Metro Eireann

Metro Éireann : 01.09.12

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My lament for Savita

06:28 | 19.12.12

RECENTLY, The Irish Times carried on its front page the image of a little boy lighting candles for Diwali, the Indian festival of light. The next day, the lead story came with another beautiful Indian face, this time of a woman who died in an Irish

Russians â€˜splitâ€™ over anti-Putin protesters

00:58 | 01.09.12

Feminist punks sentenced to two years for ‘hooliganism motivated by religious hatred’

Migrant teens excel in Leaving Cert results

00:58 | 01.09.12

TEENS of migrant backgrounds were among the 56,000 students who received their Leaving Certificate results last month.Chiadika Uzor, originally from Nigeria and living in Ireland since 2006, had particular cause for delight after attaining a highly impressive

Somali Olympian loses life on dangerous Med boat crossing

00:57 | 01.09.12

Samia Yusuf Omar surprised the world with her performance in the 200 meters at the Beijing Olympics, where she crossed the line in last place.

â€˜New yamâ€™ festivities hail a good harvest

00:57 | 01.09.12

Hundreds of Nigerians of Igbo origin living in Ireland converged in Dublin recently to celebrate the famous Iriji or New Yam Festival.

Greece awaiting big decision on her fate

00:57 | 01.09.12

European finance ministers are expected to decide on Greece’s continued membership of the euro currency during a two-day meeting in Cyprus from 14 September.

The economic crisis thatâ€™s biting hard on Greece is opening wounds across the European Union.

00:57 | 01.09.12

Katerini Papathanasiou, a young Greek lawyer living in Dublin for the past few months, tells Anna Cinzia Dellagiacoma what life is really like for people in her homeland

Ukulele Hooley gets Dun Laoghaire jumping

00:56 | 01.09.12

The Dublin coastal town of Dun Laoghaire was taken over by a unique breed of musician last month for Ireland’s annual ukulele festival, the Ukulele Hooley.

Teen designs new tie for prestigious Dublin school

00:56 | 01.09.12

A TEENAGER of Nigerian background has designed the new uniform tie for a well-known school in south Dublin where he is a sixth year student.

National Heritage Week takes a broader view of Irish culture

00:55 | 01.09.12

National Heritage Week from 18-26 August was an opportunity to discover and learn more about Ireland’s history and culture.

Whatâ€™s the goal of integration?

00:55 | 01.09.12

DukeEngage participant Mischa-von-Derek Aikman ponders the place and aims of organisations that champion integration in Irish society

Business is booming on red light websites

00:55 | 01.09.12

Online escorting has become a multi-million-euro business in Ireland. And according to research conducted by a sex worker support group, the illegal industry is monopolised here by just one website.

What the escorts say...

00:54 | 01.09.12

Sofia – It’s 2005 in Tenerife, and then 21-year-old Sofia – originally from one of the poorest areas of the island – is told by a girl in a bar that she could earn €10,000 a week escorting in Ireland.

DÃ³nall Mac Amhlaigh: fear oibre agus scrÃbhneoir

00:54 | 01.09.12

Duine de na scríbhneoirí is líofa ó thaobh na Gaeilge de a bhí ann riamh, agus é ar an múinteoir is fearr is féidir leat a fháil más í stíl na dea-Ghaeilge atá tú

DÃ³nall Mac Amhlaigh: a worker and a writer

00:53 | 01.09.12

He was always one of the most fluent writers of Irish there is, and if you want to learn good writing style in Irish, you could hardly pick up a better teacher. He was one of the most renowned writers to describe the Irish exodus to England after the Second

Charles Laffiteau\'s Bigger Picture

00:52 | 01.09.12

With the US general election only two months away, it’s time for me to turn my attention to the Presidential race, as well as Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate. But before I do, I want to offer some opinions about Egyptian

Old Folks by Roddy Doyle - Chapter 8

00:51 | 01.09.12

‘You are going to a party?’ said Dariya’s husband, Bogdan. ‘Yes,’ said Dariya.She was standing in front of their mirror, trying to decide if her scarf was right for the occasion, or very wrong.‘With a man?’

Book Review by by Ifedinma Dimbo

00:51 | 01.09.12

Not many people are interested in what makes up the food on their table – that is, how it’s grown or where it comes from. Of course there are the purists who would want organic produce so that their bodies will not be polluted by unnecessary chemicals,

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