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Metro Éireann : 18.02.10

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Education allowance cuts are â€˜way out of lineâ€™

14:40 | 18.02.10

Under the 2010 budget, new applicants in the Back to Education Allowance scheme will no longer be entitled to student maintenance grants.

Who foots the bill for deportations?

14:39 | 18.02.10

Your newspaper reported (28 January) that in 2009, a total of 291 persons were deported to 26 foreign countries at a cost of €1m to the Irish State.

Is this the face of multiculturalism?

14:38 | 18.02.10

I’m curious as to why you have Liam Egan writing for your publication.

Awaking from the American Dream

14:32 | 18.02.10

I have to be honest – hearing the words ‘in the current climate’ really irritates me! I know that times aren’t great. In fact they’re pretty bad – everyone knows it. And I know that the Government could be doing a much better

Identity - the great debate

14:31 | 18.02.10

In recent months, France has been engaged in a debate about its national identity, not surprisingly initiated by the Minister for Immigration Éric Besson. So lively has it grown that it’s even prompted Prime Minister François Fillon to announce

Whatâ€™s wrong with polygyny?

14:28 | 18.02.10

The revelation that an Irish citizen of Lebanese extraction is undertaking a High Court action to seek the validity of his second marriage has brought with it the usual feigned outrage.

Getting used to my new life in Ireland

13:48 | 18.02.10

IT WAS January 2006 when I arrived in Ireland – and it was cold. I had no English, knew nobody, and had no idea what would happen to me.

O\'Brien sees recovery on the horizon

01:06 | 18.02.10

One of Ireland’s leading businessmen has urged those hit by the economic crisis not to despair.

Chinese New Year roars into action

01:05 | 18.02.10

CHINESE NEW YEAR festivities in Ireland have been a particular hit with Irish parents and their adopted Chinese children, according to organisers Dublin City Council.

New student visa regs on the way

01:05 | 18.02.10

RECOMMENDATIONS on a new immigration regime for full-time non-EEA students will be presented “within weeks”, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern recently told the Dáil.

Attoh opens eyes to child poverty abroad

01:03 | 18.02.10

Benedicta Attoh of Dundalk knows from personal experience the plight of young girls born into poverty.

Direct provision is â€˜unfairâ€™ says Flac

01:03 | 18.02.10

THE SYSTEM of housing asylum seekers in ‘direct provision’ centres is “unfair”, a report from the Free Legal Advice Centre (Flac) has said.

MEP speaks out against human trafficking

01:02 | 18.02.10

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún backed the call for the prevention of trafficking in human beings at a vote in the European Parliament yesterday.

New youth work strategy for Canal Communities

01:01 | 18.02.10

Minister for Integration John Curran TD last week launched a new programme for youth work within south Dublin’s Canal Communities.

Call for regulation of fishing fleet foreigners

01:01 | 18.02.10

Ireland’s largest trade union has called for stricter regulation of foreign nationals crewing the Irish fishing fleet, following the loss of an Egyptian fisherman off the Cork coast last week.

â€˜Relationships are not a gameâ€™

00:30 | 18.02.10

Rose Foley speaks to Pastor Ajigbotoluwa A Lasis of the Adlife Academy, which helps couples build stronger, more meaningful relationships

Civil service still closed to non-EU nationals

00:29 | 18.02.10

OPENING UP civil service jobs to non-EU nationals is under consideration, says the Office of the Minister for Integration.

Can Irelandâ€™s diversity help it emerge from recession? Opinion is split across the board. Catherine Reilly reports

00:29 | 18.02.10

The Immigration Control Platform’s Áine Ní Chonaill can definitely claim membership of the ‘told you so’ society.

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