In today’s discussion we want to know where, how and with who you watched Katie Taylor’s victory yesterday. Did it make you proud to be Irish?
Does hosting folks from home make you homesick or give you a newfound appreciation for your home abroad? We want to hear about your experiences.
Attending every Olympic event or renting out your flat and abandoning the city? We want to know what the Irish in London are doing for the Olympics.
Spending a summer abroad is by no means the same as emigrating, but it does give students and young people a taste for other countries and cultures, and could help them generate ideas about where they would like to live …
Do you lead a more active life because of the climate where you live now? Do you ski, surf, swim or sail regularly? Are you glad to be away from damp and dreary Ireland or do you miss the rain?
Irish in New Zealand have been angered by reports blaming Irish fans for disorderly behaviour at the match between Ireland and NZ last Saturday. As an Irish person living abroad, do you think we live up to our drunken stereotype?
As part of their current production of Tom Murphy’s The House, the Abbey Theatre is exploring the meaning of home by inviting people to send in a picture of the house they grew up in. Let us know what your family home means to you.
Do you attend Mass or other organised religious ceremony or service where you live? If you were a regular Mass goer in Ireland, is it possible to attend as often now? Has your faith changed in any way since you moved?