The Minister for Equality, Integration and Human Rights, Mary White TD, today, January 18th, chaired a meeting of the Inter-Departmental Group on Integration. The meeting was convened to discuss the output of the inaugural meetings of the Ministerial Council on Integration. Representatives from nine Departments/offices were present at the meeting. Commenting on the meeting, Minister […]
Cinema North West warmly invites you to the New Roots film festival in the Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim. The festival will be launched by Hans Wieland who moved to the North West of Ireland with his family in 1985 and established Neantóg Farmhouse Cheeses. He has been a teacher and worker at The […]
Migrant Writers Association Ireland (MWAI) in association with the MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict programme of the School of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin is organising a meeting to discuss MWAI’s inauguration Date: Monday, 31 January, 2011 Time: 6pm – 7:30pm Venue: Swift Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin To confirm your attendance, please contact: […]
Information note on the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – upcoming examination of Ireland. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its State parties. Under […]
The Migrant Writers Association Ireland (MWAI) is a new highly professional not- for-profit network bringing together both established and budding migrant writers in Ireland to provide another voice to contemporary Irish literary landscape. The association provides a forum for migrant writers to articulate their experiences by encouraging high-rate creative productions in a positive and dynamic […]
Lord Mayor’s Award Who should get the Lord Mayor’s Award this year? Since 1989 the Lord Mayor’s Awards have honoured individuals and groups who have made a special contribution to Dublin and its citizens either at a local or city wide level. These Awards are Dublin city’s way of acknowledging and congratulating the extraordinary work […]
The Minister for Equality, Integration and Human Rights, Mary White, has today announced details of a new migrant media internship programme for local or regional newspapers which is to be funded by the Office of the Minister for Integration. The new programme will see the Office of the Minister for Integration fund two six month […]
Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys: The Novel and the Grail. For the first time in Ireland an illustrated public lecture by author, Patrick Quigley, on this life-changing work, will be held in the Irish Polish Society, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 on Monday, November, 22nd @ 7.30 pm. Wine will be served with time […]
New poverty figures show that government is prioritizing the needs of the vulnerable during economic crisis Minister of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Pat Carey, T.D. welcomed the publication today (25/11/10) of the 2009 Survey on Income and Living Conditions by the Central Statistics Office. The Minister said that these results are the first indication […]
The Garda Racial and Intercultural Office will be holding its annual consultation process this year on Tuesday 7th December 2010 in Farmleigh House and Estate, Phoenix Park. This years event will be opened by the Garda Commissioner, Fachtna Murphy. You and your organisation have been identified as being of great value and support within the […]
