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Metro Éireann : 18.06.09

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Forced labour is a fact of life in Ireland, says MRCI

13:05 | 18.06.09

MODERN-DAY slavery is happening in restaurants and households across Ireland, a migrant support group has warned.

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African games centre comes to Dundalk

13:05 | 18.06.09

JOHNNO and Seán play pool, while Ade and Olujimi contest a Nigerian board came called opon ayo – in the same recreation club.

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Some food for thought in Dublin’s ‘Chinatown’

13:05 | 18.06.09

KATRIN SCHMIDT goes in search of scandal after hearing that Dublin’s Chinese eateries charge more for English-speaking customers. But she soon learns an unexpected truth...

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No easy answers

13:04 | 18.06.09

The poor performance of immigrant politicians in the recent elections has led to suggestions of growing anti-foreigner feeling in Ireland. But could the main reasons be far less sinister? CATHERINE REILLY reports

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Anti-immigration politician is ‘unlikely to continue’

13:03 | 18.06.09

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

13:03 | 18.06.09

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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Chinese staples in Dublin’s fair city

13:02 | 18.06.09

Xian Ming Liu of The Manna Chinese Restaurant on Parnell Street - Dublin’s ‘Chinatown’ - talks to KATRIN SCHMIDT about producing tasty food at fair prices

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A taste to savour

13:02 | 18.06.09

Katrin Schmidt attends the fourth annual Taste of Dublin festival, an event that brings a whole world of culinary delights to the heart of the capital

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Charles Laffiteau\'s Bigger Picture

13:01 | 18.06.09

Based on most news reports, people want to pin the blame for the global recession either on greedy US bankers, risky sub-prime mortgage lending practices, a lack of government regulations, or some combination of the three. But I view these as mere symptoms rather

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Getting to know Narun

13:01 | 18.06.09

With the Songkran festival quickly fading to a blurry memory, I had two weeks to kill in southeast Asia before I was due to arrive in Australia as an immigrant. Naturally money was tight, which made my next destination – probably the only liveable country

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Kalam’s vision for India

12:57 | 18.06.09

Tentatively at first, then confidently, one after the other, the audience at Trinity College’s front square intoned the hymn on the virtues of righteousness, unable to deny the youthful enthusiasm of India’s former president, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

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New Polish weekend schools for Co Galway

12:56 | 18.06.09

Weekend classes for Polish children have begun at Claddagh National School in Galway, amid fears that youngsters don’t know enough about their parental country.

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Tekstmessage

12:56 | 18.06.09

Later this year Microsoft will launch the new Windows 7 – bringing the curtain down on the much-maligned Windows Vista, released just two-and-a-half years ago. Short in name, short in lifespan.

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College places for kids of emigrants

12:56 | 18.06.09

UP TO 100 subsidised places at Lithuanian universities and colleges are being specifically reserved for teens of Lithuanian descent, the country’s Ministry of Education and Science has stated.

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Japanese Sanbaizu Dressing

12:55 | 18.06.09

‘Umami’ might sound like the name of cartoon character, but it is in fact one of the five basic tastes, along with sweet, salty, bitter and sour.

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Roddy Doyle\'s Local Chapter 8: The Count

12:54 | 18.06.09

Chidimma Agu (FF) took real pleasure in the sight of her face at the top of the ballot paper. She showed it to Kelechi and Anuli.

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A desperate need for equal status

12:53 | 18.06.09

The need to integrate members of the Travelling community in Ireland was highlighted again last week at the annual general meeting of the Irish Traveller Movement (ITM).

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IHF warns against door-to-door donations

12:53 | 18.06.09

The Irish Heart Foundation wishes to tell all readers, donors and friends, that our charity has no connection to an organisation calling door-to-door for donations known as the Irish Heart Research Institute or Heart Research Institute.

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