Emigration returns to stalk crisis-hit Ireland
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DUBLIN — Straining for a last look at her son as he boarded a flight at Dublin airport, Kate Meredith struggled to hold back the tears at the sight of another of her children leaving Ireland to work abroad.
On the eve of Friday’s elections, Darragh, 22, left for South Korea to work as a teacher after failing to find a job at home. His brother, Conor, is already in Australia and a third sibling, Bryan, has his eye on Canada.
“There’s nothing here for them,” their mother said, wiping her eyes.
“It’s not his choice to go. He couldn’t even get voluntary work. It’s dreadful. I’m very angry with the country at the moment.”
Emigration has returned to the Emerald Isle following the economic crisis, which has sent unemployment soaring and consigned those in work to years of low wages as the country seeks to pay off billions of euros in international loans..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110301com6.html
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