Irish abroad

The challenges of moving to another country

Brianna Parkins and Laura Kennedy discuss how moving to Australia brings difficulties while we also hear from an Irish tailor in Spain

Work abroad can help boost your Irish state pension

How foreign social insurance contributions are factored into your Irish State pension calculation depends on where you worked

Yes, smartphone addiction is unhealthy – but so is getting a dumb phone and pretending it’s 2003

Going cold turkey creates as many problems as it solves. Plus, it’s not going to work

Irish abroad: I really believe in ‘one world, one family’

‘I have come to appreciate the warmth and humanity that transcends cultural boundaries’ says Irish teacher

‘There is so much to do here especially in the summer when there are festivals and open-air cinemas in the Plaza España’

Wild Geese: Lauren McNicholl moved to Madrid five years ago and is possibly the only Irish woman tailor in Spain

The Irish man who bought a home in the US after winning $100,000 on NFL fantasy football

Wild Geese: Conor O’Driscoll lives in Columbus, Ohio

‘I’m an accidental emigrant. Once you have a child somewhere it’s hard to go back’

Author Anne Tiernan followed a man, her now husband, to New Zealand 20 years ago

This homesickness is not a yearning for return but rather for reconnection

It has only been six months since my return to Australia and yet here the feeling is

‘When I come home, I am quite Scandinavian’: The Waterford photographer who took a trip to Iceland and stayed there

Wild Geese: Landscape and travel photographer Sibéal Turraoin took a hiking trip to Iceland, decided to stay for the winter and is still there eight years later

Sun and sand of the Cayman Islands proved too powerful a lure for an accountant in cold and wet Cork

Wild Geese: Ronan Guilfoyle, Cayman Islands

Moving to another country is hard. You’re not failing if you’re not living up to a filtered social media standard

Irish emigrants in Sydney have been taken in by all the social media of Bondi sunrises without realising a lot of travel influencing is a total swizz

Emer McLysaght: Five lessons Dublin can learn from Zurich

Before a work-related trip to Zurich, I received the usual ‘very dear’ warnings. And with good reason

A ‘gentler’ life in Geneva

We hear from an Irish man who helped build Dubai and a couple enjoying their move to Berlin

I’m a bad ambassador for Ireland, but it’s part of the package when you emigrate

As an Irish person in Australia, you are handed a minor unofficial diplomatic role. I do it gracelessly

Couple ‘couldn’t be happier’ after ditching Dublin for Berlin to buy a home

Housing, quality of life and healthcare in both cities are ‘night and day’, says couple

An Irishman in Geneva. ‘Life here is gentler, but I miss things about Ireland ... fresh air, smiles’

Wild Geese: John Molloy

In Philadelphia Simon Harris celebrates Irish-American story and a ‘very particular case’

Minister for Foreign Affairs says ‘we haven’t given up' on the cause of undocumented Irish in the US

The Irishman who helped build Dubai: ‘The metro was our big break’

Wild Geese: John O’Kelly owns an architectural steel company in Dubai, which is currently building the Ugandan parliament building

UK state pension deadline softened amid last minute rush

Irish people who worked in the UK can purchase up to 17 years of national insurance to cover gaps since 2006 if they apply by April 5th

Patrick Freyne: Here’s what I see when I see Irish people at their best

We are hospitable and irreverent, but also cynical and parochial. When things get difficult, who do we want to be?

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