Tag Archives: Emigration

theresalwaysone(Sarah Maria Griffin at the Gutter Bookshop,Temple Bar,  Dublin last night)

It’s not what it first appears.

Eoin Purcell writes:

We launched Sarah Maria Griffin’s book, “Not Lost: a story about leaving home”, last night. Her husband, who left Ireland with her a year ago, is working in San Francisco so he was Skyped in on the iPad to watch the launch in the Gutter Bookshop.

The memoir is a story about emigration and building a new life away from Ireland. Sarah is only home for the launch and flies back in the first week of December for a Christmas in the USA…

 

Mmmf.

Not Lost A Story About Leaving Home by Sarah Mariah Griffin (New Island Books)

edinburgh(Dunedin Connolys of Edinburgh)

The illuminati GAA abroad story continues.

Aisling Kavanagh writes:

The ladies of Dunedin Connollys in Edinburgh have reached the Tesco Homegrown Junior Club GAA Championship Final. This is a first for a Scottish Club.

The team is made up of players from all four provinces as well as a Scot and a Canadian.
We secured our place by beating St Helens of Longford last Sunday and will travel again to Ireland for the final on November 30th.

The commitment from the players has been unreal with girls flying in and out on the day in order to satisfy work commitments as well as their love of the game.

The girls have been fundraising throughout the year but would appreciate any support /sponsorship very much as the trips to play in Ireland have been self funded…

Dunedin Connollys

Previously: The Truth Behind The GAA Player In The Nip

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Yikes.

And, the specific breakdown of population figures per age category:

Age 0-14:
2008: 913,300
2013: 1,007,700
+10.3%

Age 15-29
2008: 1,077,500
2013: 853,300
-20.8%

Age 30-44
2008: 1,031,700
2013: 1,094,100
+6.05%

Age 45-64
2008: 978,900
2013: 1,069,900
+9.3%

Age 65+
2008: 483,800
2013: 568,100
+17.4%

State (all ages)
2008: 4,485,100
2013: 4 593,100
+2.4%

Figures taken from Central Statistics Office here

Previously: In Through The Out Door

Graph: Donagh Humphreys via Unite’s Notes On The Front

90318383(Members of youth groups from around the country outside Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin  today)

Unless YOU choose otherwise.

From Reverse The Cuts:

To:  Joan Burton TD, Minister for Social Protection
Minister,

I strongly believe that Job Seeker’s payments to people under 26 must not be cut.

It is fundamentally unjust that young unemployed adults, who can vote and are required to pay income tax, are expected to accept lesser welfare payments than older people.

All this cut truly ‘incentivises’ is emigration – to a country where our youth and our talents are recognised.

Young people did not cause this crisis and we will not pay for it. This cut must be reversed.

If you agree you may sign here (all ages)

Petitioning Joan Burton (Reverse The Cuts, Change.org)

We’re Not Leaving

Earlier: Meanwhile, Outside The Dail
Previously: Go On Now Go

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

903155429031554190315548903155499031554590315538Scenes from the Working Abroad Expo in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin this afternoon..

From top: “NZ or Canada” bound David Leech, from Droghed; queuing outside the RDS: the line from inside the RDS: Helen Boylan, from Dublin; Lauren Gallagher (left) and Rachel McCrossan, from Tyrone.

The expo runs throughout the weekend.

Earlier: Graduate Exit Level

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

 

90292813(Outside the Working Abroad expo in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin in March)

A year-long study of Irish emigration has found clear evidence that a disproportionate number of highly educated young people are leaving the country, with rural Ireland affected most.
62% of recent emigrants have a tertiary qualification of three years or more.

Emigration levels are now four times as high as they were just seven years ago.

However, almost half of those emigrating left full-time jobs to emigrate. Less than a quarter were unemployed before leaving.
The study [from UCC]  found that rural Ireland is worst-affected by emigration, with one in four households seeing someone leave since 2006.

Emigration levels are now four times as high as they were just seven years ago.

 

UCC study on emigration finds evidence of ‘brain drain’ (RTE)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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But his [Minister Brian Hayes’, above]  support for the movement stops there, as the Minister believes social media means “people are really at home in terms of making their views known about what the Irish Government is doing”.

‘Emigrants don’t need Dáil votes. They’ve got Facebook!’ – Irish Minister (Niall O’ Sullivan, Irish Post)

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

CSOO NET

New CSO figures show a total of 89,000 people emigrated from Ireland in the year to April 2013.

Of that, Irish nationals were the largest group accounting for 50,900, or 57.2%.

CSO writes:

“Total emigration from Ireland in the year to April 2013 is estimated to have reached 89,000, an increase of 2.2 per cent on the 87,100 recorded in the previous year. The number of immigrants also increased over the same 12 month period from 52,700 to 55,900 (or 6.0 per cent).”
“This has resulted in total net outward migration remaining broadly constant with the previous twelve month period (33,100 compared with 34,400 respectively). However, among Irish nationals, net outward migration is estimated to have increased significantly, rising from 25,900 to 35,200, while that of non-Irish nationals is estimated to have changed from net outward (-8,400) to net inward (2,100).”

Central Statistics Office

photoMeanwhile, at the atm…

Who would I like to invite home for the Gathering? My hand freezes half way to selecting ‘withdraw €10′ . I can’t take my eyes away from the photograph of young women my age smiling over drinks. My friends are now scattered across the world – San Francisco, London, Brussels, Spain, Australia and even New Zealand. My tax money has paid for this ad, I realise. My friends’ tax money has paid for this ad….

A few evenings later, towards the end of the night I am chatting with a friend who’s home for a short visit. There is a pause in our conversation, during which she takes a deep breath, looks me in the eye and declares “I probably wouldn’t be saying this to you if I wasn’t a little drunk – but I really think you need to leave this city – there isn’t anything for you here. I love this place, it’s a great city, and I want to come back and raise my family here in a few more years, but even if you do get work – there are no people our age left here.” She gazes up and down the busy streets as if to prove her point and, I have to admit by doing so, she does.

 

A Day In The Life of ireland (Tangible Musings)

Thanks Maria