CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL favourite Michael D Higgins has identified his opposition to the 2004 citizenship referendum and support for Educate Together schools as reasons why naturalised citizens should vote for him.
Over two weeks Metro Éireann conducted a survey among our immigrant readers about the upcoming presidential election. Our aim was to know more about immigrants’ views about the candidates, their wishes and voting intentions.
Mohammad Mostafaei, an Iranian death penalty lawyer forced to flee Iran in 2010 for representing a woman facing death by stoning, spoke at a public meeting in Trinity College Dublin last Monday 10 October to mark International Day Against the Death Penalty.
People in Ireland are being encouraged to ‘do 1 thing’ in a new campaign to show support for refugees and asylum seekers launched in Dublin this week by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ireland.
The Metro Éireann Media and Multicultural Awards (MAMA) – which celebrate organisations and individuals that promote cross-cultural understanding throughout Ireland – return on Monday 24 October after a three-year break.
A special commemoration was held last week to celebrate the life and times of a great South African-Irish leader, who died last June.
The Government is committed to meaningful and effective education programmes for refugees, according to the Minister of State for Training and Skills.
Suicide rates among men in Ireland’s Traveller community are on the rise, That was the stark warning from Petra Daly, head of the National Traveller Suicide Awareness Project.
AN ALCOHOL-FREE comedy night in Dublin dreamt up by an immigrant is gaining positive reviews.
Travelling to or investing in Poland just got easier thanks to a brand new website TraveltoPoland.pl is the brainchild of Marcin Kulik, founder and CEO of MK Design Studios, who launched the comprehensive website on 28 July last.
“Dublin was missing one thing: a multicultural place,” says Monika Sapielak. “With the Centre for Creative Practices (CFCP) in Dublin, I think we have it now.”
The Dublin Ankara Carnival, which has been promoting the best of Nigerian and African culture through fashion, music and dance for the last five years, celebrated Nigeria’s independence on 2 October at the Carlton Hotel in Tyrrelstown, north Dublin.
A SOUTH AFRICAN who ran in the 2009 local elections has welcomed a two-month prison sentence imposed on a man who racially abused him during canvassing.
Caleb, a black bus driver, experienced three racist incidents earlier this year. In 2010 he was a victim of about two racist incidents per week. Bus passengers have harassed him with racial slurs including “black bastard” and “black monkey”,
It is still too early to determine whether Dublin City Council’s ‘One City One People’ campaign has been effective. But just like the capital itself, it is a work in progress.
Six years ago Sheikh Mohiuddin Ahmed fled his native Bangladesh to seek political asylum in Ireland. He tells Chinedu Onyejelem about his reasons for leaving his home country and his future plans here
Brophy Solicitors celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, marking another milestone for the business that has built a reputation as one of Dublin’s leading legal firms specialising in human rights.
A leading member of Nigeria’s second largest political party has urged members of the diaspora in Ireland to find ways of contributing to the development of their home country despite the odds.