Trump very unlikely to end emigration impasse

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

Some days it pours, other days not. Some years tens of thousand of Irish people, many with jobs, move abroad. In other years they may not have to and stay at home.

A good proportion of every generation says its farewells, promising to return. Heartbroken parents nod supportively but know that very many, maybe the majority, will not return.