Irish abroad

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

It has only been six months since my return to Australia and yet here the feeling is

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

Wild Geese: Landscape and travel photographer Sibéal Turraoin took a hiking trip to Iceland, decided to stay for the winter and is still there eight years later

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

Wild Geese: Ronan Guilfoyle, Cayman Islands

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

Irish emigrants in Sydney have been taken in by all the social media of Bondi sunrises without realising a lot of travel influencing is a total swizz

Emer McLysaght: Five lessons Dublin can learn from Zurich

Before a work-related trip to Zurich, I received the usual ‘very dear’ warnings. And with good reason

A ‘gentler’ life in Geneva

We hear from an Irish man who helped build Dubai and a couple enjoying their move to Berlin

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

As an Irish person in Australia, you are handed a minor unofficial diplomatic role. I do it gracelessly

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

Housing, quality of life and healthcare in both cities are ‘night and day’, says couple

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

Wild Geese: John Molloy

In Philadelphia Simon Harris celebrates Irish-American story and a ‘very particular case’

Minister for Foreign Affairs says ‘we haven’t given up' on the cause of undocumented Irish in the US

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

Wild Geese: John O’Kelly owns an architectural steel company in Dubai, which is currently building the Ugandan parliament building

UK state pension deadline softened amid last minute rush

Irish people who worked in the UK can purchase up to 17 years of national insurance to cover gaps since 2006 if they apply by April 5th

Patrick Freyne: Here’s what I see when I see Irish people at their best

We are hospitable and irreverent, but also cynical and parochial. When things get difficult, who do we want to be?

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

If you think you’re an expert on all things Irish, you could be in with a chance to win a great prize

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

Peter Flanagan: 'Reminding us to breathe at our desks should not be a workplace perk'

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

I’m forever disappointing people at home with the news that Australia’s capital does have seasons

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

Wild Geese: Sean Moriarty runs Quinta do Lago resort

Irish tourist escapes with minor injuries after paragliding crash in Peru

Video footage shows glider falling to earth on busy Lima road

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

Co Kildare man is enjoying life in Torrevieja, where feeling the sun on his face every morning makes him feel alive

I may very well have ignored the call to home if I hadn’t been robbed at knifepoint in Brazil

A Cork author on the incident that spurred him to leave behind the life he loved to return with his family to Ireland

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