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Generation Emigration

The Irish Times forum by and for Irish citizens abroad

Monthly Archives: June 2012

Liz Hoare thumb ‘You can’t keep Dublin people down’

Friends and family couldn’t believe I was moving from Birmingham to Dublin, but since we arrived here we’ve found work, made new friends and been touched by the optimism all around us, says Liz Hoare.

bike thumb Competition: Why you love where you live

The Irish Times are inviting the Irish abroad to share the reasons they love where they live, no matter where in the world they are. The winner will receive a €500 airline voucher.

The House thumb News of the week
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  • June 28, 2012, 12:05

Renting property, Tom Murphy plays, ‘moronic’ comments by TDs and chandeliers in the window of the Áras: this week’s round-up of emigration-related stories from irishtimes.com.

surfer thumb Have your say: how has the climate abroad changed your lifestyle?

Do you lead a more active life because of the climate where you live now? Do you ski, surf, swim or sail regularly? Are you glad to be away from damp and dreary Ireland or do you miss the rain?

1.Outback thumb County Bondi

I deliberately avoided Sydney during my first year in Australia, but living among all the other Irish in Bondi now gives me a lot of what I missed of Irish life from home, writes Ciara Flynn.

phone thumb When you get ‘that’ call

When you emigrate there’s always the worry that something bad may happen at home while you’re away, writes Patrick McKenna. What will you do, if “that” call comes?

Construction NY thumb No job. No papers. No going home

Most new immigrants to the US plan to stay on illegally. But getting a job without documents is an uphill struggle, and the prospect of never being able to travel home is a harsh price to pay, writes Ciara Kenny.

Auckland thumb Explore the great indoors

New Zealand may not attract as many Irish as its Aussie neighbour, but its more temperate climate, stunning scenery and lower cost of living make it an attractive option for young people and families, writes Ciara Kenny.

Home Fragoli The importance of ‘home’: to stay or go?

VIDEO: The Fregoli Theatre Company interviewed people on the streets of Galway and Dublin to find out what “home” means to Irish people, and whether they would consider making a new home for themselves abroad.

DrunkIrish Have your say: Do the Irish abroad live up to their drunken stereotype?

Irish in New Zealand have been angered by reports blaming Irish fans for disorderly behaviour at the match between Ireland and NZ last Saturday. As an Irish person living abroad, do you think we live up to our drunken stereotype?

Failte A cracked and cigarette-stained fáilte

On a recent trip back to Dublin from my home in London, I had the opportunity to view Ireland as a tourist would. The sight wasn’t pretty, writes Conn MacGabhann.

Micheál (far left), as carpenter, mid 1980's. New York Growing up in Ireland gave me tools to thrive anywhere in the world

Distance and separation have been painful at times, but spending time in places as diverse as Germany, Turkey, Egypt and the US has taught me always to look at life from alternative perspectives, writes Micheál Dowling in New York.

Merkel banner thumb The difference between the Germans and the Irish

Ireland champions eejits, eccentricity and mediocrity, while Germany values accountablility and responsibility above all else. We’d all be better off if the two could learn from each other, writes Kate Katharina Ferguson in Berlin.

Rugby fan Construction workers in Christchurch gear up for second test match

VIDEO: Irish construction workers in Christchurch interviewed by 3 News in New Zealand ahead of tomorrow’s second test match between Ireland and the All Blacks.

Somadrone Gigs and jobs and rock’n'roll

Making music and working in New York is all well and good, but I would take home and Dublin’s independent music scene any day of the week says Neil O’Connor.

Moving-Lives_thumb Moving Lives: short film explores Irish migration

VIDEO: Mairéad McClean’s short film presents the lived experience of Irish migration from multiple vantage points, with an introduction by Dr Johanne Devlin Trew of the University of Ulster.

House thumb What does your family home mean to you?

As part of their current production of Tom Murphy’s The House, the Abbey Theatre is exploring the meaning of home by inviting people to send in a picture of the house they grew up in. Let us know what your family home means to you.

RWC Welly Fi & James thumb Test matches spread cheer among Irish in New Zealand

The Irish rugby team take on the All Blacks in Christchurch for their second test match this Saturday. Fiona Walsh of the Christchurch Irish Society explains how excitement has taken hold of Irish fans across New Zealand.

Luke Kenny thumb Sharing grief across the world

Losing a loved one is especially hard when you’re so far away from home, but there are ways to share grief with those there and elsewhere, writes Luke Kenny.

ul_students thumb ‘What lies ahead for us is uncertain’

This year’s journalism class at the University of Limerick began their course in 2008. Now, as they prepare to graduate, the students explain their plans for the future, and whether they will emigrate or remain at home.

Vancouver Irish Supporters Club thumb Support systems for those abroad

Thousands of Irish emigrants will watch the national team play Croatia on Sunday no matter what time it is in their part of the world. CIARA KENNY found out where they will be watching the games, and what supporting Ireland means to them.

The House thumb Hashtag Homesick: Our House

In a programme note for Tom Murphy’s The House, which opens in the Abbey Theatre tonight, Irish author Belinda McKeon reflects on modern day emigration and homecoming, and how the play’s themes connect 1950s Ireland with the present.

Catholicism Now thumb Have your say: has living abroad influenced your faith or religious practices?

Do you attend Mass or other organised religious ceremony or service where you live? If you were a regular Mass goer in Ireland, is it possible to attend as often now? Has your faith changed in any way since you moved?

Moving to London thumb Moving to London guide produced with help from the Amy Winehouse Foundation

London Irish Centre and Amy Winehouse Foundation publish online guide to housing, employment and welfare assistance in London, as part of a bigger project to assist young Irish arrivals in the city.

Masterplan - Final Artists Impression thumb Irish Diaspora Centre appoints creative director

What do you think of plans for the €50m Irish International Diaspora Centre in Dun Laoghaire? How could the current wave of emigrants be represented?

fiona thumb Losing the dream in the Big Smoke

I thought I would be living the dream when I moved to London, but I am still unemployed and relying on an allowance from my mother while I search for a job, despite having a BA and MA, writes Fiona Ní Mháille.

NIamh thumb From an office job in the IFSC, to clearing bombs in Zaire

When I was a girl, I never imagined I would be living in the Congo, racing through the jungle and helping villages to clear bombs and grenades from their land, says Niamh O’Sullivan.