Abroad

Wild Geese

‘A US visa is a privilege, not a right’: Irish education applicants must disclose five years of social media profiles

By Kate Byrne and Pat Leahy

‘Amsterdam is a whole lot easier to get around than Dublin ... You get a much better quality of life here’

By Hugh Dooley

How the death of an ‘old boy from Ireland’ in London-Irish suburb sparked a misguided viral appeal

By Mark Paul

Flying to Spain for medical care: ‘The Irish really appreciate the services; they are easy patients’

By Guy Hedgecoe

As an Irish person in Australia there is one question I’m always asked

By Laura Kennedy

A Wicklow woman in Venice: ‘It really feeds the soul to have all that beauty around you’

By Deirdre McQuillan

How should we go about buying a home in Ireland from abroad?

By Ed Carey

An Irishman in Berlin: ‘For Germans, everything is forbidden unless it allowed’

By Frank Dillon

Irish people are talented at many things. But we have our shortcomings too

By Laura Kennedy

Irish abroad: ‘One local called me a potato eater . . . ironically, he was eating cheesy fries at the time’

By Peter Flanagan

The Irish diaspora setting up and running businesses abroad

By Rebecca Daly

‘We’re an Irish-Canadian-French household. I’m finally getting some return on my Leaving Cert French’

By Frank Dillon

Emigration: ‘From a distance, I have relearned how to be Irish’

By Laura Kennedy

From berets to top hats, the Tallaght man who stays motivated by his passion for preserving an ancient craft

By Deirdre McQuillan

An Irish woman in Peru: ‘I found it easy setting up a business here’

By Deirdre McQuillan

I wrote down all my relationships and why they ended: ‘I cheated’, ‘he cheated’

By Brianna Parkins

Irish companies in China: ‘The Irish attitude to letting the hair down can really help’

By Denis Staunton

I have become a person who goes to the gym three times a week. Maybe because I can stop working without guilt at 6pm

By Laura Kennedy

Irish in Australia on why returning home is not an option: ‘It’s lifestyle, it’s opportunity’

By Padraig Collins

The Irish disapora and its role in electing the successor to Pope Francis this week

By Patsy McGarry

Northern Ireland teachers in Qatar: ‘We’re 25 and middle management. A lot of friends at home are still sub teaching’

By Seanín Graham

An Irishwoman in Portugal: ‘Blue skies, bilingual children and a flight home in three hours’

By Frank Dillon

Irish-born Australian residents surpass 100,000 for first time

By Ronan McGreevy

The challenges of moving to another country

By Rebecca Daly

Am I Irish, British, or both? After decades pondering this question, a life-changing journey helped reveal my identity

By Nicholas Mackey

Fewer secrets: less harm - A poetic history of the Irish in Leeds

By Ian Duhig

Yes, smartphone addiction is unhealthy – but so is getting a dumb phone and pretending it’s 2003

By Laura Kennedy

Irish abroad: I really believe in ‘one world, one family’

By Rita Hogan

‘There is so much to do here especially in the summer when there are festivals and open-air cinemas in the Plaza España’

By Deirdre McQuillan

How to move job, move country and find a new social scene

By Margaret E Ward

The Irish man who bought a home in the US after winning $100,000 on NFL fantasy football

By Frank Dillon

This homesickness is not a yearning for return but rather for reconnection

By Laura Kennedy

‘When I come home, I am quite Scandinavian’: The Waterford photographer who took a trip to Iceland and stayed there

By Deirdre McQuillan

An Irishman in Israel: Is it better for my Israeli daughters to grow up in Tel Aviv or Dublin?

By Paul Kearns

Sun and sand of the Cayman Islands proved too powerful a lure for an accountant in cold and wet Cork

By Frank Dillon

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