Visa applications to Australia soar by 40% this year

APPLICATIONS from Irish people for temporary visas to Australia are up 40% this year.

Thu, 21 Apr, 2011 - 01:00
Niamh Hennessy

The increase follows news that 23,000 Irish people went to Australia on one-year working holiday visas between 2009 and 2010.

The rising cost of third-level education has been cited as one of the reasons so many Irish people are emigrating.

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