Abroad

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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

Moving to another country is hard. You’re not failing if you’re not living up to a filtered social media standard

By Brianna Parkins

A ‘gentler’ life in Geneva

By Rebecca Daly

I’m a bad ambassador for Ireland, but it’s part of the package when you emigrate

By Laura Kennedy

Couple ‘couldn’t be happier’ after ditching Dublin for Berlin to buy a home

By Niamh Towey

The experience of Irish Britons: ‘If you’re English and Irish at the same time like I am, it’s a bit of a problem’

By Mark Paul

An Irishman in Geneva. ‘Life here is gentler, but I miss things about Ireland ... fresh air, smiles’

By Olive Keogh

Immigration ‘makes the United States what it is’, Boston-Irish audience told

By Mark Hennessy

The Irishman who helped build Dubai: ‘The metro was our big break’

By Olive Keogh

St Patrick’s Day Quiz 2025: 50 questions to test your Irishology

By Eoin Butler

An Irishman abroad: ‘I’ve meditated in Bosnian mosques, Thai temples and Ukrainian Orthodox churches’

By Peter Flanagan

Autumn in Australia: I wonder if you ever get used to it?

By Laura Kennedy

‘Half the city is without power’: Readers in Australia share their storm experiences

By Conor Pope

‘The Portuguese are very like the Irish in many ways’: the Tipperary man in charge of Denis O’Brien’s luxury Algarve resort

By Frank Dillon

Ex-Cyclone Alfred: Are you Irish and living near Brisbane? Tell us your story

Irish tourist escapes with minor injuries after paragliding crash in Peru

An Irishman in Spain: ‘Salaries are much lower here, but my mental health is far better’

By Scott McCormack

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