Emigration goes full circle and nears record high of the 50s

THERE has been a 65% increase in the number of Irish workers moving overseas since 2002.

The annual emigration figures from the Central Statistics Office were the highest since 1992.

Last year, the number of people classed as emigrants was only 200 short of the highest five-year emigration average of the 20th century — a record set between 1956 and 1961.