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Metro Éireann : 15.04.11

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Towers of Midnight -By Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Orbit)

21:12 | 15.04.11

It’s a testament to the late Robert Jordan’s abilities, considering the relative disappointment of the previous installment, that I snapped up this – the 13th book in the Wheel of Time series – at the first opportunity.

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Recipe by Jurgita Vaskel - Pascha

21:11 | 15.04.11

Pascha (or paskha) is a traditional Easter dish made from tvorog (or quark, a creamy curd cheese) and is a very popular dessert in Eastern Europe, mainly in Russia and Ukraine. Additional ingredients such as butter, eggs, sour cream, raisins, almonds,

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Roddy Doyle\'s SHAM - Chapter Three

21:10 | 15.04.11

Brigita doesn’t sit up. She doesn’t have to. She never slumps or slouches. But it looks like she’s just sat up, all set for the argument.

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McLeod has a hard road to world snooker title

21:09 | 15.04.11

History maker Rory McLeod will once again make best use of his snooker skills at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield when the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship gets underway on 16 April.

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Looking back on 11 years of Metro Éireann

21:09 | 15.04.11

To celebrate Metro Éireann’s 11th anniversary, we decided to revisit our first editorial published in April 2000. In the coming weeks we will also be reprinting articles from the past decade to give our readers today a greater insight into the evolution

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Truth about blood sports? Not likely

21:08 | 15.04.11

Henry McClean promised that his TV3 documentary, The Truth About Blood Sports, would be a “real eye-opener”. It certainly was. The coursing and hunting fans he interviewed educated us all about how wonderful their sports are. Not only that, but we

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Who should tell the migrant story?

21:07 | 15.04.11

Together with a team of researchers, I am now completing the book that will summarise the Migrant Networks project which was part of the Trinity Immigration Initiative, a philanthropically funded three-year research project.

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Céad míle fáilte? Not so much

21:07 | 15.04.11

Shortly after moving to Ireland in late 2003, I visited a friend down in Cork. Over a celebratory drink in a local pub, I shared my excitement about my relocation and the prospect of big things to come.

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France’s burqa ban in context

21:06 | 15.04.11

The new French law that prohibits the wearing of the burqa or niqab in all public places came into effect on 11 April 2011. France is the first country in Europe to enforce such a ban – one that will have a direct effect on thousands of women in a country

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African Union: constantly on the margins

21:06 | 15.04.11

Over the last three decades, the Africa Union has continued to slip in relevance both on the regional and global stages.

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The murder of Salman Taseer

21:05 | 15.04.11

Salman Taseer was one of the leading members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He was shot dead by one of his own guards on 4 January 2011 after he described the blasphemy law of Pakistan as a “black law” and had shown support to a woman condemned

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Lighting the candle of hope

21:04 | 15.04.11

The two world wars of the early 20th century were so horrifyingly bloody and destructive that they led to worldwide efforts to find lasting peace, first through the League of Nations and then the United Nations. Yet in spite of these honorable intentions, the

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Dealing with adversity in your life

21:04 | 14.04.11

Optimal Edge with Eugene Nwosu As the great English writer Samuel Johnson (1709 -1784) once said: “It is worth a thousand pounds a year to have the habit of looking on the bright side of things.”

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