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Metro Éireann : 25.02.10

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Sikh blasts Garda â€˜double standard on faithâ€™

11:38 | 25.02.10

Use of Bible for Garda Oath in contrast with force’s ban on religious headwear By Catherine Reilly

Award winner hits all the right notes

11:37 | 25.02.10

When Nofe Liberty auditioned for musician Les Stapleton at Temple Bar’s Sound Training Centre a couple of years ago, she was asked what instrument she played.

What does it take to be Irish in Ireland?

11:36 | 25.02.10

‘Everyone can be Irish if they want,’ says a leading Government minister, but Ireland-based immigrants tell another story. CATHERINE REILLY reports

Chinese restaurant will return, owners assure

11:36 | 25.02.10

A WELL-KNOWN Dublin Chinese restaurant which fell victim to the recession hopes to “re-open in the near future”.

No continuous gas flaring in Uganda, says Tullow Oil

11:35 | 25.02.10

AN IRISH-FOUNDED oil company says it will not conduct “continuous gas flaring” in Uganda. The company reacted to comments from Labour MEP for Ireland East, Nessa Childers, who expressed concern that Tullow Oil’s production contract with

Call to overturn deportation of Nigerian mother

11:35 | 25.02.10

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT officials are considering an application from a child’s court-appointed guardian to have his mother’s deportation overturned.

Visa approval rates for Asian visitors are high, says minister

11:34 | 25.02.10

VISA APPROVAL rates for visitors from India and China are high, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has contended.

â€˜One-state solutionâ€™ is only way to peace says Israeli historian

11:34 | 25.02.10

An Israeli historian has reiterated his call for a one-state solution as the only credible answer to the Israeli-Palestinian problem.

Muslims protest Norway newspaper cartoon

11:33 | 25.02.10

MUSLIMS HAVE handed a protest letter to the Norwegian Embassy in Dublin after a tabloid in Norway published a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.

Recruitment drive for Irelandâ€™s Rapid Response Corps

11:32 | 25.02.10

Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power TD last week launched a recruitment drive for the Irish Aid Rapid Response Corps (RRC). The RRC is a roster of skilled and experienced volunteers available to deploy at short notice to humanitarian

African churches must not give shelter to illegals - GNIB

11:32 | 25.02.10

AFRICAN CHURCH leaders in Ireland must not allow congregation members to sleep overnight at church premises, the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) has warned. Several African pastors met with Superintendent John O’Driscoll of the GNIB last

â€˜Iâ€™ve always been the boss in my lifeâ€™

11:31 | 25.02.10

Catherine Reilly meets Skygreen’s Tony Ofondu, who believes he’s the first foreign-born owner of a car dismantling company in the country

Charles Laffiteau\\\'s Bigger Picture

11:01 | 25.02.10

Ah, New Orleans! The Crescent City, the Big Easy, the birthplace of American jazz and the home of the world-famous Mardi Gras (or Fat Tuesday) celebrations – the final day of the ‘Nawlins’ winter social season before Lent begins.

Give a chance to the disadvantaged

11:00 | 25.02.10

Robert Carry: From the Home Front All sections of Irish society have been hurt by the death of the Celtic Tiger and the arrival of our ever-worsening recession – some more so than others.

Hard knocks in France

10:59 | 25.02.10

Fiona Coghlan\'s Rugby Diary After the second game of the Six Nations campaign, we are not where we would have hoped. We targeted the French game with laser precision, as we had never beaten France on their home turf. We knew it would be a tough

Loyalty neednâ€™t be divided

10:58 | 25.02.10

Des Tomlinson: On The Ball I was recently invited to attend the Dublin premier of Invictus, a film that charts the progress of the South African rugby team in the 1995 World Cup at a crucial period in the country’s history.

Volunteer drive is a great opportunity

10:57 | 25.02.10

The announcement of a recruitment drive for Irish volunteers to respond to international emergencies is to be greatly welcomed.

Humourless â€˜Paddiesâ€™? Racist â€˜jokesâ€™, more like

10:56 | 25.02.10

While reading the Daily Telegraph website recently (not something I’m proud of) I happened upon an article by a journalist who seemed particularly aggrieved by the case of an Irish union rep suing a Conservative councillor over his making an “Irish

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