Abroad

‘My husband would have been in ICU two days earlier if we had enough petrol’: Irish woman on Sri Lanka fuel crisis

‘My husband would have been in ICU two days earlier if we had enough petrol’: Irish woman on Sri Lanka fuel crisis

By Genevieve Carbery

‘When people think of Spain, they think of the costas, but it’s another world here’

‘When people think of Spain, they think of the costas, but it’s another world here’

By Genevieve Carbery

‘As an Irish person speaking Norwegian, you can sound like a very sick dog’

‘As an Irish person speaking Norwegian, you can sound like a very sick dog’

By Frank Dillon

I live in the ‘most boring’ part of Australia. But a recent violent incident got me thinking

I live in the ‘most boring’ part of Australia. But a recent violent incident got me thinking

By Laura Kennedy

‘I think I’ll go’: She left for a ‘jaunt’ to Australia and didn’t return for 40 years

‘I think I’ll go’: She left for a ‘jaunt’ to Australia and didn’t return for 40 years

By Genevieve Carbery

‘It’s strange to say to Irish people that you miss the bad weather’

‘It’s strange to say to Irish people that you miss the bad weather’

By Frank Dillon

When my first child was born the distance from Ireland became a physical ache

When my first child was born the distance from Ireland became a physical ache

By Nicola Conville

After 35 years in Boston, has my Irishness been flattened out?

After 35 years in Boston, has my Irishness been flattened out?

By Sean Rogers

Grieving abroad: ‘Every Irish emigrant expects and dreads the phone call they know will come’

Grieving abroad: ‘Every Irish emigrant expects and dreads the phone call they know will come’

By Genevieve Carbery

I tell my eyes not to search out daffodils, but the Irish seasons still live inside me

I tell my eyes not to search out daffodils, but the Irish seasons still live inside me

By Laura Kennedy

‘We can’t all live on a small island’: How Ireland pushed my generation to emigrate

‘We can’t all live on a small island’: How Ireland pushed my generation to emigrate

By Margaret O'Donoghue

Going to Prague? Avoid taxis, try the Vietnamese food and other tips from an Irish local

Going to Prague? Avoid taxis, try the Vietnamese food and other tips from an Irish local

By Brian Stewart

Turning plastic waste into design furniture in the heart of Africa

Turning plastic waste into design furniture in the heart of Africa

By Deirdre McQuillan

‘I can’t find any interesting men in Ireland. They are emotionally and sexually conservative’

‘I can’t find any interesting men in Ireland. They are emotionally and sexually conservative’

By Roe McDermott

Why a tiny tropical island treats St Patrick’s Day as a national holiday

Why a tiny tropical island treats St Patrick’s Day as a national holiday

By James Wagner

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