EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum invites people of Irish heritage all over the world to bring their family name back to Irish shores #EPICmuseum
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum announced the launch of a major new exhibition inviting people from all over the world to pay tribute to their Irish ancestors who emigrated, by adding their names to the museum. People are invited to be among the first to include the names of their ancestors and the details […]
INMO Survey Shows 71% Of Students Considering Leaving Ireland On Graduation
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) carried out a survey of 2018 4th Year Students on their plans for when they graduate. The results of the survey are as follows: 71% are considering leaving Ireland; 60% are considering leaving the public health service to work in the private sector; 57% have already been approached […]
ALONE call on public to remember older people affected by emigration this St. Patricks Day
This St. Patricks Day, ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, is highlighting one of the lesser known effects of emigration. ALONE report an increase in the number of older people requiring their services as a direct result of their children and grandchildren emigrating. The number of Irish people leaving […]
USI Support INMO Protest As 93% Of Student Nurses Think About Emigrating
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) in their protest outside the Dáil calling for the restoration of incremental credit for nurses and midwives who graduated between 2011 and 2015 on Tuesday the 27th September at 11:30am. According to survey results released by the Union of […]
91% of Students concerned about their future and 80% intend to emigrate
The Union of Students in Ireland said the government risks losing a generation at the forefront of tech, medicine and scientific growth if it doesn’t prioritise the future of young people in Ireland. 91% of students are concerned about their future in Ireland and over two thirds of college students are considering emigrating after completing […]
The New Government Will Force Young People To Emigrate Again
By Kevin Donoghue, Union of Students in Ireland President In the run up to the election Enda Kenny proudly proclaimed that the country was back at work and it was time for our young emigrants to return to a country and an economy in recovery. At the time, few saw it as little more than […]
93% of Student Nurses Considering Emigrating when they qualify as a Nurse
The Union of Students in Ireland released new survey information today which showed that 93% of student nurses have considered emigrating when they finish college. Over 600 student nurses were surveyed across the country and 564 (92.5%) said they have thought about emigrating when they qualify as a nurse. ”If the vast majority of student […]
Emigration has left older people ALONE this St. Patricks Day
This St. Patricks Day, ALONE, the charity that provides services to older people in need, is highlighting one of the less obvious effects of emigration on our society. ALONE report that the continued high levels of emigration, particularly of our young people, is leaving thousands of older people without familial support systems they once had. ALONE […]
Emigration has left older people ALONE this St. Patricks Day
This St. Patricks Day, ALONE, the charity that provides support to older people in need, is highlighting one of the lesser known effects of emigration. ALONE report an increase in the number of older people requiring their services as a direct result of their children and grandchildren emigrating. Recent Eurostat figures showed that Ireland now has […]