‘I seem to spend a lot of time exchanging apologies with friends these days’
This bizarre dance of calendars appears to be the language of modern friendship
Irish abroad
Irish in England in the 1980s: Living with a ‘weird name and strange accent’
Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners speaks of Irish influence of British music
‘Apartments here are very reasonable for what you get, but eating out is expensive’: an Irishman on life in Antwerp
Peter Shaffrey has changed careers and moved cities but is now settled in Belgium
‘Moving home to Ireland was the best thing I ever did, but I’ll always have this love of Denmark’
By selling out and taking on capitalistic values of the UK and US, we’re in danger of selling our birthright
Significant rise in Irish people seeking State help to avoid US deportation
At least 41 sought assistance this year, but the number of Irish deported from US may be significantly higher
‘I was asked if I was a terrorist every day’: The Mayo woman helping expats make a soft landing in the UK
Eimear Maguire and her ex-husband run a successful family law practice in Manchester and Cheshire - ‘We are the poster people for divorce’
‘As an Irish person with an English accent in Ireland, you have to sit there and take it’
The author’s show Am I Irish Yet? explores the experiences of a second-generation London-Irish person trying to fit in in small-town Ireland
Dublin and London changed me in different ways. Australia has shown me things I considered impossible, are possible
Each place we live in marks us indelibly. Dublin made me braver, London gave me significantly more notions. I often consider how Australia may have changed me
‘Things have gone noticeably downhill’: a Dubliner on 30 years living in Germany
Wild Geese: Stephen Hurley, Germany
Laura Kennedy: The Irish immigrant makes two grim discoveries on their first winter in Australia
Laura Kennedy: Australian homes are constructed neither for summer nor winter, but rather accommodate a spirit of personal toughness in the face of a vast, capricious and indomitable natural landscape
Kerry woman who swapped RTÉ for Bordeaux: ‘Their way of life is not just about making money – they work to live and have family time’
Wild Geese: Sinead Harrington’s husband is leading rugby coach Noel McNamara, whose career has taken the family to New Zealand, South Africa and France
The Irish woman reviving ballet in Venice: ‘As a lawyer, ballet became my escape’
Irish barrister Gerardine Connolly has taken a step back from her career to co-found a new ballet company in Venice, which aims to revive the city’s dance past
An Irishman in Madrid: ‘Spanish people are incredibly warm and open but they cannot get to grips with my name’
Daragh Brehony works in arbitration in the Spanish capital
‘Are you staying or going?’: The question all Irish emigrants eventually face
Taoiseach condemns ‘excessive’ changes to student visa requirements in the US
‘Amsterdam is a whole lot easier to get around than Dublin ... You get a much better quality of life here’
Wild Geese: Eoin Blunnie is an orchestral composer who works in e-sports
How the death of an ‘old boy from Ireland’ in London-Irish suburb sparked a misguided viral appeal
The death of Martin Fallon from Sligo recently sparked a viral post about Archway’s evolving Irish enclave
As an Irish person in Australia there is one question I’m always asked
Laura Kennedy: Most people stay vaguely where they originate unless there’s a powerful external reason to leave
A Wicklow woman in Venice: ‘It really feeds the soul to have all that beauty around you’
Wild Geese: Orla McLaughlin, Venice
How should we go about buying a home in Ireland from abroad?
I’m American and we are looking to move to be closer to my wife’s family
An Irishman in Berlin: ‘For Germans, everything is forbidden unless it allowed’
Wild Geese: Property investment specialist and entrepreneur Adrian O’Sullivan lives in Berlin, Germany
Irish people are talented at many things. But we have our shortcomings too
I’ve seen more than one man red as a beet in a GAA jersey, his boiled forehead audibly sizzling under the Australian sun
Irish abroad: ‘One local called me a potato eater . . . ironically, he was eating cheesy fries at the time’
Emigrating is hard and might even attract the odd insult, but it also unlocks an inner strength
The Irish diaspora setting up and running businesses abroad
There are bittersweet elements to emigration too, such as re-learning to be Irish, as Laura Kennedy learns
The New York island that is the final resting place for thousands of Irish emigrants
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
‘We’re an Irish-Canadian-French household. I’m finally getting some return on my Leaving Cert French’
Wild Geese: Ruairí Doyle, Vancouver
Moving to Ireland helped me understand my mother, her peculiarities and weird secrecy
Love in Irish families is more of a doing word than a saying one
Emigration: ‘From a distance, I have relearned how to be Irish’
I now see that home is not always a fixed idea you inherit, but one you must participate in creating
Donegal man to be deported from US following driving charge after more than 15 years in Boston
Man (40) with American-born children has been living undocumented after overstaying visa waiver
From berets to top hats, the Tallaght man who stays motivated by his passion for preserving an ancient craft
Wild Geese: Mark Saunders, Chinon, France
An Irish woman in Peru: ‘I found it easy setting up a business here’
Wild Geese: Eibhlin Cassidy, Cusco, Peru
Naoise Dolan: Moving home to Ireland was an easy decision. Here’s what I’ve learned
Living abroad helped me embrace my heritage and realise just how cultured we are
Irish companies in China: ‘The Irish attitude to letting the hair down can really help’
Irish companies looking to set up shop in China say a budget of €1 million is needed to get going
I have become a person who goes to the gym three times a week. Maybe because I can stop working without guilt at 6pm
It might primarily be a change of location, but moving forces you to re-evaluate the entire landscape of your life
Irish in Australia on why returning home is not an option: ‘It’s lifestyle, it’s opportunity’
Irish expats unimpressed by Government ‘rhetoric’ attempting to lure them home
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