40,000 Irish-born people emigrated last year

More Irish people are leaving the country than immigrants who came here during the boom, a detailed study has found.

New research from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows more than 76,000 people left the country last year.

Of this figure — which has almost trebled compared to the 29,000 who emigrated in 2005 — more than 40,000 of these people were originally from Ireland.