Abroad

Wild Geese

Heart or home: Deciding where to settle when your partner is from another country

By Rosanna Cooney

Irish-born mayor of a German town: ‘I like the bureaucracy here. Things are planned’

By Genevieve Carbery

My mother dragged me under protest aged 10 to see Seamus Heaney read, but the impact stayed

By Hugo Harvey

When the plane’s wheels screech down on the Dublin tarmac, I exhale a deep sigh of relief

By Molly Muldoon

‘Nobody had heard of Ireland, it was amazing. I had to explain it was beside England’

By Genevieve Carbery

Social media ban: Irish parents in Australia - what is your experience?

Why are British social media influencers in dark snugs seeking perfect pints of Guinness?

By Will Keena

The Christmas tree looks like the sort you slowly slide down a wall beside to have a cry

By Laura Kennedy

I’m far from home, but the similarities between Ireland and Mexico are many

By Orlagh McCarron

Have your say: Are you a recent graduate thinking of emigrating?

Ireland’s graduates: ‘Everyone I know is thinking of moving abroad or has gone’

By Arlene Harris

World Cup playoffs in Prague: Avoid €800 flights with insider tips from an Irish local

By Cóilín O’Connor

Opportunity beckons in east Africa says Kildare woman based there for 20 years

By Michelle Jackson

Roger Casement joins Castro’s rainbow honour walk in San Francisco

By Yvonne Judge

Each emigrant story we’ve published started as a coy and bashful act of bravery

By Genevieve Carbery

I miss Ireland’s wildness and divilment, but after 20 years away, I know it’s not for me

By Edele Nolan

Irish pubs around the world: ‘The most random was a cottage inside a Jakarta shopping centre’

By Genevieve Carbery

Industrial designer brings a hankering for a sustainable lifestyle to New York

By Frank Dillon

Living with bush fires: I might have left it too late, the fire is here ... get out now

By Ray Farrell

My ‘neutral’ accent is now just another foreign voice from a country far away

By Laura Kennedy

‘A firm walk and strong wind shift our mood’: health habits from other European countries worth adopting

By Sarah Phillips

Seán Moncrieff: Visiting from France, my daughter found Ireland hard to love

By Seán Moncrieff

Irish winemaker in Catalonia: ‘It’s like milking in Roscommon, but it’s 18 degrees today’

By Genevieve Carbery

‘Why’s an Irish girl working in an Asian restaurant and not a pub?’

By Genevieve Carbery

Bataclan attacks: I was an Irish 13-year-old in Paris and had sneaked out to a party

By Hugo Harvey

Yoke, eejit, yer man: Can my expat drama group bring Irish culture to Slovakia?

By Oscar Brophy

Irish emigration has changed. Now it’s claiming my friends in their 40s

By Rachel O'Dwyer

An Irish digital nomad in Lisbon: I question what we’re doing here

By Leanne Brady

‘It’s a rare opportunity’: Students share advice for study abroad in Europe

By Kate Byrne

A Galway man in Dubai: ‘You would always be cautious not to step out of line but I’ve no regrets’

By Frank Dillon

Do Europe’s must-see Christmas markets live up to the hype? Tell us your experience

By Genevieve Carbery

From snake bites to moth colonies: There’s shocking intensity to Australia’s natural world

By Laura Kennedy

‘I know I won’t stay in Vancouver forever. But I’ll return different’

By Doireann Ní Shiochrú

Jarlath Regan: I worked my tail off to bring my son home to experience school in Ireland

My Sydney commute taught me the absent emigrant feeling – belonging

By Genevieve Carbery

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