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Nigerian boy back with deported mum

Last update: Thursday, August 23, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

A NIGERIAN boy who lived in Ireland for over two years after his mother’s deportation has been reunited with her in Nigeria, Metro Eireann has learned.  

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The class of 2007 are looking to the future

Last update: Thursday, August 23, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

SANDY HAZEL caught up with some excited students receiving their Leaving Cert results last weekIT WAS smiles all round last week as the Leaving Certificate results 2007 were released. St Kevin’s College, Clogher Road, Crumlin, is delighted to be sending their top student to University College Dublin (UCD) next month. 

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Needed: Migrant Millionaires

Last update: Thursday, August 16, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 Integration minister wants migrant entrepreneurs to be role models INTEGRATION Minister Conor Lenihan TD has said that Ireland needs “ethnic entrepreneurs and millionaires” to emerge as role models in their communities.

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Meath festival hits all the right notes

Last update: Thursday, August 16, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 It was a miracle that the rain held off, as families from all communities gathered for fun and dancing at Claremont Stadium in Navan last Saturday for the Meath Intercultural Family Festival.  

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Ukrainian woman to be buried in her homeland

Last update: Thursday, August 16, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 THE BODY of a Ukrainian woman who was found death in a house in south Dublin last week will be repatriated to her homeland, where she has a daughter, Metro Eireann has learned. 

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Lenihan backs gardai on ‘ethnic headgear’

Last update: Thursday, August 16, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

INTEGRATION MINISTER Conor Lenihan appears to be backing Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy’s current stance on not allowing the incorporation of religious dress into the Garda uniform. 

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‘I waited over 30 years for this’

Last update: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 Athlone-based Angolan woman buries parents, decades after they ‘disappeared’ BEATRIZ BAILUNDO sits in her living room in Athlone, Co Westmeath, tears streaming slowly down her face. “I waited over 30 years for this,” she says, as she watches the video playing on her TV screen. 

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Family’s despair over Nigerian teenager’s murder

Last update: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 The family of the Nigerian teenager who was shot dead in his rented accommodation in Dunboyne, Co Meath in the early hours of Friday 2 August, have spoken of their utter devastation at his death, and have criticised the authorities for the way they have handled the incident. 

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Children’s organisation gets phone calls about ‘ritual’ abuse

Last update: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

RITUAL abuse and gang rape have featured prominently in the experiences of young non-Irish callers to the CARI (Children at Risk in Ireland) helpline, according to the children’s organisation. 

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Mbugua selected for equality board

Last update: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

KENYAN woman Salome Mbugua, who was appointed to the board of the Equality Authority by Minister for Equality Sean Power TD last week, knows first-hand how inequality and prejudice can impact on someone’s life. 

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Meath family festival celebrates interculturalism

Last update: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 In a summer full of festivals, it is refreshing to find one that will cater for the family. One such event is the Meath Intercultural Family Festival, which aims to bring together families from all communities for a day of sport, fun, food and culture.  

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NIGERIANS REACT TO ILORI JAIL TERM

Last update: Thursday, August 2, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 The four-year sentence slammed on a Nigerian-Irish lawyer for human trafficking has been broadly welcomed by members of the Nigerian community in Ireland.  

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Ethnic entrepreneurs benefit from London mentoring programme

Last update: Thursday, August 2, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 Aidan Heavey, chief executive of Tullow Oil plc – one of the world’s fastest growing independent oil companies – recently held a two-day exclusive mentoring programme for the finalists of the 2007 permanent tsb Ethnic Entrepreneur of the Year Awards at the company’s London office. 

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Fridges removed as tensions heat up at Cork asylum seeker centre

Last update: Thursday, August 2, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 MANAGEMENT at an asylum seeker centre in Cork are confiscating the personal fridges of residents, to be followed by their TV satellite dishes and children’s toys, as tensions rise at the Kinsale Road Accomm-odation Centre. 

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‘DON’T RUN, YOU’LL ONLY DIE TIRED’

Last update: Thursday, July 26, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

BRITISH SOLDIERS MOCK IRAQI CITIZENS ON THEIR BEBO SITESBRITISH soldiers from Northern Ireland currently serving in Iraq have been using the internet social networking service Bebo to display a host of shocking images in which they abuse Iraqi civilians and appear to mock the hanging of Saddam Hussein, Metro Eireann can exclusively reveal. 

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‘No guarantees’ on turban – Garda chief

Last update: Thursday, July 26, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

GARDA Commissioner Noel Conroy has cast doubt over the possibility of allowing Sikh recruits to wear specially adapted turbans. 

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Corporate Ireland’s top tier ‘shunning non-EU migrants’

Last update: Thursday, July 26, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

 BUREAUCRACY and a lack of cultural receptiveness among business chiefs are affecting the employment opportunities of highly qualified non-EU migrants, a Dublin-based Indian man has said. 

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