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Metro Éireann : 03.09.09

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Pakistani\'s plea for residency falls on deaf ears

13:39 | 03.09.09

Their daughter Fatima is an EU citizen and holds an Irish passport – but the Hussein family are living in a single room at a direct provision hostel, having been refused residency in Ireland.

Prime time for Irish-Nigerianâ€™s 1st communion

13:38 | 03.09.09

A NIGERIAN FAMILY living in Dublin hit the small screen this week – with their son Kosi’s Holy Communion becoming a prime time attraction.

Igbos gather in the capital for New Yam Fest

13:37 | 03.09.09

SOME TEENS milled around clutching iPods and were clad in jeans, while others donned the tribal wear of their parents’ native land – a great example of Ireland’s new cross-cultural generation, who were among the huge gathering of Igbos at the

New rules for redundant migrants

13:37 | 03.09.09

NON-EU migrants who are made redundant now have extra leeway to seek alternative employment.The changes announced by the Government last week will double the length of time that a migrant worker has to seek new work from three to six months.

Berry pickers bid Ireland farewell - till next summer

13:37 | 03.09.09

As the summer fruit season draws to a close, thousands of migrant pickers are preparing to go home – and Nikola Tukarchikova and Michaela Romanova from Slovakia were among them. This was the girls’ first summer in Ireland, spent picking strawberries

All in good time

13:36 | 03.09.09

Fair City, Ireland’s most popular and longest soap, is getting serious about reflecting Dublin’s diversity, says executive producer Brigie De Courcy, but a dramatic license must first be earned. She spoke to CATHERINE REILLY

Charles Laffiteau\'s Bigger Picture

13:35 | 03.09.09

I had originally planned to write about something else this week, but I was stopped in my tracks when I heard news of the death of an American political icon, Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy. As I write this, the ‘Last Lion in the Senate’ is being

Danger in the outback

13:34 | 03.09.09

My job search soon led me to discover I was living in a parallel universe in which casual farm labourers earned more than journalists. It seemed a career change was in order, so I secured a position working on a vineyard without too much hassle, and once I had

Andris has sales in his soul

13:33 | 03.09.09

Catherine Reilly meets young Latvian Andris Vieleckis, whose gifts for business are being put to good use in two completely different areas.

Tekstmessage

13:32 | 03.09.09

Unaware visitors to Dun Laoghaire recently may well have thought they were in the middle of some Irish summer course, thanks to the proliferation of bilingual signage around the popular port town.

Polish clinic â€˜curesâ€™ addicts in 3 goes

13:32 | 03.09.09

A POLISH health clinic on Dublin’s Parnell Street claims it can eradicate addictions to alcohol and nicotine in just three sessions.

Pear Relish

13:31 | 03.09.09

Fruit expert (or pomologist) Edward Bunyard believed that “the duty of an apple is to be crisp and crunchable, but a pear should have such a texture as leads to silent consumption.”

Lisbon vote must be carefully considered

13:31 | 03.09.09

On Friday 2 October, Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Ahead of the voting, campaigners on both sides are gearing up to make their voices heard by the public.

The only language despots understand

13:30 | 03.09.09

The news that the former President of Zambia, Frederick Chiluba, has been exonerated on charges of corruption comes as another devastating blow for all right-thinking members of society.

Belfast prepares for Culture Night

13:30 | 03.09.09

The first ever Belfast Culture Night will take place on Friday 25 September. The city’s Cathedral Quarter will be totally transformed as public areas and streets are turned into performance spaces offering free shows, events, talks and tours throughout

Where has our fashion gone?

13:29 | 03.09.09

I’ve often stopped to wonder, why do many Africans outside the continent ditch their traditional wear for the suit-and-tie trappings of the west? Although some love to express themselves when it comes to African fashions, the greater number dress just

Israelis must cry freedom!

13:29 | 03.09.09

Barack Obama is being hailed for renewing the Middle East ‘peace process’. A process it is, yet peace it certainly isn’t. If they ever get around to it, negotiations are set to open between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority,

A new life for Irish Chinese

13:28 | 03.09.09

I first came to Ireland in 1971 to study medicine. I was young, and to me there was no life here. No Chinese food, no Chinese supermarkets, no McDonald’s, no Burger King. Not only that, there were no Chinese people, and very few foreigners. So I left for