A Dante for Ireland: Exile and purgatory reinvented for the dislocated
Colcester, Florence, Belfast and elsewhere all intermingle in Philip Terry’s version of Dante’s Purgatorio
emigration
My Belfast friends can buy a house and start a family more easily than those in Dublin
In their daily lives, Northerners seem more grown-up than Southerners
Dr Umar Al-Qadri: From a violent attack to online abuse, the hatred directed at me has been relentless
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'
Australia offers me a more dignified life than the one I had in Ireland. It’s not unpatriotic to say so
Like many emigrants, the reality is that I am more invested in Ireland than the country I have moved to
‘We’re opposed to ethno-nationalism’: Aontú's Peadar Tóibín on election prospects
Election profile: Morally conservative party proposes child benefits from fourth month of pregnancy to discourage abortion
Many Irish have voted with their feet but can’t vote in the election. The reason is plain
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
More than 4,600 Irish teachers working abroad as schools at home struggle with staff shortages - study
Teacher supply posing challenges for schools, especially in the greater Dublin area where rents are high
How working abroad can make it easier to secure a mortgage back in Ireland
Tens of thousands of Irish people go abroad every year: many see it as a short-term plan to turbocharge their homebuying prospects
‘I refuse to accept the horror that has become the status quo’: what did politicians say when students wrote to them about their lives?
Simon Harris, Micheál Martin, Holly Cairns and others reply to letters from students and recent graduates on the key issues they face today
It was only after moving to Ireland from England that I had deep conversations about emigration
It was only after moving to Ireland that I had deep conversations about emigration with Irish friends who’d moved to England
Moving to Australia: Instagram versus reality
In the News podcast: Brianna Parkins explains the pluses and the pitfalls of making the big move to Oz
Moving to Australia: ‘I would have had a very fixed life in Ireland. I feel very light here’
Despite a high cost of living, young Irish people living and working in Australia praise the social aspect and greater ability to shape their work lives
Immigration to Ireland hits 17-year high as emigration also rises
CSO figures for year to April 2024 show more than 100,000 people immigrated to the Republic of Ireland in three successive years
Leaving Australia: ‘I decided my best option was to move back to Ireland’
Matthew Brady moved to Australia after graduating in 2021, but though the lifestyle and wages were good, visa restrictions made for ‘unstable living’
CSO records ‘strong outward flow’ to Australia with 10,600 people moving there from Ireland
Latest data reveal the highest level of emigration down under from the Republic of Ireland since 2013, with numbers returning decreasing
‘Nobody flees without serious reasons’: Famine walkers urge compassion for today’s refugees
Commemorators began 165km journey in Roscommon retracing odyssey of desperate, evicted tenants in 1847
We must do more to welcome Irish people returning home
Many returning emigrants are highly skilled and hugely valuable for our economy
Facing into my first Australian autumn feels like winding down at the wrong time
I must remember that people do not emigrate to maintain their ‘before’ lives
Moving to Australia has shown me emigration means relationships at home will inevitably degrade
If Irish emigrants are honest, it is fair enough that loved ones at home feel rejected
When I moved back from Amsterdam, it was clear it was to a much emptier Dublin
Is it possible to live out the adventure of your 20s somewhere as familiar as home?
Connectivity key to Ireland’s successful migration story
EU tax on aviation fuel will incentivise airlines to be more environmentally friendly while retaining links with families
‘The England I emigrated to in 2011 would have found the government’s Rwanda policy completely beyond the pale’
An independent Britain was supposed to be off the leash and on the lash – instead Irishman in Hackney Peter Flanagan is watching it veer to the right
‘My partner and I are renting an apartment for the same price we were paying to share with five others in Dublin – and we’re 10 minutes from the beach’
A Meath man in Perth will never take air conditioning or being able to eat your lunch without swallowing some flies for granted, but he loves it there
‘Influencing my decision to emigrate was the fact it was becoming increasingly difficult to manage 12-hour nursing shifts’
I feel there is a half of my heart in Scotland and half in Ireland, says Elaine McGoldrick
My nine-year-old daughter has opportunities in Luxembourg she wouldn’t have in Ireland
Dubliner Darren Gorman thinks being immersed in different cultures and languages at an age when learning is easier is great for his daughter
Shane MacGowan captured what it was to struggle on the margins of a place that didn’t want you
Pogues frontman gave lyrical meaning to the tension of an Ireland that demands a complex present while yearning for a simple past
Dave Hannigan: For the long-term emigrant, a visit home can turn you into a tourist in your own past
For the long-term emigrant, a visit home can turn you into a tourist in your own past
Immigration rose significantly in 2022-23, but emigration grew too
Covid-19 recovery, labour shortages and the Russian invasion of Ukraine were all factors
Laura Kennedy: Choosing to live elsewhere is indeed a rejection of Ireland
Irish people have a complex relationship with our home country - a bit like my relationship with my brother
In Australia, my Irish accent carries less weight than it did in the UK
It is less politicised here, less burdensome to carry. Most people are simply not interested in it. This, it turns out, is far preferable
The Irish journalist who became the ‘most dependable evaluator of military strategy’
Extraordinary Emigrants: Dublin-born journalist James O’Kelly reported from Cuba on an uprising against Spanish colonial rule
‘I had to go to help my mother’: Irish emigrants to Britain step forward with their own stories
Researchers have collated an oral history of the last half century of Irish migration to Britain
Brianna Parkins: I’m the one who sought a life elsewhere, who am I to feel homesick?
It was your decision to leave home, so nobody wants to hear you whinge about how lonely or sad you feel
Share your view: Have you recently made the decision to move back to Ireland?
What are the obstacles to moving back to Ireland for good?
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