Monday 7 April to Friday 11 April, 10am-12pm, RTÉ Radio 1
With the influx of Polish workers to Western Europe, including Ireland, Poland now finds itself short of labour, particularly as it builds up to Euro 2012. Hear more about the issue from builders here and developers in Poland. And throughout the week, Spectrum’s Zbyszek Zalinski reports on the Polish in Ireland. Also, a debate on Islam and the West.

7 April, 9pm: In Concert – European Sounds
Peter Browne presents a highlighted folk music journey in Europe with recordings sent to RTÉ Radio by the European Broadcasting Union.

Monday 7 April to Friday 11 April, 9am-10am, RTÉ Radio 1
The Tubridy Show spends Intercultural Week in Clonakilty in west Cork, a region that has seen immigration in the 1970s and 1980s as well as today. Ryan meets people from both generations to hear how the spectacular scenery and freedom to explore alternative lifestyles brought the first immigrants, while more recent arrivals have come in search of work.

13 April, RTÉ Radio 1, 8.02pm
RTÉ Radio presents a comical play about multicultural Ireland that looks at place and identity in our capital’s changing cityscape. Gavin Corbett’s play, which was developed by RTÉ through an actors’ workshop, features Nigerian, Congolese, Polish and Irish voices.

Rhythms of Life on RTÉ Radio 1
features the sounds of multicultural Ireland in a short series of four programmes. On Thursday 10 April at 9.02pm, we’re in ‘Little Brazil’ – Gort, Co Galway - to hear music and conversation for the local Brazilian community. In the two weeks following, hear the Rhythms of Life of the Polish and Chinese communities.

From Sunday 6 to Thursday 10 April, 10.30pm – 1am on RTÉ Lyric FM,
Carl Corcoran is joined by Rachel Blech for a nightly excursion through music down the centuries, jazz, classical, trad, world, secular and sacred. During Intercultural & Anti-Racism Week, Rachel Blech interviews immigrants from Brazil, Lebanon, Poland and Kurdistan to find out how they are getting on with their lives in Ireland and to share with us the music that ‘brings them back home’.