Generation emigration

Filled with hope in college, many of Aoife Dowling’s ex-classmates have been forced to work abroad and are unlikely to return

WE started in the University of Limerick in 2006 full of hope. Most of our siblings graduated and walked into well paid jobs and we were sure we faced a similar rosy future.

Emigration wasn’t an issue. Sure, some graduates were emigrating, but it was usually a matter of choice.