Since the mass emigration of the Famine, Ireland’s poorest families were sent monies by their overseas relatives, says Evan Comerford

The pain of emigration runs through Ireland’s story like a thread. Very few contemporary books capture the ordeals faced by emigrants as vividly as Annie Proulx’s 1996 Accordion Crimes.

The government says 'Returning to Ireland' covers every potential pitfall people may face.

Ours is a small country with a vast history, a vital chunk of which is displayed and explained in Dublin at the EPIC Emigration Museum.

A Dublin couple who emigrated to Australia a decade ago could be deported because their application for permanent residency could mean taxpayers there may have to pay for their son's cystic fibrosis treatment.

A young nurse who graduated less than two years ago has seen ten of her classmates emigrate to Australia in the last month.

Tayto held the top spot for four years running when it was beaten by Kerrygold in 2017.

A Clare hotelier has offered to fund the return home of an 80-year-old Lahinch man who is wondering if there is anyone left in the seaside resort who remembers him.

Watching Ireland lose the rugby match against Australia wasn’t the only sad thing to cross my mind last weekend.

Poor working conditions, training, and career opportunities are still driving young doctors from Ireland, it has emerged.

A few weeks ago I wrote about issues faced by Irish drivers when working abroad but as the Irish economy continues to grow similar problems are cropping up for returning emigrants, writes Gráinne McGuinness.

Returning emigrants will soon be able to avail of a help to buy scheme to get on the property ladder, according to a new report.

Within the last decade alone, tens of thousands of young Irish people have packed their bags for shores unknown.

Some 22,000 children who had been attending primary school have emigrated in the past five years.

Policeman Darran Conlon has a mission in Ballyhaunis, a small town in County Mayo.

After living abroad for 13 years, Irene Halpin Long wasn’t prepared for was the loneliness she felt once the excitement of returning home had died down. But she persevered to settle down again.

Emigration is, like rain, a constant of Irish life.

Students have warned a proposed loan scheme for college and university courses would spark a new emigration brain drain.

The chaos in immigration laws in the US must be tackled, but the distinct role played by Irish people in American history should be addressed, writes John P Collins.

A referendum on allowing Irish people living abroad to vote in presidential elections is being planned for early next year.

Last week, I sat on a panel organised by the London Irish Business Society, a forum established in 2009 to facilitate networking among Irish people working primarily in financial services across the UK capital.

The Australian government has warned its citizens about travelling to Ireland due to an increase in crime and a threat of civil unrest.

Bringing tens of thousands of emigrants home to work is central to the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs 2016.

Next year may mark the end of the most recent phase of emigration, with more Irish people returning home than leaving the country.

Tayto crisps are the food most missed by Irish emigrants.

Kerrygold and Tayto have fended off competition from stout, chocolate, and rashers to be voted the most longed-for foods in a survey of Irish emigrants.

The OECD report highlights growth, stabilisation and reducing unemployment but for many on the ground, austerity and emigration continue to take their toll, writes Ray Kinsella

THE hope that most of those young people who emigrated in the last decade to find work will, sooner or later, return to Ireland burns brightly in many a parent’s heart, even if they won’t give voice to that hope in case they jeopardise it.

A global search has been launched to find stories of emigrants who left for America from the then port of Queenstown.

But not for the reason you might think.

A little over half of Irish trainee doctors say they intend to practise here for the foreseeable future.

The vast majority (98%) of Irish emigrants to Australia believe the Government is not doing enough to help them return.

The Government’s spring statement, and Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s pledge to lure thousands of emigrants home, via more favourable tax measures, were as welcome as the flowers in May. Or would be, if either had an iota of credibility!

A growing number of Irish emigrants are being granted permanent residency in Australia.

One in three young Irish people are worried they will be forced to move away from their home to find a job.

A leading consultant in emergency medicine has hit out at Ireland’s inability to keep medical graduates in the country, blaming a “fatuous” entry system.

The Taoiseach recently unveiled an initiative to seek skilled ex-patriots to return home. 

YESTERDAY we celebrated our national day with a great, uplifting sense of fun and a determined, unrelenting pride.

Education Minster Jan O'Sullivan has said it is "concerning" that almost 90% of Irish medical students are considering emigration after graduation.

I was home to Cork for a funeral in recent days. It was a profoundly emotional week and I was prompted to write my first ever blog post on the bus up to Dublin. It seems to have resonated with a lot of Corkonians, both living there and living abroad.

AS our correspondent Cathy Tobin reminds us today the wrench of emigration, the separation from a loved family never eases for some Irish people.

Up to €26 million may be spent on a National Diaspora Centre designed to attract as many Irish people as possible living abroad to come back here to holiday.