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Metro Éireann : 15.03.12

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Stronger bonds for Paddyâ€™s Day

02:33 | 15.03.12

The Irish flag will fly high this weekend when millions of people across the world join in the St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

Join Keith and Paul in The Big Red Bike Ride

02:33 | 15.03.12

Boyzone’s Keith Duffy and Ireland soccer legend Paul McGrath are inviting enthusiastic cyclists to join them in the The Big Red Bike Ride from Mizen Head to Malin Head from 9 June.

Dublin Lord Mayorâ€™s conference takes on anti-social behaviour

02:32 | 15.03.12

The Lord Mayor of Dublin welcomed over 300 delegates from the Garda and community and social services sectors to his conference aimed at finding ways to tackle anti-social behaviour at Croke Park in the capital.

US presidential nomination system â€˜too complicatedâ€™ says visiting prof

02:32 | 15.03.12

A renowned American academic has called for a total reform of the current system of nominating presidential candidates in the US.

Call for events to remember mass deportations from Baltic states

02:32 | 15.03.12

A coalition of European groups has urged Baltic communities in Ireland and across the world to organise events on 25 March to commemorate the ‘Priboj’ or ‘wave fall’.

Romanian, Bulgarian IBC parents now exempt from work permits

02:31 | 15.03.12

The Government has announced that Romanian and Bulgarian nationals resident in Ireland who are the parents of an Irish-born child (IBC) will no longer need an employment permit to work in the State.

Chief Ojukwu remembered

02:31 | 15.03.12

Hundreds gathered to celebrate the life and times of Biafra’s former leader at a special event in Dublin’s National Basketball Arena on 11 March.

Sisters are doing it for themselves

02:30 | 15.03.12

FashionPR Ireland joined AkiDwA to celebrate the 101st annual International Women’s Day in style at Dublin City Hall on 8 March.

St Casimirâ€™s Fair is a hit at RDS

02:30 | 15.03.12

A newly created annual festival which aims to celebrate European cultures was a success at Dublin’s RDS last weekend.

Garda plans to engage with communities on â€˜diversity dayâ€™

02:30 | 15.03.12

The annual Garda Div-ersity Consultation Day will be held in Dublin Castle on 22 March 2012. According to a Garda statement ahead of the invite-only event, the objective of the day “is to meet directly and engage with, the representative organisations,

Multicultural policing: can the force cope?

02:29 | 15.03.12

Writing in the Garda Review in 1999, Chinedu Onyejelem assessed the measures being taken by the force at the time to adapt to policing a multicultural Ireland

Donegal firm takes top prize at small business awards

02:29 | 15.03.12

A Donegal-based company providing innovative packaging solutions has be crowned overall winner of the Small Firms Association’s (SFA) National Small Business Awards 2012.

\\\'Green haulage is efficient haulage\\\' says truck fuelling firm boss

02:28 | 15.03.12

The finalists in the 2012 SFA National Small Business Awards included a company set up by a Nigerian immigrant.

Design with a Spanish accent

02:28 | 15.03.12

Dublin’s Instituto Cer-vantes recognises the Spanish influence on modern design with a special exhibition running till next month.

Domestic workers â€˜demand dignityâ€™ in call to ratify ILO convention

02:27 | 15.03.12

Hundreds of migrant women employed as domestic workers in Ireland ‘demanded their dignity’ on International Women’s Day.

Live webcast in Limerick part of drive to inform on human rights

02:27 | 15.03.12

Limerick people will today get an opportunity to keep track of Ireland’s progress in the United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

SF spokesperson hits out at â€˜dodgyâ€™ Irish rights claims

02:27 | 15.03.12

Commenting on the Government’s response to 50 outstanding human rights recommendations made to Ireland last year by UN member states, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on justice and equality said that while there were some positives, the bulk of

Fhrith-Ghaeilgeoireacht is ar an ardÃº - Anti-Irish language sentiment is on the rise

02:26 | 15.03.12

I rith Sheachtain na Gaeilge d’fhoilsigh nu-achtáin mhóra na hÉireann cúpla alt nó litir ó léitheoirí inar cuireadh tuairimí an-diúltacha i dtaobh na Gaeilge in iúl. Maidir

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