Abroad

Wild Geese

An Irish emigrant’s letter to Fairytale of New York

By Orla Carlin

Emotional reunions at Dublin Airport: ‘He hasn’t had Christmas at home in seven years’

By Conor Pope

After the Bondi attack: ‘We would love to feel some love from Ireland,’ says Rabbi

By Laura Kennedy

An Irish man in Paris: ‘When you live here it feels like no more your city: a mistress but never a partner’

By Deirdre McQuillan

Ireland has Newgrange’s light show, Mexico has a sky dance – both welcome brighter days

By Yvonne Watterson

Letters home: ‘I could barely afford groceries in Ireland, never mind a mortgage’

By Kate Byrne

Life on a remote Danish island: It is the same as west Cork in many ways

By Cara O'Driscoll

The only way I could afford to come back to Dublin is if the Irish Government hired me for a very specific role

By Brianna Parkins

Letters home: ‘House living isn’t really a thing here. I feel like it’s the opposite in Dublin’

By Kate Byrne

Christmas can be a dissonant experience, like feeling miserable at Disneyland

By Laura Kennedy

Letters home: ‘London can swallow you up. There’s a lot of madness’

By Kate Byrne

Letters home for Christmas: ‘There’s more to your 20s than living in Ireland’

By Kate Byrne

Letters home: ‘Parisians are the Dubs of France, nobody speaks to each other on the metro’

By Kate Byrne

Am I Irish-ish? I’m not not Irish. Being second-generation Irish in Britain is complicated

By Laura McDonagh

Heart or home: Deciding where to settle when your partner is from another country

By Rosanna Cooney

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