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26th Aug 2015

The amount of Irish people who have emigrated in the last year

Come home soon

Joe Harrington

Come home soon.

Emigration has affected almost every person in Ireland be it a brother, sister, cousin or friend packing their bags and heading abroad in pursuit of work and/or adventure.

The rate of emigration in the 12 months up to April 2015 was 35,300 people, which is a 13% drop from the year before.

The decrease is positive, but it’s still almost 3,000 per month which is a lot.

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The figures published by the Central Statistics Office also say the rate of immigration is up 4% with 12,100 Irish people returning to the country in the 12 months up to April 2015.

We like that and hopefully we’ll be welcoming a hell of a lot more home in the next 12 months.

Hat-tip to Irish Times.

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