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Inauguration 'will lift' minorities

Monday January 19 2009

THE inauguration of the first African-American to the world's most powerful job will give hope to ethnic communities in all spheres of life, it was claimed yesterday.

Accusations of racism a crude bid to stifle debate

David Quinn Friday August 22 2008

THE left does not advance its agenda so much by argument as by insult, intimidation and smear. It has its S, R, H and F bombs, standing respectively for 'sexist', 'racist', 'homophobe' and 'fundamentalist', which it happily drops on anyone who gets in its way. This week the highly unlikely figure of Brian Hayes, Fine Gael's education spokesman, had the R bomb dropped on him as a result of a rather mild proposal reported in this paper on Tuesday.

FG TD in 'racist' storm on schooling

Wednesday August 20 2008

A Fine Gael frontbencher who sparked a wave of controversy with his call for the "segregation" of immigrant children until they learnt English remained defiant last night.

OK, so now what do we call them

Ian O'Doherty Tuesday November 27 2007

It's that time of the year again, when the mad and cranky folk who are perennially pissed off by what they see and hear on the telly and radio make their little complaints to that utterly pointless quango, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission.

Woman having surgery to miss out on voting

Tuesday May 15 2007

A WOMAN in Dun Laoghaire has been denied her chance to vote on May 24 because she is scheduled to undergo surgery.

Ethnic groups highlight injustice

Tuesday May 30 2006

RACIAL discrimination remains an uphill battle for the majority of immigrants to Ireland, it has been claimed.