Irish abroad

Irishman in New York: Watching Katie Taylor win brought me home and re-connected my Irish soul

In Madison Square Garden, Katie Taylor made Mark O’Toole’s heart burst with pride

An Irish family’s gap year: Next up is Spain and two months at an alternative outdoor school

Fi O’Meara’s family rented out their Cork home and hit the road. Here’s part 2 of their trip

‘What the hell are we doing?’ One Irish family’s gap year to travel the world

Fi O’Meara’s family rented out their Cork home, raided their life savings and hit the road

I expected Canada to be everything Northern Ireland wasn’t. Now I’m not so sure

Patrick McKenna fled the Troubles in the 1970s, but found Canada has its own divisions

Life in the world’s largest open-air prison

An Irishwoman working for the UN in Gaza: ‘I never expected to live in a conflict zone’

We have a quality of life that simply wouldn’t be possible at our age in Ireland

The Irishman who wasn’t ready to go back to Knocklyon after Lyon

From Tipperary to techno: An Irish woman DJ in New York

I keep a very close eye on the Irish techno scene and am very happy to see it is thriving

The protests ended with no violence and not a shot being fired. How Canadian

Secular, multi-cultural with good food and great places to see. Why one Corkman fell for Canada

Will this Irishman’s pension keep up with prices in Spain?

The price of power flashes up on TV screens as Colm Rush feels the pinch in Catalunya

Travelling alone is a challenge - especially as a young woman

A Cork woman promenades in Nice and the azure horizon cleanses her eyes of a zillion hours on Zoom

St Patrick’s Day in Japan: Irish exiles seek out the perfect pub-poured pint

Ciarán Lawler finds himself in a Tokyo bookshop reading Peppa Pig Goes to Ireland

The African American actor Irish audiences loved

New York-born Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge, one of the most celebrated tragedians of his era, performed in theatres across Ireland in the early 19th century

I was afraid to say I was gay. Even at 44, I was afraid what everyone would think

Orla Doherty found sex, drugs and rock’n’roll in San Francisco. She also rediscovered squash

An emigrant Gaeilgeoir dusts off her Irish in the Australian bush

The gaps widened between visits to Ireland. At first I didn’t notice the fading language

Zelinskiy the comedian shows our leaders how it’s done: with courage, empathy, improvisation

It is fitting that Ukraine is led by a Jewish comedian, says Irish comic Peter Flanagan

How to survive a London flatshare

Do not move in with a guy with six snakes who wants to keep dead mice in the freezer. Paula Gahan uses her voice of experience, so you don’t have to

The Irish-born girl flying gliders solo: ‘Going to Mars is my dream’

Irish-born teen Ishitha Arekapudi is flying solo in the US, but wants to go higher

Johnny Cash gave her a daisy and the rest was history

The New York film maker who tumbled upon creativity in the haystacks of Kildare

The Irishmen bringing the breakfast roll to Vancouver

Mark Kearney and Augustine Schwerin are bringing craic to Canada by serving up egg sandwiches

The Irishman who wrote socialist anthem The Red Flag

Jim Connell from Co Meath wrote several socialist songs

Boris Johnson has underestimated the intelligence of the average Brit

An Irish comedian can’t find the funnies in Boris Johnson

Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling and after a year in London that rings true

A Monaghan woman writes a love letter from London

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