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Immigrants and students seeking to study in Ireland have been hit with a 50% increase in the cost of registration with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). A notice has appeared on the GNIB website, announcing that the new registration fee is now EUR150, up…

by Geraldine Fabrikant NEW YORK: Before he retired from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. three years ago, Gary Holloway was cleaning up the remnants of the U.S. savings-and-loan crisis two decades earlier. His problems included selling leaky gas stations in Florida and the Thomas Ranch…

by Keren Rivas For those living in the United States illegally, deportation does not only mean a trip back home. What happens to possessions? What becomes of their children? There are ways for people facing deportation to ensure that their children are taken care of…

Washington, DC- July 8, 2008Today in Washington, DC and 52 cities across the country, including 38 state capitals, a new national campaign is bringing together millions of Americans to demand quality, affordable health care for all. Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is being launched…

by Kate Parmelee In the '60s, Boomers helped change the world. As the first generation of Boomers enters their 60s, will they do it again? National research is showing that as the baby boomer generation ages many want to work, learn and volunteer in ways…

The non-inheritance movement is going global. Original Source Following on the footsteps of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the richest man in Australia has now promised to give away his fortune to charity. Andrew Twiggy Forrest, the iron-ore magnate behind Fortescue Metals, this week said…

Critical chance to intervene early being missed By Fiach Kelly and Edel Kennedy MORE than one in three parents trying to find out if their child is suffering from autism are being forced to wait over a year for a diagnosis. Official HSE figures obtained…

Original Source By ANN GOWANS Neither presidential candidate has spoken about long-term care when discussing plans for reforming our health-care system. It seemingly is not a real issue for them. This is a bit easier to understand, perhaps, from the point of view of the…

Original Source By Dearbhail McDonald, Legal Editor THOUSANDS of foreign wives and husbands of EU citizens based in Ireland who were facing deportation are to gain residency rights here following a landmark European ruling. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) found Irish laws which required…

FOMACS web site Launched in March 2007, The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) is a collaborative public media project, producing film, photographic, digital storytelling, radio, animation and print stories on the topic of immigration and integration in Ireland, with the aim of reaching and…