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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadOct 16

An Irish cinematographer in New York: “Sometimes Irish people are a little more introverted, they keep their hands in their pockets when they walk. But here, everything’s on the table. And I love that because I’m extroverted.” irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/1…

Dubliner in New York: ‘You have to be on your A-game all the time’

Cinematographer Daniel Byrne: ‘Being Irish abroad, I feel like I know how to draw strength from being who I am’

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadOct 8

Irish abroad: "Although I have adopted France and feel adopted in turn, my uncertainty about enrolling my son raises a different question: do I consent to what feels like a co-parenting relationship with the state?"

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadOct 8

Avril King: The last thing French president Emmanuel Macron needs right now is a letter from an Irish mother, but I have my two cents to offer as I think about my child's future education irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/1…

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadOct 7

Hugo Harvey: For Irish people in London there might be a nagging fear if you are not paying attention, you might be assimilated; mistaken for British. irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0…

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadOct 1

Deep inside salt mines under the Swiss Alps this week, a gathering of Irish people will be able to touch a seam of minerals left by an ancient sea, stretching all the way home to Ireland.

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadSep 28

‘I arrived in Arizona to 48-degree heat; being Irish, I decided to go for a cycle’ irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

‘I arrived in Arizona to 48-degree heat; being Irish, I decided to go for a cycle’

Kildare journalist Aoife Kane: ‘We were kind of pinching ourselves at the US supreme court thinking, how did we get here?’

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadSep 17

I never considered leaving Ireland for Poland but three years there changed my perception irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

I never considered leaving Ireland for Poland but three years there changed my perception

Poland still has a post-communist stigma that it struggles to shake. However I now realise how outdated that perception is.

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadSep 9

My English friend was shocked that I got drunk at my grandmother’s funeral irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

My English friend was shocked that I got drunk at my grandmother’s funeral

My friend struggled with the idea of an open casket in the house: ‘Is that not hard to look at?’

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadSep 7

How becoming Ireland’s first Pokémon master led to a business and new life in Japan irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

Irishman in Japan: I take safety for granted. I no longer have to look over my shoulder

Dubliner John McAuliffe on how becoming Ireland’s first Pokémon master led to a business and new life in Japan

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadSep 3

‘In Toronto, a call from Ireland surprised me. My mother had made a decision’ irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

‘In Toronto, a call from Ireland surprised me. My mother had made a decision’

Months after the sudden loss of my father, my mother looked out her window at the car she never learned to drive

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadSep 2

This has been a childhood-defining summer, one that dried out the earth under your feet irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

This has been a childhood-defining summer, one that dried out the earth under your feet

Here in London, there has been the sort of prolonged, angry heat that delights and punishes in equal measure

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 31

Irishman in Birmingham: The English often seem less interested in us than we are in them irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

Irish man in Birmingham: The English often seem less interested in us than we are in them

I feel settled in the West Midlands, an area Irish people have been calling home for generations

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 27

After weeks of rain I flew to Minneapolis and was greeted with intoxicating brightness irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

I used my Irish accent to nudge doors open. I stood out and I liked it

The number of Irish natives in the Twin Cities was comparable to the number of days of incessant showers – not many

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 20

I left Galway in 1971. Marion stayed. I visit now from Colombia and we relive the past irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

I left Galway in 1971. Marion stayed. I visit now from Colombia and we relive the past

On a visit home from Colombia, I realise most of us are not truly gone forever

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 17

New Irish mother in the US: ‘After six weeks I couldn’t imagine going back to work’ irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

New Irish mother in the US: ‘After six weeks I couldn’t imagine going back to work’

Having a baby abroad: ‘Once my Mum arrived I knew I could fall apart’

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 12

London’s deep Irishness reveals itself in the most unexpected places irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

London’s deep Irishness reveals itself in the most unexpected places

I realised the Bangladeshi area where I live had been built by a generation of Irish labourers

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 10

The Irish emigrant journey now: Graduate from college, spend 10 years abroad, move home irishtimes.com/business/econ… via @ITabroad

The Irish emigrant journey now: Graduate from college, spend 10 years abroad, move home

Last census showed 9% of Irish-born population had come back from living abroad, suggesting a high return rate

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 6

I live in Amsterdam and I fantasise about Irish supermarkets irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

I live in Amsterdam and I fantasise about Irish supermarkets

I believe that countries can only be very good at some things, and Dutch supermarkets prove this to be true

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 5

‘That Irish passport is so valuable’: Record number of Australians apply for citizenship irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/… via @ITabroad

‘That Irish passport is so valuable’: Record number of Australians apply for citizenship

Irish document opened up work and travel opportunities ‘I may not have had otherwise’, says woman whose parents emigrated from Wexford

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Irish Times Abroad@ITabroadAug 5

The reality of life abroad vs perception irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0… via @ITabroad

The reality of life abroad vs perception

‘Many of the cliches about Sydney are accurate. But there is a big difference between just living here and building a life here’

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