emigration

Moygashel fire is bitterly ironic given how central the migrant experience is to Ulster’s history

Seán Moncrieff: ‘No thank you’ is her preferred method of refusal and that’s why she is an effective negotiator

The death of Martin Fallon from Sligo recently sparked a viral post about Archway’s evolving Irish enclave

Laura Kennedy: Most people stay vaguely where they originate unless there’s a powerful external reason to leave

Like the enchanted gift in a fairy tale, a city will change you in ways you can’t predict, and not all of them will be kind

There are bittersweet elements to emigration too, such as re-learning to be Irish, as Laura Kennedy learns

Irish people are among those buried on New York’s Hart Island, final resting place of the unknown, the unclaimed and those who couldn’t afford a ‘proper’ burial

I now see that home is not always a fixed idea you inherit, but one you must participate in creating

Why is there so little talk of Ireland’s role in the foundation of Iceland? If we in Ireland have distant cousins living just below the Arctic Circle, shouldn’t we spend some time getting to know them?

Amid the ongoing harrowing experience of Cork-born Cliona Ward, Irish-American leaders are urging extra caution on people planning on leaving the country temporarily

The figure of 103,080 from the Republic eclipses the figure reached after the Irish economic crash more than a decade ago

Despite full employment, a new survey suggests Irish people are increasingly concerned about the economic outlook

The warmth of the women’s voices is palpable in a thoughtful study that also addresses the darker side of the migrant experience

The writer discusses her first musical, being ‘a particularly bad extra’ and how Ireland, New York, Paris and Canada have influenced her

The Irish identity of people born in Britain, where six million have at least one Irish grandparent, can be complex and personal...

We sometimes seem to be clutching Irish identity in a pinched fist. We struggle to reconcile our long history of migration with a generation locked out of Ireland over housing and growing unease about immigration

The older people looked serious and earnest, or maybe they were sad

The unholy mullet-moustache diptych is a sign that the emigrant experience works both ways

There’s a hint of something in this school of thought. Maybe it’s classism. Maybe it’s jealousy. But it gets at me

A Cork author on the incident that spurred him to leave behind the life he loved to return with his family to Ireland

If you resonate with these words, especially if you literally resonate with them, please don’t tell me

Emigration, home ownership and climate change are among the issues weighing on the minds of Irish twentysomethings

Author turns to new and often-overlooked source material for a fresh examination of the nation before independence

Surveys can give us an idea what they’re worrying about - and it’s everything. A bigger question is how to fix it

Total number of 149,200 represents 5 per cent increase on previous year but includes those who would subsequently have moved on

Nine contributors’ fresh engagement with Lee’s main themes is testament to the ongoing significance of his writing

Former congressman Bruce Morrison says Irish who overstayed holiday visa waivers lose right to a defence if new president takes aggressive approach on illegal immigration

The Emigrant Support Programme spends the money on ‘long-established’ immigration centres in New York, Boston, Seattle, San Diego and San Francisco

The networks of ‘joy and friendship’ helping the older Irish community in London

Those being pummelled by the cost of rent are living through a form of austerity, their take-home wages and disposable incomes decimated

Much of what Irish emigrants prize in Australia can be found in continental Europe. The only thing getting in our way is what’s euphemistically called ‘the language barrier’

Colcester, Florence, Belfast and elsewhere all intermingle in Philip Terry’s version of Dante’s Purgatorio

In their daily lives, Northerners seem more grown-up than Southerners

Diversity makes Ireland stronger, but it is under threat from rising intolerance, from those who say you’re not Irish if you 'don’t have a grandparent who fought for Irish independence'

Like many emigrants, the reality is that I am more invested in Ireland than the country I have moved to

Election profile: Morally conservative party proposes child benefits from fourth month of pregnancy to discourage abortion

What are opponents to voting abroad so afraid of? The explanations of ‘it’s too hard’ or ‘it’s too risky’ feel threadbare and lazy

Teacher supply posing challenges for schools, especially in the greater Dublin area where rents are high

In a word: Immigration, we need it

Tens of thousands of Irish people go abroad every year: many see it as a short-term plan to turbocharge their homebuying prospects