Irish-born mayor of a German town: ‘I like the bureaucracy here. Things are planned’
‘There is a melodic tone to the way I pronounce words which can give away that I’m not German,’ says Michelle Wittler
‘Nobody had heard of Ireland, it was amazing. I had to explain it was beside England’
Patricia Lyons in Dominican Republic: ‘Ireland was stifling. I knew instinctively there was another life out there for me’
Each emigrant story we’ve published started as a coy and bashful act of bravery
Abroad newsletter: Dormant nostalgia can arise unexpectedly in December
Irish pubs around the world: ‘The most random was a cottage inside a Jakarta shopping centre’
Meet the Kerryman on a quest to visit every Irish pub outside Ireland: Colm Dalton already has 150 pubs in 50 countries under his belt
Irish winemaker in Catalonia: ‘It’s like milking in Roscommon, but it’s 18 degrees today’
Ireland is a key market for Tom Gallagher’s Tomish wines: ‘Irish people support Irish who go out and do something different’
‘Why’s an Irish girl working in an Asian restaurant and not a pub?’
Irish abroad: What’s your favourite food in your corner of the world?
Do Europe’s must-see Christmas markets live up to the hype? Tell us your experience
Limerick Mayor John Moran postponed the city’s Christmas market because proposals ‘were developed too late’
My Sydney commute taught me the absent emigrant feeling – belonging
Irish abroad, share your stories: From favourite foods to social interactions
Irish abroad: We want to hear your stories of life outside Ireland
Whether you have lived in another country for one year or 40 years, we’d like to share your perspective
Smiling UK cashiers and baby-patting Italians: Do small interactions lift your day?
Talk about the weather: Tell us what the small social interactions are like where you live
Irish overseas on the presidential election: ‘I follow Irish news, I’m proud of being Irish. Why can’t I vote?’
Irish Times readers outside the State share their views on being excluded from voting in the presidential election
Should Irish citizens abroad have right to vote in presidential elections? Have your say
Presidential election: What does the office mean to people living outside State?
Among the many crises, housing is the unresolved constant
‘Whoever is buying the houses is driving up their prices, so who could it be?’ writes David McWilliams
Driving my Tesla in Ireland sometimes feels like wearing a red Maga hat
Musk-shame made me pause the day I completed my Tesla purchase. But any negativity I’ve felt since then is not based on genuine reaction to my car - it has more to do with my skewed social media bubble
Disturbing your silence is my job but I want to make a little room for peace
We are surrounded by ways to pull us out of our inner life, to keep our thoughts shallow and feelings not fully explored