Emigration: Ireland

President Mary Robinson, 1990 Inaugural speech:

“The Fifth Province[1] is not anywhere here or there, north or south, east or west. It is a place within each one of us – that pace that is open to the other, that swinging door which allows us to venture out and others to venture in.”[2]

RTÉ’s coverage

 

Central Statistics Office: Recent trends in Irish migration

Irish Times: Increasing Number of Irish emigrants returning

 

 

[1] There are four physical provinces of Ireland: Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster. Most people pay attention to the thirty-two counties of Ireland, which do not play a significant role in government or administration.

[2] Given on 3 December 1990 at Dublin Castle.

Articles: December 2016

A list of articles I found interesting this month:

• Anne Frank may not have been betrayed to the Nazis.
• Ancient burials sites in Ireland
• Steve Kerr and the politics of Lebanon: an interesting journey
• The link between climate change and migration in Africa
• Being a better tourist, or a better traveler