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Sat 01 Jan 2009Goodbye all over again
The ESRI are estimating that 50,000 people will emigrate from Ireland this year. Here are some options for those considering the big move.
DURING THE 1980s, when Ireland was in the throes of a dreadful recession and high unemployment, the then minister for foreign affairs (the late Brian Lenihan), famously observed: "We can't all live on a small island." People left in droves. But back then, the world was a very different place and Irish emigrants were spoilt for choice and opportunity.
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