About 10% of people moving to Ireland in year to April 2024 were seeking international protection, research finds
Total number of 149,200 represents 5 per cent increase on previous year but includes those who would subsequently have moved on
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A Tract for Our Times: A Retrospective on Joe Lee’s Ireland 1912–1985: Reappraisal of a historic classic
Nine contributors’ fresh engagement with Lee’s main themes is testament to the ongoing significance of his writing
Undocumented Irish still fighting for legal status in US as Donald Trump promises new crackdown
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
How much does the Government spend supporting Irish emigrants in the US?
The Emigrant Support Programme spends the money on ‘long-established’ immigration centres in New York, Boston, Seattle, San Diego and San Francisco
Older Irish people in London: ‘It is so important to have something to get people out of the house. It breaks down the loneliness’
The networks of ‘joy and friendship’ helping the older Irish community in London
Emigration to Australia is at its highest level for a decade. We need to ask why
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 Europe, but lazy logic gets in the way
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’
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
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
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