Abroad

Roman Abramovich had significant investments in Ireland before sanctions

Laura Kennedy: Choosing to live elsewhere is indeed a rejection of Ireland

By Laura Kennedy

From Ireland to Italy: Trying to do a ‘big shop’ in the local supermarket was when we really noticed the differences

By Claudia Smith

‘I peruse the shelves in my O’Neill’s shorts hoping the locals view me as Angers’ answer to Paul Mescal’

By Sarah McKenna Barry

In Australia, my Irish accent carries less weight than it did in the UK

By Laura Kennedy

The Irish journalist who became the ‘most dependable evaluator of military strategy’

By Catherine Healy

What you need to know about moving to Britain

‘Cayman has been a great place to live, but my closest friends would still be Irish’

By Frank Dillon

‘I had to go to help my mother’: Irish emigrants to Britain step forward with their own stories

‘We know how dangerous the world is, we are women’

By Lauren Foley

Avocados cost only about €1 in Australia and yet young people here cannot afford to buy houses either

By Laura Kennedy

‘People said I was obsessed with the Troubles. It was like telling a fish they were obsessed with the ocean’

By Louise Davidson

‘Austin is known for being the blueberry in the tomato soup of Texas’

‘Irish people have a magnetic appeal to one another outside Ireland’

‘I lost my job, said goodbye to a 16-year relationship and found my golden ticket to a new life abroad’

By Louise Toal

‘You fit into Limerick – it won’t change for you. Nor should it’

By Laura Kennedy

‘Māori are not entirely unlike the Irish in terms of sense of humour and ties to the land, family, song and culture’

A Dubliner in Israel: ‘I don’t want to leave,’ my friend’s mother said. ‘But I can’t go through another war’

By Pauline Carney

‘The doctor sewed me back up in Ireland, but Sweden put me back together’

By Grace O’Malley

‘I was surprised to discover it is easier to be Irish in Australia than it is in Britain’

By Laura Kennedy

As Irish people, we are a truly social tribe and therein lies our strength at home and abroad

By Veronica Cunningham

The Irish woman recruiting chief executives for South African firms

By Frank Dillon

The insult Plastic Paddy has been reclaimed by the diaspora who are proud to be Irish

By Annie Driver

Emigrating is an exercise in unfamiliarity and discomfort. I don’t intend to go looking for Irish people just yet

By Laura Kennedy

‘Hello, I see you have children. I also have children. Do you want to hang out?’

By Aisling Marron

The seven things I have learned since moving to Amsterdam

By Patrick Moynihan

‘Coming from a farming background you have an entrepreneurial spirit within you’

Brianna Parkins: I’m the one who sought a life elsewhere, who am I to feel homesick?

By Brianna Parkins

‘The isolation of Australia hit me when my son was born ...the loneliness engulfed me’

By Lynsey Patterson

Laura Kennedy: I didn’t expect to move to Australia. I have no idea what I’m doing

By Laura Kennedy

My mam’s letters might say, ‘Hold on, there’s someone at the door’

By Rosaleen Perry

Irish background a ‘distinct advantage’ in high-profile international arbitration role

By Ellen O’Regan

Irish Times Abroad newsletter: How we spot our fellow Irish abroad before they even open their mouths

‘People seem intrigued by an Irish couple leaving beautiful Ireland and starting afresh in foreign climes’

By Jennifer Simpson

Share your view: Have you recently made the decision to move back to Ireland?

By Damian Cullen

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Tributes paid to Irishman (24) who died days after moving to Australia

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No bedroom and €2,000 a month: Why cost-rental is an alternative to private market

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‘The most disadvantaged neighbourhood in Ireland’: The Dublin street providing housing for many of the city’s homeless

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Loss of income would put almost half of voters off a united Ireland

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Former flagship of Ireland’s Naval Service to be sent abroad and taken apart for scrap

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