TWO POLISH poets will read their works from a forthcoming anthology in Dublin next week.
Much like anywhere else in the world, many people in Poland do not hold the standard of the nation’s popular music in high esteem. The reasons they cite are plentiful, with low standard of lyrics, songwriting and presentation at the top of the list.
“A famine of snow, they themselves say, would be more grievous than a famine of either corn or wine.” Eighteenth-century author and traveller Patrick Brydone\'s keen observation indicates not only the importance of that frozen matter in the
Current League of Ireland champions and FAI Cup holders Bohemian FC are looking for new soccer talent – and your children may be just who they want.
South African soccer star Matthew Booth – the only white player on the national side – appeared to be booed by a contingent of black South African fans during a Confederation Cup match with Iraq.
The US Senate’s unanimous decision last week to pass a resolution apologising for slavery and all forms of racial segregation is historic, and must be welcomed.
In last week’s Metro Éireann (18–24 June 2009) your editorial and a number of articles dealt with the failure of the majority of immigrant candidates in the recent local elections. May I suggest one reason for that failure?
In a recent issue of your paper (4-10 June 2009) you gave quite a lot of agenda-driven attention to the Immigration Control Platform (ICP), and I wish to raise three points as a result.
An old adage says that freedom is priceless. Many freedom fighters died in their struggles and we are aware of the incarceration of more still. In the intellectual realm, debates as to the definition of a freedom fighter have failed to reach a logical
When post-conflict Northern Ireland was dubbed the ‘race hate capital of Europe’ by the BBC in 2004, my colleague Robbie McVeigh made the point that it was wrong to say, as many journalists did, that racism escalated simply because Protestants and
The North Dublin Mus-lim School debacle has highlighted a number of concerns that have been typically unaddressed by those who claim to represent Muslims in Ireland. It is my determination that silence simply breeds suspicion and misunderstanding, and