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Metro Éireann : 15.04.11

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MAMA is back!

21:33 | 15.04.11

The MAMA Awards – which honour individuals, groups, companies and journalists who promote cross-cultural understanding – are making a much anticipated return this year. Members of the public are being urged to visit MAMAawards.com and nominate

Royal wedding causes a stir - among Irish schoolkids

21:32 | 15.04.11

THE BRITISH EMBASSY in Dublin has received phone calls from Irish schoolchildren asking questions of a highly sensitive nature – namely the design of bride-to-be Kate Middleton’s wedding dress.

Students urged to get cracking for Young Scientist 2012

21:32 | 15.04.11

Secondary students of all nationalities have been urged to get their thinking caps on at the launch of the 2012 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Title sponsor BT has committed to support the event – the largest of its kind in Europe

Conference to highlight immigrant poverty

21:32 | 15.04.11

IMMIGRANT FAMILIES aff-ected by poverty are being invited to participate in a special programme in Dublin to mark the United Nations International Day of Families.

New effort to roll back spread of malaria in developing world

21:31 | 15.04.11

WORLD MALARIA DAY on 25 April will commemorate global efforts to control the potentially deadly mosquito-born disease. This World Malaria Day 2011, the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership has adopted the theme ‘Achieving Progress and Impact’

Dundalk finally gets Muslim burial ground

21:31 | 15.04.11

AN ISLAMIC BURIAL section is to be established at a Dundalk cemetery after repeated requests over six years by the local Muslim community.

Chikwe loses controversial Nigerian senate seat challenge

21:30 | 15.04.11

A former Nigerian Ambassador to Ireland has lost her controversial bid to become one of Nigeria’s 109 powerful senators.

Mothersâ€™ Day is a blast in Blanch

21:30 | 15.04.11

THE AFRICAN CATHOLIC Chaplaincy in the Dublin Archdiocese celebrated Mothers’ Day in style at St Brigid’s Church in Blanchardstown earlier this month. The chaplaincy was founded a number of years ago with the aim of celebrating Catholic mass

Ivory Coast: Gbagbo gone but the fighting goes on

21:29 | 15.04.11

Reports of continued fighting in Ivory Coast (Côte d\'Ivoire) have emerged despite the arrest on Monday 11 April of former President Laurent Gbagbo. According to media reports, mortars and other munitions were sporadically being fired in the capital

Muslim prisoner makes complaint over treatment

21:29 | 15.04.11

AN ALGERIAN inmate has launched a legal complaint over alleged anti-Muslim abuse in Cork Prison. Ali Charaf Damache, 45, with an address at High Street in Waterford, has secured leave to bring judicial review proceedings aimed at securing a transfer to

Amnesty accuses Gaddafiâ€™s loyal forces of executions

21:29 | 15.04.11

A human rights group says it has uncovered fresh evidence of the execution of prisoners at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi in Libya. According to Amnesty International researchers in eastern Libya, near the town of Ajdabiya, bodies of two

Crowdsourcing thesis scoops top student grad award

21:28 | 15.04.11

A final year immigrant student in Dublin has been awarded a top thesis prize. Enrika Baleviciute, a BA graduate in languages for international communication from DCU’s School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS), received the Cipherion

â€˜Meet the Neighboursâ€™ returns to our screens

21:28 | 15.04.11

A TELEVISION series which looks at four multicultural communities across Ireland returns to RTÉ One on Friday 22 April.

Belmullet residents protest over gardaÃ â€˜rapeâ€™ remarks

21:27 | 15.04.11

Locals protested outside Belmullet Garda station, Co Mayo last weekend to demand the immediate suspension of gardaí who inadvertently recorded themselves talking about raping a woman in their custody.

TÃ¡ an staid faisin in Ã‰irinn - The state of fashion in Ireland

21:15 | 15.04.11

Tá mé bródúil as an tír seo ar iliomad cúiseanna. Cultúr, litríocht, ceol, spórt, teanga, rud nach bhfuil mé bródúil as ná an chaoi a léirítear cúrsaí

Charles Laffiteau\'s Bigger Picture

21:14 | 15.04.11

As I mentioned in previous columns, the Republican Party seems to be enamored of the German’s austerity diet as a cure for America’s budget obesity. This time I want to explore some more prudent methods that economists believe will trim America’s

Korea goes green

21:13 | 15.04.11

St Patrick’s Day is the perfect time for Irish ex-pats to set things straight about our homeland, says Andrew Farrell I was prepared for the general reaction when I turned up a month ago at the kindergarten where I taught for a year in South

The Other Hand - By Chris Cleave (Scepter)

21:12 | 15.04.11

The Other Hand begins with Little Bee, a 14-year-old Nigerian from an oil-producing village in the Delta Region who witnesses the burning of her village and the killing of her parents during some undefined conflict.

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