Onyejelem is a member of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs-NGO Standing Committee on Human Rights and is a fellow of the Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration.

[2] This particular story led to a national debate in the mainstream media on issues pertaining to cultural integration, religious rights, assimilation, and Irishness.

The newspaper was published fortnightly and featured columns from Ireland-based contributors from around the world, including Nigeria, Somalia, Pakistan, Israel, South Africa, Poland and the United States.

It carried a dedicated Irish language section and strongly promoted minority sports such as women's rugby and martial arts.

But because newspapers are dependent on printers being able to print, distributors being able to deliver copies around the country and shops being open for people to buy or pick up copies of its newspapers, the Irish government's March 2020 national lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out every part of this chain and forced Metro Éireann to cease publishing in April 2020.