‘We knew that Ireland had a housing problem, but we did not know the extent of it before we came’
Daria Bilyk and her husband Nikita moved to Ireland from Russia in 2021
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‘It’s a sign’: How a HSE campaign about HIV brought a Brazilian man back to Dublin
Phellipe Lutterbeck had been diagnosed with the virus in 2021 after returning to Brazil
‘I feel like I have not emigrated to Ireland. I feel like I’m coming home’
New To The Parish: Emily O’Sullivan (52) moved from Canada to Dublin last year
‘I could sense that there were some similarities between Mexico and Ireland’
Cristina Santoyo moved to Dublin after curiosity with Irish culture was sparked by studying Roger Casement and a stint at a GAA club
‘We had to learn that Irish people refuse tea three times when they come to your house’
Award-winning author Jen Thorp says Ireland ‘is one of the great countries for people doing literary work in English’
‘It was so cold in Ireland, I thought, oh my God, I don’t think I’ll survive this’
Dorcas Mafuva and her husband Lloyd have seen radical changes in Dublin since they moved from Zimbabwe in 2001
‘I’ve got friends and connections in this country that I never believed I would have had’
When a job interview in Italy fell through, Clark Brydon moved from England to Ireland to sing with a choir
‘My family and friends said, if you can stay in Europe, stay in Europe’
An old colleague approached Kimberly Osborne, an American then living in Germany, and asked her to help with a Kennedy Summer School in New Ross. She now lives in Blackrock
‘Ireland was not the continental Europe that I was fantasising about’
Xinlan Li moved from China to Ireland in 2022 to study at UCD
‘I tell all my Irish friends that Ireland is the Brazil of Europe’
Stephanie Marques moved to Dublin from São Paulo
From ‘the wettest place on Earth’ to Limerick: ‘I had to learn to say sorry when I’m not sorry’
Initially thinking she would be in Ireland for only a few months, it was how happy her children seemed to be here that convinced her to stay
Move to Waterford from Budapest followed school curriculum changes in Hungary
Marton Bisztrai says school curriculum changes in Hungary prompted him to leave his homeland
‘People in Ireland are very calm for me. In Chile people are very fiery’
When deciding to leave South America, Victoria Esperanza googled Irish cities and chose Cork. ‘I just felt it. I know it sounds ridiculous’
From Italy to Dublin: ‘I feel I’m part of Ireland’s culture. I’m contributing to Ireland’
In 2021, Corrado Grappiolo was very keen to live in Ireland again, but a lot about Dublin had changed in the years since he first lived in the city
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