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Emigration

Last month
May 2026
Migration
New US Green Card policy could see Irish people separated from families and losing their jobs
30 May
20.4k
79
Student Loans
Government considering loan write-off scheme for medicine students - if they stay in Ireland
5 May
18.9k
This year
2026
Irish Abroad
Irishwoman living abroad: Like many of my generation, the 'bailout babies', I chose emigration
Sophie Coffey
Updated 28 Apr
15.9k
57
outsourcing the problem
MEP Maria Walsh: Why I’m voting against Europe’s migration ‘return hubs’ policy
Maria Walsh
Updated 25 Mar
15.9k
45
Last year
2025
Emigration
Opinion: I left Ireland for a better life in Paris. Here’s why many young Irish people are considering the same
Mandy Cherie
13 Sep 2025
18.7k
13
Red C Poll
Three in every five adults under 25 are thinking about emigrating
10 Sep 2025
9.7k
94
PodcastThe Explainer
What do new US visa rules mean for Irish travellers?
Emigration
The forgotten ‘Dresden Affair’ - the tragic incident which ended mass Irish emigration to Argentina
Paul O'Donoghue
16 Mar 2025
30.2k
All time
ge2024
Irish emigrants: 'There's not a single thing a government could do to lure me back home'
28 Nov 2024
34.3k
132
The Morning Lead
'I've been waiting for my life to change for 10 years': Readers tell us why they're emigrating
The number of Irish people leaving Ireland has reached its highest point in almost a decade, according to new figures.
30 Aug 2024
37.2k
11
your stories
Why have you emigrated from Ireland in the past year (and do you intend to come back)?
Updated 28 Aug 2024
24.8k
CSO
Highest number of people emigrate from Ireland in almost ten years
Updated 27 Aug 2024
49.7k
160
The Morning Lead
Are young people really being pushed from Ireland's shore? We asked them (and everyone else)
8% of people aged between 18-34 years old have said they are actively planning to emigrate from Ireland.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
13 May 2024
34.1k
58
healthcare workers
New CSO research indicates many emigrating nurses and doctors return
Updated 7 Nov 2023
19.6k
33
CSO
Over 64,000 people emigrated from Ireland in year to April 2023
25 Sep 2023
28.7k
55
Opinion
Bad Bridget: Uncovering the secret lives of Ireland's emigrant women
Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick
30 Jan 2023
12.4k
1
Cost of Living
Poll: Would you consider leaving Ireland due to the high cost of living?
24 Sep 2022
62.0k
61
Out of here
Why we emigrated: Irish healthcare professionals on what pushed them to leave
16 May 2022
41.8k
25
Emigration
44% increase in the number of Irish doctors emigrating to Australia since 2018
31 Jan 2022
40.5k
62
GoodInformation
Open Thread: Tell us about your experience of migration
Updated 14 Sep 2021
15.6k
27
voices
Opinion: I went to Australia to figure out why so many Irish doctors are moving away
Dr Niamh Humphries
2 Jan 2020
57.3k
79
Joseph Tuohy
Funeral takes place in Dublin of Irish emigrant who died alone in London
Updated 27 Sep 2019
44.5k
23
Emigration
New process will make it easier for non-European partners of Irish citizens to work here
19 Aug 2019
58.8k
48
Emigration
More people are returning to Ireland than leaving for the first time since 2009
28 Aug 2018
15.7k
62
Opinion
'Living with your parents in your late 20s isn't not going to kill you but it’s uncomfortable, it’s stifling'
Brigid O'Dea
10 Aug 2018
37.8k
79
Column: 'Some 90 years after my maternal grandparents left Ireland, I am returning'
Matthew Conway
2 Jun 2018
34.3k
20
History
18th century coffin carrier used in workhouses during Irish famine on display
19 May 2018
11.7k
13
column
Irish emigrant: 'I'm more concerned now about the Great Barrier Reef than the Irish summer'
Philip Lynch
1 Apr 2018
785
41
job fairy
Most Irish university graduates are employed in Dublin and Cork
19 Jan 2018
9.4k
24
fear
Dozens of Venezuelans 'stranded in Ireland' as Maduro's government fails to issue new passports
13 Jan 2018
39.3k
69
ché mo laoch
From Patricio Lynch to Che Guevara: The story of the Cuban revolutionary's Irish links
25 Dec 2017
50.0k
70
hangover cure
This Irish woman flew all the way to Vancouver to give her hungover brother a Lucozade
9 Dec 2017
13.0k
13
Emigration
Michael D Higgins says Australian democracy has 'distinctive Irish influence'
10 Oct 2017
7.5k
23
RSCI
'A chronic haemorrhage': Just one in five trainee doctors plan to definitely stay in Ireland to work
26 Sep 2017
22.7k
87
column
Letter from Down Under: 'Our attorney general argued that people have the right to be bigots'
Philip Lynch
7 Jul 2017
5.0k
85
mayo orphan girls
'It was like landing on the moon': Finding the fate of Irish Famine orphans sent to Australia
18 Jun 2017
26.4k
11
Emigration
Famine emigration stories: Corkman who made it to US went to war in exchange for land for his family
4 Jun 2017
20.0k
12
Missing You
An Irish emigrant: 'I knew I wouldn't make it back home in time to say goodbye'
Romy Delaney
3 Jun 2017
1.2k
19
Been so long now
Returning emigrants say car insurance, jobs and finding somewhere to live are the biggest problems
3 May 2017
17.4k
63
verified by visa
'Kiwis first': New Zealand joins Australia in tightening visa rules
19 Apr 2017
20.3k
63
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