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Night of music a great start to Europe’s week against racism

Last update: 10:57 | 11.03.10

THREE-FLOORS OF music in central Dublin will kick off European Week Against Racism in Ireland with a bang and a beat.

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UN video contest on diversity

Last update: 10:54 | 11.03.10

The United Nations is launching a new youth video contest to explore the themes of migration, diversity and identity.

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Migration policies ‘must treat women as equals’

Last update: 10:54 | 11.03.10

Migration policies must offer equal opportunities to reduce women’s vulnerability to exploitation, said the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) ahead of International Women’s Day last Monday 8 March.

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I Go Dye no-shows Dublin comedy night

Last update: 10:53 | 11.03.10

AFRICAN COMEDY fans in Dublin were left bitterly disappointed last weekend when a famous Nigerian funny-man failed to perform at a comedy event as billed.

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Nigerians join Dundalk’s St Patrick’s parade

Last update: 10:53 | 11.03.10

NIGERIANS IN Dundalk are set to participate in the town’s St Patrick’s Day parade for the very first time.

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There's more we can do for Timor-Leste

Last update: 10:48 | 11.03.10

Aside from meeting Ireland’s leaders and receiving an honorary degree from UCD, the state visit by President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste last Monday 8 March provided a special opportunity to thank the Irish people for their contributions

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Fine Gael ‘delusional’ in supporting hunt lobby

Last update: 10:48 | 11.03.10

In an act of sheer political opportunism, Fine Gael is fluttering its political eyelashes at Ireland’s animal abuse community.

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Conviction shows corruption in developing world

Last update: 10:47 | 11.03.10

Recently, Mozambique’s former transport minister Antonio Munguambe was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his part in the embezzlement of US$1.7m (€1.25m) from state funds.

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Fingerprinting 'makes us feel like criminals'

Last update: 10:56 | 03.03.10

IMMIGRANTS FEEL “like criminals” when renewing their immigration status, it has been claimed.

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Regulation of employment agencies ‘too little, too late’

Last update: 10:55 | 03.03.10

MOVES TO regulate employment agencies represent “too little, too late”, according to Labour’s Joe Costello TD.

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Soccer clubs rewarded for integration efforts

Last update: 10:44 | 03.03.10

The Minister for Integration has called for the “important” work of sport in the area to continue.

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Everyone must help in ending poverty

Last update: 10:43 | 03.03.10

The Government’s plan to promote the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion was the focus at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs.

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A pattern that’s all too familiar across Africa

Last update: 10:42 | 03.03.10

In 2005, then president Mamadou Tandja scoffed at the very suggestion that there was widespread famine in Niger, even while international aid agencies like Goal were fanning out across his country, delivering food and medical assistance to tens of thousands

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IHF campaign for better stroke services in Ireland

Last update: 10:41 | 03.03.10

The Irish Heart Foundation has launched a campaign to secure better services for the 10,000 people who have a stroke in this country each year.

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Chinese restaurant will return, owners assure

Last update: 11:36 | 25.02.10

A WELL-KNOWN Dublin Chinese restaurant which fell victim to the recession hopes to “re-open in the near future”.

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No continuous gas flaring in Uganda, says Tullow Oil

Last update: 11:35 | 25.02.10

AN IRISH-FOUNDED oil company says it will not conduct “continuous gas flaring” in Uganda. The company reacted to comments from Labour MEP for Ireland East, Nessa Childers, who expressed concern that Tullow Oil’s production contract with

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Visa approval rates for Asian visitors are high, says minister

Last update: 11:34 | 25.02.10

VISA APPROVAL rates for visitors from India and China are high, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has contended.

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Recruitment drive for Ireland’s Rapid Response Corps

Last update: 11:32 | 25.02.10

Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power TD last week launched a recruitment drive for the Irish Aid Rapid Response Corps (RRC). The RRC is a roster of skilled and experienced volunteers available to deploy at short notice to humanitarian

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