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Testimony: A poem for my daughter on her departure
  • January 17, 2013, 10:32

As the cardboard boxes stood in the hall and the packing process was underway, Margaret O’Donnell was inspired to write a poem reflecting on her daughter’s life and her departure for London in search of work as an architect.

Emigrant Christmases: ‘Skype was broken. But actually I was relieved’
  • December 28, 2012, 17:09

‘Christmas outside, in a summer dress’… Five Irish emigrants around the world share their experiences of how they celebrated with Ciara Kenny

The time of year when home seems very far away
  • December 21, 2012, 08:37

CIARA KENNY found out how the Irish abroad will spend Christmas this year

Irish emigrants in London experience culture shock, report finds
  • October 30, 2012, 21:40

New Irish arrivals in London experience culture shock and anxiety, a major new report by the London Irish Centre and the Federation of Irish Societies has found.

‘The longer people stay away, the less likely they are to return’
  • September 28, 2012, 15:20

The exodus has had a life-changing effect on those leaving, but also on those left behind, writes CIARA KENNY

‘One thought kept recurring. My mother might be dying, and I’m not there’
  • August 15, 2012, 01:00

She had to spell it out to me. I was sitting in a staffroom in London, Skyping my mother on borrowed Wifi, while she sat pulled over in her car in the west of Ireland telling me she had cancer, writes Padraig Moran.

Migrants to Britain unaware of welfare rights
  • August 14, 2012, 08:52

Vulnerable Irish emigrants to Britain are at increased risk of becoming destitute because of a lack of awareness regarding entitlements to welfare support once they leave Ireland, according to a new report by Crosscare Migrant Project.

Will we be able to come back?
  • August 13, 2012, 17:24

As we form relationships abroad, move up the career ladder and think about buying property, we are increasingly becoming at home in the countries we live in, but many of us still plan to return to Ireland eventually. The question is will we be able to when the time comes, asks Fiona Sneyd.