A migrant advocacy group has warned that Irish children are becoming increasingly racist, as figures show almost one in every five cases of racial abuse is perpetrated by under 18s.

The election of Emily O’Reilly as European ombudsman (Irish Examiner) is a fitting tribute to her decade of ensuring fairness, equality and justice here.

YOU can’t help but wonder how much Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester United manager, has really enjoyed his first full week of retirement.

WITH reference to your report headlined ‘Immigrants unable to renew permits over admin blunder’ (February 15), I wish to clarify the situation in relation to eligibility to apply for citizenship in Ireland.

The head of the GAA revealed today he hopes to give racism the red card by changing the organisation’s rule book.

The corporate sector is starting to cash in on new markets created by our growing non-national population.

WE might be perennial under-achievers when it comes to medals, but Ireland is set to strike Olympic gold in monetary terms as a result of yesterday’s decision to award the 2012 Games to London.

On International Migrant's Day, the The Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Migrant's Right Centre are calling for ratification on the UN Migrant Worker's Convention.

A number of leading politicians were among the mourners at the funeral today of former Ulster Unionist leader Harry West.

NORTHERN Irish athletes will be free to represent Ireland at the Athens Olympics if they chose to do so.

ONE of the more surprising features of the newly-released State papers was the eagerness of British Prime Minister Ted Heath to establish a power-sharing executive in the North with an all-Irish dimension.