‘The grass genuinely is greener’: New wave of emigrants finding lower costs abroad

Those who can make the move credit their new country of residence with lower rents, more bang for your buck, and generally better quality of life, writes Jack White

“This is not to say that we can’t make an educated guess at why people, Irish and non-Irish nationals, are leaving such as the high cost of living here, the lack of affordable housing, career and education opportunities or travel. File photo: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie

More than two-in-three people in Ireland aged between 25 and 29 are living at home with their parents. 

This shocking data, released recently by Eurostat, perhaps goes a long way toward explaining why a new wave of emigrants is heading abroad in search of lower costs.