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Metro Éireann : 25.06.09

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Mozambique: Recuding Poverty

16:46 | 25.06.09

A marriage of prosperity and poverty

Meet the leader: Armando Guebuza

16:45 | 25.06.09

On 2 February 2005, Armando Emilio Guebuza of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) succeeded Joaquim Chrissano as president of the southern African country.

Same difference

16:45 | 25.06.09

Katrin Schmidt meets two different women with distinct lives - one from Ireland living in Mozambique, one Mozambican living in Ireland - but finds their experiences to be remarkably similar

The long shadow of climate change

16:45 | 25.06.09

‘IT’S THE ECONOMY, stupid.’ So goes Bill Clinton’s famous slogan. But in Mozambique’s case, it doesn’t quite ring true.

Eyecare is a top priority

16:44 | 25.06.09

One institution that links Ireland and Mozambique closely together is the Mozambican Eyecare Project. This is an Irish Aid-funded initiative involving partners from Lúrio University in Mozambique and the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE),

Breaking the cycle

16:44 | 25.06.09

Charlie Johnson looks at the work being done by Irish charities and Irish Aid to address the problems afflicting the people of Mozambique

A shared journey

16:43 | 25.06.09

Ireland’s Ambassador to Mozambique Frank Sheridan answers CHARLIE JOHNSON’s questions on trade, tourism and development aid, and explains why Ireland is uniquely positioned to help Mozambique break the chains of poverty that bind it

The undiscovered country

16:43 | 25.06.09

WITH THE World Cup in South Africa next summer, neighbouring countries are set for a tourism boost – and the more adventurous and inquisitive travellers may pin Mozambique on their map.

Archbishop \'is not quitting\'\' - Archdiocese plays down rumours that Martin is set for new Rome role

16:20 | 25.06.09

Speculation that Dr Diarmuid Martin is to resign as the Archbishop of Dublin, just five years after his appointment, has been denied by his office.

Citizenship risk for jobless migrants

16:20 | 25.06.09

IMMIGRANTS WHO have lost their jobs in the recession may also lose out on Irish citizenship.

Language schools in warning on prostitution

16:19 | 25.06.09

ORGANISED crime gangs are running language schools as a front for illegal prostitution businesses, Fine Gael’s immigration spokesperson has warned.

Why was Dublin Muslim school untouchable?

16:18 | 25.06.09

Misgivings and rumours about the North Dublin Muslim School - slammed in last week’s Department of Education evaluation - have been doing the rounds in education circles for years. So why, asks CATHERINE REILLY, has it taken the department so long to act?

In the aftermath of the controversial Iranian elections, our Irish columnist GearÃ³id Ã“ ColmÃ¡in wonders whose interests are really being served...

16:18 | 25.06.09

My first suspicion was that all this talk of colour was just another pseudo-revolution. We had the rose revolution in Georgia, the orange in Ukraine and the pink in Kyrgyzstan: in each case the people wanted an end to Russian hegemony; they wanted liberty, democracy

Madra, gunna agus litir dlÃodÃ³ra

16:17 | 25.06.09

Le Michal Boleslav Mechura nó Micilín Mac Mìchúra

â€˜Customers associate God with my shopâ€™

16:16 | 25.06.09

KATRIN SCHMIDT meets Kelvin Osa, a Dublin boutique owner specialising in American designers and sportswear, who credits divine intervention for his success

Celtic connections - How Irish is Scotland, and vice versa? Katrin Schmidt wonders if Celtic brotherhood runs more than skin-deep...

16:16 | 25.06.09

Separated only by the North Channel and the Irish Sea, Scotland and Ireland are close in location, but seem culturally quite distinct to many outsiders.

Charles Laffiteau\'s Bigger Picture

16:15 | 25.06.09

While I concluded last week by saying that erasing huge budget deficits will become the biggest political issue of the coming decade in the US and Europe, that doesn’t mean I believe this will be the biggest issue for the whole world – that, I believe,

Crossing the Mekong

16:15 | 25.06.09

My Cambodian moto-dup driver made the mistake of casually inviting me to his rural home for a night or two, and I quickly grabbed the opportunity to see a part of the country not on the tourist trail with what I’m sure he perceived as disconcerting enthusiasm.

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