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Metro Éireann : 01.05.11

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`I fear for her life` DJ Ram `would blame Ireland` if his wife is harmed in Libya

13:44 | 01.05.11

A WELL-KNOWN Dublin music store proprietor has spoken of his anguish at being separated from his Libyan-based wife. Ramadan Bettamer, popularly known as Ram or DJ Ram, told Metro Éireann that he recently applied for an emergency visa for his Benghazi-based

First anniversary of Toyosi`s killing passes with little notice

13:43 | 01.05.11

The anniversary of a slain teenager’s death in Dublin has passed without much notice. Nigerian-born Toyosi Shitta-bey, 15, bled to death on Good Friday last year after being stabbed near his home in Tyrellstown in west Dublin.

Noriana pays tribute to multicultural tradition

13:43 | 01.05.11

A Filipino-Irish musician is set to release her debut album on 4 May. Speaking ahead of the launch, Noriana Kennedy said Ebb ‘N’ Flow, a collection of folk songs, was inspired by the coming together of Irish, Scottish and English immigrants

Ban calls world to unite in fight against malaria

13:43 | 01.05.11

The UN secretary general has called on the international community to urgently increase investment in both research and health programmes in order to defeat malaria. About 781,000 people annually, most of them young children, still die from this terrible

Suicide a growing risk for teens says charity

13:42 | 01.05.11

More and more teenagers are attempting to take their own lives, according to an Irish suicide prevention centre.

May Day â€™11 is a family affair

13:42 | 01.05.11

Ireland’s May Day celebration is being transformed into an extended festival for workers and their families, Metro Éireann has learned.

Workshop to tackle laws against undocumented migrants

13:42 | 01.05.11

An international conference will discuss the criminalisation of undocumented migrants in both the Netherlands and Europe.

Indian film fest gets bigger and better

13:41 | 01.05.11

The Indian Film Festival of Ireland (IFFI) is a significant cultural celebration of both countries, the Indian Ambassador to Ireland has said.

Freedom Day brings Irelandâ€™s South Africans together

13:41 | 01.05.11

SOUTH AFRICANS in Ireland celebrated the country’s “heroes and heroines” on Freedom Day last week.

CeiliÃºradh a dhÃ©anamh ar cÃ© muid fÃ©in

13:40 | 01.05.11

I láthair na huaire in Éirinn is annamh a thugar aitheantas do rudaí dearfacha atá ag tarlú sa tír seo atá faoi scáth fadhbanna airgeadais. Cé gur déanadh neart damáiste don tír

Celebrate who we are

13:40 | 01.05.11

At the moment in Ireland it is rare enough that positive happenings are recognised in a country which is drowning in a sea of financial problems. Even though there was a lot of damage done to the country during the years of the Celtic Tiger, this country also

Charles Laffiteau\'s Bigger Picture

13:39 | 01.05.11

In order to understand why the US Congress and President Obama are finding it so difficult to reach a bipartisan consensus on addressing America’s budget deficit woes, one first needs to understand the parties’ respective constituencies.

Born in the DMZ

13:39 | 01.05.11

There’s something more than a little crazy about that no-man’s-land that divides Korea says Andrew Farrell

Hate: A Romance By Tristan Garcia (Faber and Faber)

13:38 | 01.05.11

In 2008, 30-year-old writer Tristan Garcia managed to charm the journalists judging for the French Prix de Flore with Hate: A Romance, his first novel, ensuring his award of that sought-after prize – famously won 12 years previously by Michel Houellebecq.

A Farewell to Arms - By Ernest Hemingway (Random House)

13:37 | 01.05.11

One of Hemingway’s middling novels, both chronologically and in terms of quality, A Farewell to Arms tells the story of First World War ambulance driver Frederick Henry and his relationship with British nurse Catherine Barkley – told, of course,

Cream of cauliflower soup

13:37 | 01.05.11

Soups are delicious and makes for a satisfying dinner you can prepare for your family. This French-inspired creamy and rich cauliflower soup is made with milk and vegetable broth, enhanced with cream and seasoned with fresh thyme and grated nutmeg.

Roddy Doyke\'s SHAM - Chapter 3

13:36 | 01.05.11

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.

Bent makes all the right moves

13:36 | 01.05.11

The decision by Darren Bent to switch clubs from Sunderland to Aston Villa during the January transfer window looked to be a bizarre move at the very least. After all, Sunderland were sitting pretty in the Premiership in sixth place, just three points off a

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