IRELAND’S assistant soccer manager, the legendary ex-Italian international Marco Tardelli, has revealed the secrets of his quest to learn English: subtitles.
DISAGREEMENT concerning the beginning of Islam’s holy month has surfaced among Ireland’s Muslim communities.
A DUBLIN solicitor who was appointed ‘king’ of a Nigerian tribe in Ireland has hit out at suggestions that his role is ‘monstrous’.
Moti Neuman responds to last week’s column by Ronit Lentin, in which she called for a boycott of Israeli adademics
MIXED FEELINGS on integration in Dublin’s north inner city were expressed at a ‘memories’ project last week.
Young women of African origin living in Ireland are set to take part in an exclusive new beauty pageant in Dublin next month.
Viktor Posudnevsky meets Ukrainian Natalya Pakshina, who is determined to bring Russian ballet to Ireland with her dance school Solnishko
9/11 is one of history’s most infamous dates - because of what happened between 8.46am and 10.03am on a sunny morning almost eight years ago. As its anniversary approaches, immigrants in Ireland share their thoughts on that defining day with METRO ÉIREANN
Whereas John and Robert Kennedy possessed formidable oratorical skills and relished political campaigning like their maternal grandfather, Honey Fitz, Ted Kennedy was more like his other grandfather PJ. Ted also had excellent oratorical skills, but he was much
Pitching a tent in the dark wasn’t quite the gargantuan challenge I expected it to be, even following my late evening’s adventures after getting lost on the way there, so I was soon nodding off ahead of my first day’s work on an Australian
Gearóid Ó Cólmáin gets up close and personal with the former Soviet republic at the heart of Asia, strugging to survive amid political power games
I started a new job last week, but I almost missed my first day – preoccupied as I was after remembering it was the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.
I CAME TO Ireland in 1986 – completely by chance. I’m originally from India, a state called Uttar Pradesh and a city named Lucknow, its capital.
A BELFAST-BASED businessman has been appointed head of the Global Organisation of Peoples of Indian Origin (Gopio) following a convention in New York.
For Muslims breaking their fast during Ramadan, dates are an excellent source of energy and will slowly help restart the digestive process back to its pre-fasting norm after the Islamic holy month.
It’s September, and the rugby season has officially started. The provinces are in Magners League action, and the clubs are participating in various competitions throughout the country.
On Monday 13 September Dublin City Council will launch a new public bicycle scheme for the city. The initiative is aimed, among other things, at reducing traffic congestion and promoting greener living – pressing problems in the city.
The European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has appointed the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and University College Dublin’s School of Social Justice as the FRA’s new Raxen National Focal Point to monitor racism, xenophobia,