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(From left) President Patrick Hillery with Lindsay Armstrong of the New Irish Chamber Orchestra,  as well as Garech Browne and his wife Purna, at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, in May 1982. Photograph: Peter Thursfield/The Irish Times

Lindsay Armstrong’s new book, The Manager’s Tale: New Irish Chamber Orchestra 1970-1980, gives one man’s view of a remarkable achievement in Irish mus(...)

Eric Westphal spent much of November trying to secure an online appointment to renew his visa at the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Bureau office in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

When Eric Westphal’s Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) card expires next month there is a strong chance he will not have received his Irish Res(...)

Foreign nationals say making a visa renewal or registration appointment at the Burgh Quay immigration office in Dublin through the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service website has become near impossible. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

The operators of unregulated websites are earning thousands of euro by block booking appointments on the State’s online visa system. Foreign national(...)

Uighur men arriving before Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of Ramadan, outside the Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, in June 2019. Photograph:  Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

China is ramping up a programme to send cadres to stay in the homes of Xinjiang’s ethnic minorities, a policy the government calls an affectionate cul(...)

A policeman fires a teargas shell during a protest against a new citizenship law at the Seelampur area of New Delhi, India on Tuesday.  Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act has not only triggered violent protests across the country, but also adversely impacted New Delhi’s di(...)

US secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in support of Mesut Özil’s broadside against Beijing, ‘ truth will prevail’.

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Tuesday came out in support of Arsenal player Mesut Özil for his criticism of China’s treatment of ethnic Uighur (...)

Mesut Ozil: Arsenal was quick to distance itself from his comments, posting a statement on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform saying it was his personal opinion. Photograph: EPA/Facundo Arrizabalaga

Stores in China said on Monday they were still selling Arsenal kit even after Mesut Ozil’s Uighur comments in a sign the soccer club may not be as hea(...)

Turkish and Uighur protesters hold pictures of Arsenal’s  Mesut Ozil  during a protest against in Istanbul on Saturday. Photograph: Tolga Bozoglu/EPA

China’s response to a footballer’s tweet about the repression of the Uighur minority shows how acutely sensitive it is to foreign commentary on human (...)

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