Irish in London

Is it easier and cheaper to find a place to live in cities around the world than it is in Ireland? We’d like to hear from you

Meet the Irish people struggling to make ends meet in the British capital during the cost-of-living crisis

Irish in London: The stereotyping isn’t welcome, but living in such a diverse city gives you the freedom to be yourself, say Brian Gillespie and Kate Gleeson

A friend was so alarmed by our windowless basement that he threatened to alert the authorities. Now all of Britain seems to be living in a pit of despair

Oliver, from Co Donegal, is a policeman in London, where most people assume he’s ‘a Protestant from Northern Ireland and not a Catholic from the South’

Warnings of the worst UK recession in a century and the threat of further Tory cuts to state spending and benefits has left London’s older Irish community fearful about the months ahead

I’ve been religious all my life, but Fr Seán Sheehy’s homily was like nothing I’ve heard in all my years going to Mass

Orla Gartland, Sinead O’Brien, Kean Kavanagh, Ailbhe Reddy and Tom Coll on what it’s like for Irish artists to live in the UK capital

Corinna Hardgrave: In Stratford, the Mayo man Patrick Powell is cooking precise, delicious food that could be his best yet

This Twickenham gem’s previous owners had done much of the heavy lifting, but the subsequent renovation still took 12 years to complete

Fully integrated into a multicultural metropolis, they’re also proud of their heritage. And that includes the Guinness, Ballygowan, Club Orange and Tayto

Irish in London: Ronan McGreevy picks some of his favourite Irish monuments and locations dotted around the UK capital

It is fashionable to see Britain as a waning world power, but the draw of London, for the Irish in particular, remains strong

Irish in London: From getting a National Insurance number to sending children to school and playing GAA, know what’s involved before making your big move