Irish abroad

Growing up in the Netherlands with a French mother and an Irish father who worked for the European Space Agency, Damian O’Sullivan was a true European

Wild Geese: Michael Moloney’s career combines science and policy and has brought him to Washington DC

Extraordinary Emigrants: Sr Ignatia recognised that alcoholism was not something to be cured and sought for hospital care to be made more widely available

Jacinta Tobin has lived in California for 20 years and is on Silicon Valley’s list of the top 50 women in tech

As we began house-sitting around Spain, we quickly felt the stress of life left behind in Ireland wither away

Wild Geese: Marion Walsh-Hédouin, Bangkok

In Switzerland visiting friends’ houses requires snow boots and crampons, which are left at the door and swapped for slippers

It was another stop on unexpected journey that began years earlier with call from my wife’s stepmother

Carlow native Isla Gordon stumbled on a new career, and more besides, in the vineyards of New Zealand before settling in France

Irish people abroad share their memories of home, we hear of Ramadan celebrations and we get an insight into European-style living

Ireland is my home, but it doesn't offer any stability

Extraordinary Emigrants: William Bennet Stevenson triumphed in his efforts to rescue the population from starvation

During Ramadan I don’t eat or drink during the day in front of those who are fasting

Alice Reiner, a director at MSD, moved to Switzerland in 2020 with her husband and daughter

It is easy to feel alone in Melbourne, when homesickness arrives at your front door

Wild Geese: Shane Minogue, Auckland

He is fine with the cold now, but Patrick McKenna’s first winter in Canada was a shocker

The Irish population here in Barcelona continues to grow, and there’s a real feeling of community taking hold

Alan Titley is bringing out a new version of the epic story which ‘has gripped the attention of Ireland for centuries long’

Mark Dalton has made Sydney his home — a city that is ideal for his wife and two young children

After 12 years abroad Ciara May Burbridge returned to Ireland. She fits in and she doesn’t, which she says is perfect

Karl Geary’s new novel set in recession-hit Dublin explores a repetitive cycle that constantly lets young people down

Wild Geese: Dr Conor Heneghan, California

Deirdre Scully and Jack Banks are the chair and vice-chair of the only GAA club in the area, the Houston Gaels

Findings highlight belief that it is critical to improve opportunities for young Irish-Americans to study, volunteer and work in Ireland

I travel the world at very little expense – so can you once you like looking after pets

Some 3,000 teachers - at primary and post-primary level - are on career break this academic year

Wild Geese: Eamon Eastwood, Sydney

The top stories this month include a piece about a documentary on the ‘surreal beauty’ of lockdown in New York

We moved to Brussels, where kind Irish friends gave us somewhere to stay. It’s wonderful to see much-needed social change in Ireland

Extraordinary Emigrants: Maureen O’Sullivan was a tenacious British agent. She returned to Ireland in the 1970s, but her time here didn’t end happily

As New York City shut down on March 23rd, 2020, a Bray-born film-maker set out to film the deserted city

‘Ireland is having a moment’: The veteran Irish designer uses images of the capital’s familiar landmarks including Poolbeg chimneys

Official Ireland preaches tolerance and multiculturalism while staying a monoculture and ensuring asylum seekers are sent only to our poorest neighbourhoods

Wild Geese: John Ryan, Sydney

My Swedish husband and I decided to set up the pub in our greenhouse, in the back garden

The dancers soap up hourly in the gay bar’s transparent shower cabin. But the city also has lots of more traditional things to do

My husband and I met in Dublin, then moved to Hungary, his home country. I can give you 10 reasons why we’re staying put

Wild Geese: Patrick Mooney, Vancouver and Phnom Penh

We heard a 16-year-old girl had died after an attack. Then we discovered the victim was Stella Berry. It’s impossible to imagine her family’s grief