Written by Roos Demol

My Horrible Experience of Meeting a Social Welfare Inspector in Ireland.

Of course, I do understand why an inspection could be necessary, especially since I noticed that in the social welfare office and the community office every document you produce is considered to be fake, and everything you say is considered a lie, even my birth certificate was looked at with suspicion. ( I had to point out to the lady in the SWO that ‘September’ in Dutch means ‘September’ in English. I keep forgetting that Anglophones find understanding other languages very difficult).

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Ibrahim, a Syrian Refugee.

Ibrahim is a Syrian refugee, he escaped his country in 2012, and has now been living in Ireland for 5 months. Ibrahim is preparing for a one act play in ‘No Borders’, a series of plays, poetry and musical acts in support of Island to Island, a charity run by Carmel Nic Airt, on Lesbos, […]

Written by Roos Demol

I am Roos Demol, living in Ireland since 1998. I started a radio rogramme on Irish Radio International, called The New Rebels, where I invite new Irish to the studio to share their stories with us. They can be artists, musicians, or just people with a good story to tell. This is a blog about […]

Written by Roos Demol

THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN AFRICA

African women have lived a life of submission and servitude for decades. Like their peers in other continents they have endured playing second fiddle to their male counterparts. Their role has alwa… Source: THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN AFRICA

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Christian and Lucky talk about Direct provision, what social workers can do for asylum seekers, and the questions they’d like to ask politicians

Christian is from Congo-Brazaville,he has been asylum seeker in Ireland since 2012. Lucky is a South African, he was living in direct provision for the last 4 years and has now been moved to Dublin. I interviewed them during me The New Rebels show on Irish Radio International, with Irish elections in mind and also […]

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Single, middle aged, female and foreign

Single, middle aged, female and foreign This must be the worst combination one can imagine. I have been singled by my husband nearly 4 years ago. And it’s been a roller coaster. From the shock of the separation to the disastrous reaction of my children through to total loneliness and despair, passing by some moments of […]