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  • Brazilian thoughts turn to home

    Brazillian men waiting at Gort square, hoping to get work. In less than a decade, Gort has established itself as a hub for Ireland's Brazilians, who make up around one-third of the town's population. Now, with immigration policies changing and the economy slowing, many Brazilians are choosing repatriation - but can Gort survive without them, asks Ruadhán Mac Cormaic , Migration Correspondent p

  • The tearing of the Green

    Green machines: the plans for the proposed Metro North station require the temporary removal of the landmark Fusiliers' Arch from the northwestern corner of St Stephen's Green. Plans for the Metro North line entail excavating a large section of St Stephen's Green at huge cost. But some are questioning the wisdom of using the Green as a transport hub, and worry that the work will forever alter the character of the park. Frank McDonald Environment Editor reports p

  • It's eight in the morning and there's nowhere left to go

    Noel Murphy in the Windjammer. "It's only the mature people who drink here," he says. New legislation will ban the opening of early houses, traditionally frequented by dock workers and people finishing their night shifts. But, say the publicans and their regulars, early houses pose no public order threat, and still provide a valuable service to shift workers. Fiona McCann reports p
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  • France still in thrall to the rebel spirit of May '68

    Rebel yell: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, one of the leaders of the student movement, speaking at the united demonstration in Paris in May 1968. Forty years after the protests of 1968, most French people say they would have been on the side of the students and strikers - but the legacy of the student revolution is still the subject of lively debate Lara Marlowe Paris Correspondent reports p

  • Lifting the lid on an unsolved 'dirty war' atrocity

    Fr Kevin O'Neill in 4 de Julio A documentary about the massacre of five churchmen in 1970s Buenos Aires is also the story of an Irish community under pressure. Now its makers are bringing the film to Maynooth. Tom Hennigan reports p

  • Bring your birthday suit

    Bottoms up: Spencer Tunick at work Artist Spencer Tunick is looking for 500 Irish people to pose naked for a large-scale photo shoot, and there's been a stampede to strip off. Have we lost our national modesty? Róisín Ingle reports p

  • Hopelessly lost in Lisbon

    PRESENT TENSE: EVERY ONCE IN a while an issue comes along that is of great importance to the State and its citizens, which must be discussed openly and about which the people will ultimately have their say. p

  • Has he got news for you

    PROFILE BORIS JOHNSON: The Tory MP and TV presenter has been classed as a clown, but he could be a serious contender in the race for Mayor of London. And his party leader, David Cameron, would certainly be pleased with that outcome, writes Frank Millar p

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