Metro Eireann

Metro Éireann : 15.02.14

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Permission denied

02:52 | 15.02.14

Stamp 4’s revoked as Justice Dept cracks down on holders spending too much time abroad

No magic necessary in national spelling bee

02:51 | 15.02.14

School children from all corners of Ireland will be reciting dictionary words and fine-tuning their pronunciation skills to in a bid to become the nation’s top speller.

Student caught in bumbling computer heist

02:51 | 15.02.14

A university student whose effort to steal computers from his college ended with a broken leg has been handed a suspended sentence.

Report suggests â€˜duty of careâ€™ neglected in asylum system

02:51 | 15.02.14

The European Migration Network (EMN) released its report this month on Irish reception facilities for asylum seekers, and it doesn’t make for pleasant reading.

Standing up for rights in Russia

02:50 | 15.02.14

As the Winter Olympics shines a spotlight on Russia, human rights defender Stefania Kulaeva tells Lois Kapila how state oppression won’t prevent her organisation’s work in the country

Migration for an education

02:50 | 15.02.14

Overseas studies are booming, but what’s bringing so many foreign students to Ireland? Meredith Hicks meets some to find out

Dublin man acquitted in Nigerian taxi driver case

02:49 | 15.02.14

A jury has acquitted a Dublin man of manslaughter, two years after he punched a Nigerian taxi driver who later died.

Irish Guide Dogs plans for another record year

02:49 | 15.02.14

Irish Guide Dogs has announced plans to train 240 people across its range of services for the vision impaired in 2014.

File nÃ¡isiÃºnta na Fionlainne - The national poet of Finland

02:48 | 15.02.14

Ar an gcúigiú lá de Mhí Feabhra is gnách le muintir na Fion-lainne lá Runeberg a cheiliúradh. Is é Johan Ludvig Runeberg file náisiúnta na tire. Ach ba le Sualainnis a tógadh é,

FashionForward with Tolu Omoyele

02:47 | 15.02.14

Born and raised in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, today Mario Epanya is a beauty photographer based in Paris and a celebrity throughout France. Epanya is a fashion veteran, having spent so many years working in the industry as a make-up artist, creative

Charles Laffiteau\'s Bigger Picture

02:46 | 15.02.14

Last time I expressed my optimism that positive developments at the end of 2013 between Iran and the US Congress would carry over into this new year. But looking back a year ago, I was similarly optimistic in the wake of President Obama’s 2013 State of

Gravy train for Koreaâ€™s English teachers reaches end of the line

02:45 | 15.02.14

A friend from San Francisco recently admitted to me that his primary reason for returning to South Korea was to “ride the gravy train one last time”.

Recipe by Meredith Hicks

02:45 | 15.02.14

Korean fried anchovies (Myulchi bokkeum)

Book Review by Dalton Cox

02:44 | 15.02.14

The Echo of a Troubled Soul By Joy C Agwu(The Manuscript Publisher)

Book Review by Ifedinma Dimbo

02:43 | 15.02.14

Congo By Thomas Turner(Polity Books)

Dublin paddlers to battle for all-Ireland clubs title

02:43 | 15.02.14

Paddlers across Dublin city and county are bound for the south-east to compete in the first ever Canoeing Ireland Club Championships in April.

Belfast hosts biggest Gaelic games festival

02:42 | 15.02.14

One of Northern Ireland’s biggest sporting events is set to welcome more than 12,000 people to Belfast over the next five weeks.

Give asylum seekers a chance to rebuild lives

02:42 | 15.02.14

A new report on the provision of services to asylum seekers in Ireland has described our reception centres as unsuitable for long-term residence, despite the cost-effectiveness and flexibility the Government claims they offer.

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