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Kenyans party on Jamhuri Day

Last update: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 20:46 | By: Catherine Reilly

UP TO 150 Kenyans were in a party mood in Dublin on Saturday night to celebrate their independence day.

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Minaret ban is bad for Europe

Last update: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 20:38 | © Metro Éireann

The minaret is a distinctive architectural feature of the mosque. Minarets are generally tall spires with conical crowns, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure.

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Olympic medal winner Sutherland dead at 27

Last update: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 02:51 | © Metro Éireann

TRIBUTES HAVE been paid to Olympic bronze medallist Darren Sutherland, who was found dead in tragic circumstances at his London home on Monday.

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Two lands, same page

Last update: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:46 | By: Katrin Schmidt

Although hemispheres apart on the globe, Ireland and South Africa are closer in spirit than one might expect, as Katrin Schmidt discovers

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Anti-immigration politician is ‘unlikely to continue’

Last update: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 13:03 | By: Catherine Reilly

THE IMMIGRATION Control Platform’s sole candidate in the recent local elections is unlikely to contest any future polls.

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The New Irish

Last update: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 13:03 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Our Irish columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin on the fate of Le Clem, a grand symbol of western imperialism and the exploitation of the developing world...

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Not one for the ‘Irish way’

Last update: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 12:23 | By: Ronit Lentin

Last week I attended the humanist funeral of David Marcus, Ireland’s foremost literary editor, who supported scores of writers by publishing their short stories, novels and poems through his work as literary editor at the Irish Press and editor of more than 30 volumes of Irish short stories.

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Govt urged to regularise undocumented Nigerians

Last update: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 12:07 | By: Chinedu Onyejelem

The Nigerian Ambassador to Ireland has urged the Government to introduce measures to enable thousands of illegal and undocumented Nigerians to regularise their residency, Metro Éireann has learned.

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World cinema shines at Cannes

Last update: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 12:05 | © Metro Éireann

Séamas McSwiney takes a look at some of the global offerings at this year’s 62nd Cannes Film Festival

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Downturn is a challenge for ethnic entrepreneurs

Last update: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 00:43 | © Metro Éireann

The current economic climate poses a significant problem for ethnic entrepreneurs in Ireland, with access to finance and support to keep their businesses viable among the core issues of concern.

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Former ANC activist to contest Dublin elections

Last update: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 18:58 | By: Catherine Reilly

HE DEFIED South Africa’s apartheid regime – but that doesn’t mean Patrick Maphoso expects Dublin politics to be a walk in the park.

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Asylum life caught on camera

Last update: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 18:56 | By: Emilia Marchelewska

This month is a good one for Vukašin Nedeljković. His baby will be born at the end of March, and his work will be presented at one of the most pre-eminent visual art shows in Ireland, Limerick’s ev+a exhibition.

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Ethnic women are ‘more vulnerable to violence’ - report

Last update: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 18:23 | © Metro Éireann

WOMEN OF ethnic minority backgrounds are more vulnerable to gender-based violence than the general female population, a new report from the Women’s Health Council has found.

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Our Irish columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin on what the crisis in Guadeloupe means for race relations in France...

Last update: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 17:30 | © Metro Éireann

When Barack Obama was elected US President over a month ago, the French satirical journal Le canard enchaîné published a picture of the new leader with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy. The famous slogan of the former, ‘Yes we can’, was pithily juxtaposed with Sarkozy’s rhyming imitation ‘Yes je crâne!’ (Yes I boast!).

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Charles Laffiteau's Republican politics, American style

Last update: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 02:36 | By: Charles Laffiteau

Some of what I’m about to discuss here may have already been rendered obsolete based on whatever actions the US Congress has or hasn’t taken on President Obama’s economic stimulus package. But the topic still bears discussion, seeing as it is a very important piece of legislation.

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Equality watchdog’s ethnic member Mbugua ‘undecided’ on position

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:47 | By: Denise O’Riordan

AN ETHNIC MINORITY member of the Equality Authority’s board has said she won’t resign “just because everyone else is resigning”.

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Ireland’s immigrants ‘most affected’ by bike collisions, says cycling campaigner

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:46 | By: Catherine Reilly

MIGRANT cyclists disproportionately feature in serious injury and fatality stats, a leading cycling campaigner has suggested.

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Meet the opposition: Morgan Tsvangirai

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:40 | By: Anna Paluch

Morgan Tsvangirai once said that Robert Mugabe reminded him of his own father – a stubborn old man. In a way, Tsvangirai’s relationship with Mugabe is similar to that of a strict father and a rebellious son. It started with Tsvangirai adoring Mugabe to the point of saying he would die for him, and ended with an open revolt and becoming Mugabe’s most bitter rival.

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