing last week following a threat to his life.

Candidateâ€™s campaign car a target for abuse

00:45 | 07.05.09

A CAMPAIGN car used by an African woman running for local elections in Tallaght is being spat at and stubbed with cigarettes.

SF: 1 into 265 wonâ€™t go

00:44 | 07.05.09

SINN FÉIN has released the details of its 265 local election candidates – and not one immigrant name makes the list.

Pro-immigrant group protests deportations

00:44 | 07.05.09

An Irish pro-immiugrant group protested the removal of 25 Nigerians from Ireland last month after their deportation orders were signed by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern.

Downturn is a challenge for ethnic entrepreneurs

00:43 | 07.05.09

The current economic climate poses a significant problem for ethnic entrepreneurs in Ireland, with access to finance and support to keep their businesses viable among the core issues of concern.

Nastasiaâ€™s star is shining bright as she takes lead role in Annie

00:43 | 07.05.09

Nastasia Vashko has beaten thousands of other contestants to land the title role in the Irish version of hit musical Annie.

Iwodu gets a boost from FF minister

00:42 | 07.05.09

Fianna Fáil’s Nigerian local election candidate in Mulhuddart got a boost at his official campaign launch last weekend – thanks to the Minister for Finance.

A Welcome subject

00:42 | 07.05.09

Séamas McSwiney on a new wave of films dealing with the impact of immigration in western Europe

Okafor criticises Fine Gael candidateâ€™s â€˜false promisesâ€™ to migrants

00:41 | 07.05.09

An independent candidate in next month’s local elections has written an open letter to Fine Gael criticising ‘blatantly false’ campaign promises made to immigrant voters in north-west Dublin.

Charles Laffiteau\'s Bigger Picture

00:41 | 07.05.09

Since President Obama has reached the 100-day mark since assuming office, I guess it’s time for me to give our new commander-in-chief his first report card.

Robert Carry: An Irishman Abroad - Bound for Down Under

00:40 | 07.05.09

So there I was – back in a grey, drizzle-splattered Dublin housing estate after eight months working for a magazine in bubbling, hectic Thailand. The months back home ticked by slowly, and my new environment began to feel like a sensory deprivation tank.

Putting the world to right

00:39 | 07.05.09

Catherine Reilly speaks to the students and staff at UCD’s School of Social Justice, a fertile breeding ground for tomorrow’s difference-makers

A new meaning for â€˜Georgianâ€™

00:39 | 07.05.09

Nikala, a Dublin restaurant started by Georgian migrants, has had to adapt to the tastes of the Irish dining public, its owners tell Viktor Posudnevsky

WaÅ‚Ä™sa â€˜was paid to addressâ€™ Libertas event

00:39 | 07.05.09

Polish democratic icon Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa was paid to take part in the convention of Libertas political party last week, according to reports in the Polish press.

Tekstmessage

00:38 | 07.05.09

After a calm and somewhat boring Sunday afternoon spent in a pub armchair watching a football game, the following morning I headed for a job interview. Anyway, the position didn’t suit me after all, and brought two days of hoping for a miracle. On Wednesday

The great Indian election drama

00:38 | 07.05.09

A youthful and tech-savvy electorate is making demands like never before, as 400 million Indians go to the polls. PRIYA RAJSEKAR reports

A sporting celebration for Irelandâ€™s Poles and Lithuanians

00:37 | 07.05.09

Lithuanians and Poles living in Ireland got together to celebrate one of the biggest events in their shared history last weekend in sporting fashion.

Under Irelandâ€™s theorcratic constitution, it seems ignorance is bliss, argues our Irish columnist GearÃ³id Ã“ ColmÃ¡in

00:37 | 07.05.09

“Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense,” wrote Robert Green Igersoll. But alas, superstition is now a legal obligation in holy Ireland – and atheists ought to keep their mouths shut from now on, lest they be accused

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