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Metro Éireann : 19.02.09

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Asylum seeker has write stuff

02:50 | 19.02.09

THE STRESS and mundanity of life in an asylum seeker centre has inspired a Nigerian woman to write a prize-winning short story.

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Intimidation claims at Galway asylum hostel

02:49 | 19.02.09

Some 35 asylum seekers living at a hostel near Galway were in emergency overnight accommodation in Dublin last Thursday after handing in a letter to the Department of Justice.

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Savage cuts devastate Irish and immigrant bus drivers

02:47 | 19.02.09

Dublin Bus is planning to withdraw 120 buses with the loss of 290 jobs – and the most recently recruited will be the first to face the axe. Metro Éireann spoke to two such drivers – one immigrant and one Irish – about their fears for

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Bright spark

02:46 | 19.02.09

Dublin-based inventor Damini Kumar talks to Catherine Reilly about her creative childhood, her role as an ambassador for innovation - and the non-drip teapot that launched her exciting career

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New info leaflet on employment for immigrant grads

02:44 | 19.02.09

EMPLOYERS REMAIN reluctant to take on newly graduated immigrants due to poorly publicised regulations, the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS) has said.

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‘Something rotten’ in mindset of NI border personnel - solicitor

02:43 | 19.02.09

THERE IS “something rotten” in the mentality of Northern Ireland’s border control personnel, a Belfast-based solicitor has claimed.

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WITH THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, CAN YOU AFFORD A HOLIDAY THIS YEAR?

02:42 | 19.02.09

“We don’t normally have a holiday, and when we do we basically stay with the folks, which is minimal cost anyway. But there’s a lot to be looked after now because things are more complicated;we just have to make sure things don’t get

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Charles Laffiteau\'s Republican politics, American style

02:36 | 19.02.09

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

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Basque activist in Dublin visit

02:35 | 19.02.09

A controversial activist visited Dublin last week to raise awareness for the Basque nationalist cause.

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Will the real Denis Naughten stand up?

02:34 | 19.02.09

Fine Gael’s immigration spokesman Denis Naughten has been accused by Integration Minister Conor Lenihan of whipping up anti-immigrant tensions. CATHERINE REILLY meets the Roscommon TD, sans race card...

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‘I believe in the philosophy of freedom’

02:31 | 19.02.09

His name is Yan, and his business is in mind-altering substances. Viktor Posudnevsky meets the Russian owner of one of Dublin’s more unorthodox businesses

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Bridging the information gap for immigrant entrepreneurs

02:26 | 19.02.09

Dublin City Council and Forum Polonia recently gave Polish nationals the opportunity to learn more about setting up and expanding a business in Ireland.

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Business is blossoming

02:25 | 19.02.09

Dagmara and Paulina Kozik tell Anna Paluch about their business, producing floral arrangements for special occasions - especially weddings

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Tekst Message

02:23 | 19.02.09

Of all the questions I have ever been asked by new acquaintances, the two I consider the most boring are ‘Why did you come to Ireland?’ and ‘Why did you decide to learn Irish?’ When I say that I’m from Poland, there is little follow-up

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Slumdog with a script

02:22 | 19.02.09

It’s a hit at the box office, but emigrant Indians are among Slumdog Millionaire’s most vocal critics. PRIYA RAJSEKAR gives her take on a film that’s dividing opinion both at home and abroad.

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Double celebration for Ireland’s Lithuanians

02:19 | 19.02.09

Last weekend Lithuanians in Ireland took part in festivities for their annual day of independence. The next one is due – in just three weeks, writes Viktor Posudnevsky

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‘Luach maith ar airgead na gcáiní-ocóirí i gceist le hOtharcharranna Pobail IRC na hÉireann’ - Ó Cuív

02:17 | 19.02.09

Dúirt Éamon Ó Cuív TD, an tAire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, ag seoladh trí otharcharr pobail de chuid Chumann Croise Deirge na hÉireann i nGaillimh um thráthnóna, go gcabhraíonn

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In a year marking many historic milesones, our Irish columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin wonders if we’ve really moved forward...

02:16 | 19.02.09

It seems that 2009 is a year of anniversaries. It’s the 200th anniversary of the birth of famous evolutionary scientist Charles Darwin. It’s also the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Islamic revolution, and 20 years have passed since the fall of the

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