From Kazakhstan to Ireland: ‘In Dublin you hear so many different ways of saying sorry and thank you’ – The Irish Times
Aya Omirtay, who is originally from Kazakhstan, had never had a female boss before she moved to Ireland.…
Why did you choose Ireland? Graduates from around the world give their views – The Irish Times
For years we’ve lamented Irish graduates who then pursue a career elsewhere in the world, either by choice…
From Syria to Clonakilty: ‘I feel really proud of what we have built in Ireland’ – The Irish Times
Reham Ghafraji moved to Clonakilty in west Cork in 2017, but the Damascus native’s life had been turned…
Moving to Ireland: ‘I told my husband we had made a terrible mistake’ – The Irish Times
After living in Ireland for six months, Ijeoma Mbaneme, who moved here in 2023 from Nigeria, told her…
‘Friends who visit me in Ireland ask why are you complaining? The weather here is amazing’ – The Irish Times
Dr Desislava Andreeva (36) moved from Bulgaria to Dublin in 2022. She grew up in Canada and says…
From Boston to Ireland: ‘It’s been almost three years, but I’m still a foreigner’ – The Irish Times
Jack Connolly, who moved from Boston to Ireland in 2023, sometimes feels “not quite Irish enough for Ireland…
‘We came back to Ireland in late October, not the best time to come back. It was quite cold’ – The Irish Times
For Farzana Maudarbaccus, who moved from her native Mauritius to Ireland in 2011, coming to Europe was like…
‘We knew that Ireland had a housing problem, but we did not know the extent of it before we came’ – The Irish Times
Daria Bilyk (27), who moved to Ireland in 2021 from Russia, had dreamed of moving abroad from the…
‘It’s a sign’: How a HSE campaign about HIV brought a Brazilian man back to Dublin – The Irish Times
In 2021 Phellipe Lutterbeck (32), who moved to Dublin in 2016, went home to Brazil and received life-changing…
‘I fully moved here. I mean, I bought the piano. I brought my cats’ – The Irish Times
“I always say that I feel like I have not emigrated to Ireland. I feel like I’m coming…
‘My family and friends said, if you can stay in Europe, stay in Europe’ – The Irish Times
Kimberly Osborne lost her job when US president Donald Trump was elected to his second term in office…
‘Ireland was not the continental Europe that I was fantasising about’ – The Irish Times
Xinlan Li, who moved from China to Ireland in 2022, feels lucky to have been afforded the choices…