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Metro Éireann : 15.04.10

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Muslim group warns against â€˜dangers of assimilationâ€™

12:06 | 15.04.10

A MUSLIM GROUP is actively warning against integration, it has emerged.

Polandâ€™s pain after crash takes life of president, 95 others

12:05 | 15.04.10

Poland’s national week of mourning after the death of the country’s president in a plane crash will officially end this Sunday. But the huge pain caused by the loss will take generations to heal.

Dublin mourns for slain Toyosi

12:04 | 15.04.10

“I’M OKAY.” These were the words of slain 15-year-old Nigerian-born Toyosi Shitta-bey as he bled to death on Good Friday, after being stabbed on the street.

â€˜They said they want daddy backâ€™

12:04 | 15.04.10

In the first of a new series on immigrant families affected by deportation, Mariam Alli tells Catherine Reilly how hard losing her husband has been on their five children

Minister responds to questions on safety in direct provision

12:03 | 15.04.10

Direct provision centres housing asylum seekers have sufficient controls to address any threats to women or other vulnerable residents, according to Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern.

Updated figures show Filipinos top the table for citizen applications

12:03 | 15.04.10

FILIPINOS ARE now the top nationality applying for citizenship, new figures reveal. Nearly 20,000 applications are now pending at the Department of Justice, with the average processing period at 26 months.

Free choice of work is a â€˜fundamental rightâ€™

12:02 | 15.04.10

FOR SOME IMMIGRANTS, says Olga Dubyna from Ukraine, Ireland’s work permit system amounts to “bonded labour”.

Burmaâ€™s Suu Kyi hospitalised for heart check-up

12:01 | 15.04.10

Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken briefly to hospital on Monday for an unscheduled heart check-up, a government official has confirmed.

The trouble with teen marriage

12:01 | 15.04.10

Teenage marriage is becoming a growing trend in many parts of the world today. A great number of these marriages do not happen by choice, following traditions that have long since fallen away in the wider world.

The rights of immigrants concern everybody

12:00 | 15.04.10

With the emergence of our globalised world, migration has become an international phenomenon. Once borne of necessity, today millions of people emigrate from their home countries for any number of reasons, be they political, economic, educational or personal.

Charles Laffiteau`s Bigger Picture

11:59 | 15.04.10

In the 60 years between 1949 and 2009, the United States provided more than $106bn in economic and military assistance to Israel, and it’s estimated that America will continue to give more than $3bn annually for at least the next 10 years.

Charity shops fight the recession on all fronts

11:58 | 15.04.10

The number of Irish people making donations to charity has fallen off as the recession takes hold, but charity shops are still doing brisk trade – providing a great way to make some savings while making a difference at the same time.

Rap: a bad influence on the youth of today?

11:58 | 15.04.10

Music has always been a very important form of expression. And that’s even more true in the modern age; with so many different styles and genres, there’s something to appeal to everyone, old and young alike.

Hiding racism does more harm than good

11:57 | 15.04.10

At a peaceful public rally in central Dublin last Saturday to remember the murdered schoolboy Toyosi Shitta-bey, residents of Tyrrelstown in northwest Dublin – where he lived and was knifed to death – again condemned the killing, and extended

When\'s racism not racism?

11:55 | 15.04.10

He was a 15-year-old who came to Ireland from Nigeria over a decade ago. He had a lovely smile and a loving family, was popular with his Tyrrelstown school friends and played soccer with Shelbourne FC. On Good Friday he got into a row, sparked by racist jibes,

Be your own man, Goodluck

11:54 | 15.04.10

The values of morality and credibility in Nigerian politics have been all but crossed out by shortsighted and greedy leaders whose only intentions are to loot and do disservice to the nation. They can no longer walk the streets freely, sans their security

New arrivals need protection

11:54 | 15.04.10

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