Four families emigrating every week

As many as four families a week are emigrating lock, stock, and barrel, according to one of the country’s largest storage and removal firms.

Careline, which has offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Galway, said demand for its services among people leaving the country had increased in the past 18 months.

The company’s general manager, Noel Power, said that in addition to families using sole containers, where a container is used exclusively by one client, another 20 individuals could avail of group storage and shipping in a given month.