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Alternatively
Further to the drop in the number of people signing on the live register. “This [graph above] measures numbers between the 3rd quarter of 2011 (when unemployment in absolute numbers was at its...
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Not So Great
Ireland. The Greatest Country in the world in terms of its contribution to humanity. Not so fast, so-called United Nations. James Nolan writes: Our reaction to the economy’s collapse reveals deep...
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‘Heavy With Middle-Age’
Members of youth groups from across Ireland outside Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin in October 2013 In April 2009, the State contained 1.423 million people aged between 15 and 35. In April...
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The Diasporance
Our young. Via The Financial Times: “Irish population aged 20-24 fell 13.2% between 2006 and 2011, bigger decline than in the 1970s…” Ireland’s Exodus of Young Talent (Financial Times – behind...
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The Pat Ex Pat Factor
Derek Mooney and Brenda Donohue USTom writes: I am listening to The Derek Mooney show [RTÉ Radio One] on t’internet from abroad. For the last two days they have been running a competition to send a...
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Getting The Flock Home
David B writes: My mam was poetic with myself, the brother and the sister last night re: us flying home for Christmas from Paris (me), London and Vienna…. Mmf. Children of Lir?
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Home Thoughts From Abroad
Home For Christmas. Mark Holland writes: A beautiful piece about being abroad for Christmas, with some stunning shots of Dublin over Skype interviews with young people who have emigrated. All credit...
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The Toast Of The World
Irish Emigrants toasting Xmas from abroad and urging a vote for expats before the next General Election. An image sharing initiative organised by emigrant lobby group, We’re Coming Back. Toasting...
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Xmiss
Christmas 2014. Messages to and from the diaspora. Clisare writes: I asked people to send me video messages for loved ones they can’t be with for Christmas. Merry Christmas and lots of love to those...
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Are You Homesick?
Respondents were asked ‘How often to you feel ‘homesick’?’. The majority of respondents (58.1%) experience homesickness between the range of several times a week and several times a month…. The...
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The Great Hunger Feed
Follow your forefathers. Phil Lang writes: I created a twitter bot that is tweeting every human being recorded to have arrived at the port of New York during the Irish potato famine – 12/1/1846 –...
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Bring Them Home
Economic refugees. How are ye? Niall McCarthy writes: “Ireland has the highest percentage of people living abroad out of all OECD countries. One out of every six Irish-born people currently resides in...
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The Old Sow That Eats Her Farrow
‘We Were Nor Raised For Export’ A new Sinn Féin General Election video featuring lovely drone footage of Ireland and excerpts from a speech made by Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (top) from Carrigaline, Co...
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Bring Them Home
Free tomorrow? Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Dublin 8. From 11am-2.30pm Renua Ireland has organised a conference entitled ‘Bring Them Home’, which will focus on creating the...
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‘Bad girls’: read @gibneyjfp‘s piece in @IrishTimesBooks on official attitudes to Irish women emigrating to #Britain after #WW2, based on archival material published (and about to be published) in the...
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