Emigration
# emigration - Monday 23 January, 2012
# emigration - Friday 20 January, 2012
Noonan on emigration comments: ‘I am being quoted out of context’
The Finance Minister’s comments that emigration was in some cases “a lifestyle choice” have been heavily criticised by opposition parties.
# emigration - Thursday 19 January, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Noonan’s emigration comments branded ‘a disgrace’ by opposition
Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has said that Michael Noonan’s comments earlier today were “deeply insulting”.
Noonan: Young emigrants ‘not driven away by unemployment’
The Finance Minister Michael Noonan said that emigration in most young people’s cases is being driven by “a desire to see another part of the world and live there.”
# emigration - Saturday 14 January, 2012
This house could be yours for under €500
Property owner in Westmeath turns tables by asking people to pay €50 apiece to sumbit bid – the lowest unique bid wins.
# emigration - Monday 9 January, 2012
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…
Agency reports surge in Australian visa applications before rules change
A visa support services company says the number of Irish people applying for permanent residency visas is still rising.
Poll: Do you see a future for yourself in Ireland?
A new survey has found that four in ten believe there is no future for them in Ireland but do you see a future for yourself in this country?
Four in ten see ‘no future for themselves’ in Ireland – survey
More than half of households are now struggling to pay basic bills, according to new figures from the Irish League of Credit Unions.
# emigration - Sunday 1 January, 2012
All we want for 2012 (and what we won’t miss from 2011)
TheJournal.ie’s writers have each picked one thing that they are glad to see the back of – and one thing they are looking forward to this year.
Read Me: The year’s best opinion pieces from TheJournal.ie
Thought-provoking, moving, controversial: Our pick of the top ten Read Mes from 2011.
# emigration - Tuesday 27 December, 2011
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# emigration - Saturday 24 December, 2011
Open thread: Spending Christmas abroad? Leave a message for your family and friends
Share your thoughts on spending Christmas abroad and send festive greetings to the folks back home.
# emigration - Friday 23 December, 2011
GALLERY: Coming home for Christmas
Family and friends greet loved ones ahead of Christmas (warning:the sentimental among you *may* cry…)
# emigration - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
New law could allow 10,000 Irish a year work in America
A US Senator is proposing a bill today which would grant work visas to thousands of Irish people every year.
# emigration - Sunday 11 December, 2011
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# emigration - Thursday 17 November, 2011
Column: I love you, Ireland, but you’re bringing me down
Living abroad, you see the scale of the recession – but not just how apathetic Irish people have become, writes Alice Burke.
# emigration - Friday 11 November, 2011
Cork to get its ‘own passport’ under plan from FG councillor
The idea has been floated by a Fine Gael councillor in Cork to celebrate the heritage of the rebel county – but the reaction from non-Corkonians has been less than positive…
# emigration - Wednesday 9 November, 2011
Slideshow: Eerie photographs of Ireland’s abandoned houses
Photographer David Creedon explored homes left empty by death or emigration, to take these haunting images.
# emigration - Friday 4 November, 2011
Australian minister says Irish ‘salivating’ at thought of working in Oz
Peter Collier, Western Australia’s Workforce Minister, wants to see thousands of visas given to unemployed Irish people willing to emigrate.
# emigration - Thursday 27 October, 2011
Column: ‘People who learn foreign languages have the choice to stay in Ireland’
In Ireland’s export economy, languages are a direct route to jobs. So why aren’t we teaching them, asks Fergal Browne.
# emigration - Wednesday 26 October, 2011
What was in the news in Dublin 100 years ago?
Mixed marriages, women in trousers, and a plague of birds… Here’s what was dominating the headlines in 1911.
# emigration - Monday 10 October, 2011
Majority of Irish people believe recent emigrants are gone for good
Poll reveals those surveyed in Munster are most pessimistic about a return date for those who have left Ireland.
# emigration - Thursday 6 October, 2011
Column: I’m running for the Polish elections… from Ireland
Dublin-dweller Sebastian Widel is hoping Ireland’s Polish community will elect him to parliament in Warsaw. Here he explains why all emigrants should be able to vote…
# emigration - Wednesday 5 October, 2011
Unemployment rate drops slightly in September 2011
While rate appears to be stablising, the proportion of those on the Live Register long-term has increased.
# emigration - Sunday 2 October, 2011
The Daily Fix: Sunday
In this evening’s fix: the latest from the presidential campaign trail and the Sinn Féin/Fine Gael war of words, 700 arrested in New York, and an early Halloween fright…
Column: ‘It was a difficult decision, but Ireland is turning toxic’
Last Thursday, 21-year-old Conor Keane emigrated to a new life in Chicago. Here he writes about what made him leave.
# emigration - Saturday 1 October, 2011
Australia touted as jobseekers head to Working Abroad Expo
One company has said it is seeking candidates for 500 vacancies Down Under, at today’s event in Dublin.
# emigration - Tuesday 27 September, 2011
Celebrities and business leaders will mass for second Global Irish Forum
Former US president Bill Clinton, economist David McWilliams and actor Gabriel Byrne are among those attending the event next month.
# emigration - Wednesday 21 September, 2011
Column: ‘I can’t keep on waiting for things to get better’
Roofer Garry Murphy, 53, is planning to take his family and join the earthquake reconstruction effort in New Zealand. Here he explains why.
# emigration - Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Three thousand Irish sought for Christchurch earthquake rebuild
One-third of the 25,000 workers needed in New Zealand could come from Ireland and the UK, a visa firm has said.
# emigration - Thursday 15 September, 2011
110 Irish people emigrating every day – CSO
The Central Statistics Office says it expects 40,200 Irish people to emigrate this year – while newer EU citizens are also leaving.
Poll: Would you consider emigrating?
Stark figures from the CSO finds that the number of Irish citizens emigrating is still rising sharply – is emigration an option you have considered in the last 12 months?
# emigration - Thursday 8 September, 2011
Poll: Should Irish people living abroad be able to vote for the presidency?
Michael D Higgins has suggested that people who emigrate should keep their voting rights. What do you think?
Column: Emigrated? Well, good luck coming home again…
Sinead Moran came back to Ireland from Australia – and met a wall of hostile bureaucracy. She writes about her experiences.
# emigration - Tuesday 6 September, 2011
Column: ‘Poland is probably where Ireland was 20 years ago’
For years, Polish construction workers came to Ireland – now the Irish are going the other way. Garrett Doyle is one of them.
# emigration - Saturday 20 August, 2011
Column: ‘We train indoors, unless it clashes with a kids’ birthday party’
As Ireland’s young people emigrate, GAA clubs are springing up in unlikely locations – and becoming centres for a unique community, writes Philip O’Connor from Sweden.
# emigration - Wednesday 27 July, 2011
Column: We Irish are addicted to ‘recession porn’
We all love complaining about bad news – but we need to devote that energy to improving things instead, writes Ed Fidgeon-Kavanagh.
# emigration - Monday 18 July, 2011
Nearly half of all households paying bills late each month
Disposable income index shows that half of Irish people don’t feel able to save regularly – and increasing numbers of working adults are left without spare cash after essentials paid for.
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Noonan under fire from bishops after emigration comments
Emigration no longer a ‘lifestyle choice’, one cleric said – adding many people are being forced to leave Ireland.
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