Irish abroad

‘A great way of seeing a new city is to become embroiled in its bureaucracy’

I work in climate change, so preparing irrefutable evidence of the facts, expecting swift action and being constantly disappointed is my bread and butter

‘A haon, a dó, a trois’: How a tiny French village fell in love with Irish dancing

There’s a corner of Préty, in eastern rural France, that seems it will be forever Ireland as local residents gather every week for a jig or two

‘Last time I tried to park a car in Dublin, I couldn’t get over it’

Wild Geese: Progression with BNY and frequent travelling to the US led Alan Flanagan and his family to move to New Jersey in 2016

Irishwoman in El Salvador: I’m 60 and moved halfway around the world. Everything is different

Life in El Salvador: ‘I’ve climbed a volcano and used Bitcoin. I live with the roar of motorbikes and ire-filled preachers’

My mother’s blanket has travelled the world with me, along with her thoughts and dreams

She was a very good knitter, and wool was once not only a way to inflict emotional pain on the young of Ireland, but a necessity wrought by the exigencies of the times

Crafting jewellery in a country where it is considered rude to show your wealth

Wild Geese: Michael O'Dwyer, Stockholm

Ballrooms of romance: ‘I wasn’t the greatest dancer but when we danced together it was like it was meant to be’

Before dating apps, in Ireland and for the Irish diaspora in Britain, many’s the courtship that played out to the rhythm of a dance hall

If you worked in the UK there is an opportunity to boost your pension

Deadline looms on UK offer to buy back up to 17 years of national insurance contributions to qualify for or improve your UK state pension

The word ‘now’ is a weapon that Irish people wield as needed. But Australians use it differently

Like us, Australians sometimes talk in a way that is a few feet to the left or right of what they are literally saying

I’ve worked in 60 countries – here is what people have said to me about Ireland

Belgian colleagues kindly explained the basics of how modern societies work; I adhered to a rule of never engaging Americans on Irish politics

An Irish jockey in Australia: ‘The longer you stay, the harder it becomes to go home’

Wild Geese: Johnny Allen, Australia

A Kildare man in London: ‘The British view colonisation like their parents’ sex life – they know it happened, but prefer not to know details'

In the England I live in, I cling on to my Irishness more tightly than I might otherwise

Irish in Oxford: ‘I felt alienated from the very start’

We hear from an Irish man who moved to Singapore in his 50s and a Cork photographer in Copenhagen

The voice note is anathema to the values that uphold Irishness as we know it

Yet it is a crucial component of the Irish emigrant toolkit. It’s so cheering to hear my niece tell me, scandalised, that her baby brother farted in the bath

An Irishman at Oxford: It was an education in being an outsider. I felt alienated from the very start

The good, the bad and the ugly parts of studying English through Irish eyes at Oxford

Irishman in Singapore: I wondered if I was foolish to emigrate in my 50s. But I feel more alive than ever

Irish professionals are highly regarded in Singapore. And I had not realised that experience, and the wisdom that comes with it, is highly valued in Asian culture

‘Rome is a fantastic city to live in, but it’s very complicated. It’s a mess of a place. Madrid is clean. Everything works’

Wild Geese: Barry Haughian works for Ukrainian telco Intellias in the Spanish capital

Somebody broke in and stole our Christmas gifts – but I felt a sense of gratitude

Even as we picked our mostly valueless property up, I marvelled at the fact that in Canberra, unlike in Dublin, you get storage as standard. Lots of it

An Irish flight attendant’s top travel tips on how to avoid stress on your next trip

New year, new adventures, same old lack of preparation? Here are my five simple yet effective tricks that can transform your travel experience from chaotic to calm

‘I landed in Addis Ababa for a challenge that blended my love of running with a commitment to those in need’

In the 40th anniversary year of Live Aid, New York-based Bray man Mark O’Toole explains what motivated him to do the Great Ethiopian Run

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