Irish heading to America once again

Are they looking electricians in America? I have a 30 year old son who is a qualified electrician who is out of a job here and mad to get working.

There is work to be had here. Many eating establishments are looking for help. They need people in management and also food handlers. bankers need help in their establishments. Many jobs in ranching and farming has been taken by the Mexicans crossing our border. It mostly depends on the kind of work you are seeking. Many americans are now doing the Ancestry DNA profile;searching for their relatives that were left in Ireland hundreds of years ago. Perhaps you could join your group and maybe find a relative that would help sponsor you.Or at least offer you a place to stay for a time?

It is understandable that people will make a move to improve their status,sensible people will do that! Hopefully the new wave of Irish that arrive on Aer Lingus or Delta will have more respect for those that arrived steerage on a ship many years ago, as opposed to the crowd that showed up in the eighty's with an education, and luggage with wheels.....

Dublinjas compared to America the Irish health service is a hell of alot better even after the recent changes made by Harney and her fellow party goons . I suggest you do a little more of a read up on this or better still you should watch the documentary sicko by Michael Moore so that you might understand it better and then maybe your comments here on IC might be interesting to read instead of utter garbage eh ....

Not every Irish American is a heartbreaking pull up the ladder because I've Got Mine tool. The majority of Americans are actually fair minded and compassionate and they welcome the Irish influx, because they know it's not easy for them to come here (their parents taught them that). We haven't all forgotten.

This is for Irishoneman: I got news for you Jack!! The USA has been a country/nation since 1776. Ireland has been a half assed state since 1916 or 1919 or 1922 or 1949. Tak your pick and that does not include Northern Ireland. Don't feel too bad, most of the countries in Europe haven't been around even that long. P.S. I was born and raised in Galway but I won't sit still while some jerk bad mouths my adopted country. I have vented and I feel good!!

Lorcan1916 You're Right lad the Health care system in the States is terrible..Not like the wonderful Irish Health care Service, Maybe the US. needs Mary Harney to help out and since she is soon likely to be out of a job, and only because she done such a good job that Her work here is done,maybe we could freight her out there. And if anyone could use a used Taoiseach (Hardly ever used) doesn't drink excessively and eats hardly anything is very honest and truthful and is great with figures (That's the numerical ones) and he has a reference (From an M.Harney) and a first communion certificate.

While this is a desperate fact of life we will get out of this mess. What is really pissing people off in Ireland is the exorbitant wages, expenses and pensions the politicians pay themselves-if these were reduced by 50% they would still be very well paid and would get the country behind them. Ireland is a vibrant country well capable of working our way out of this despite our incompetent government-we will succeed despite them and then welcome back our emigrants.

My Grandfather came from Northern Ireland to America. I grew up in the Irish Channel in New Orleans,Louisiana. I am proud to have lived among so many Irish men and women.It was a hard life but a good one. I believe and cherish my heritage. I am glad to welcome into this country these smart Irishmen and women. I do believe that these new immigrants will do it legally and that is the right way. MarionAnne McGraw

Jimmy12003-that is a ridiculous comment and you made yourself sound like a fool. Mopickelly-'illegal is illegal?'Show some sympathy and stop sounding like an upper-class WASP

its a shame that america wouldnt just take ireland over as an extra state! we could do so much for each other!

Illegal is illegal, regardless of which country the aliens are from It does not make a difference if the illegal aliens jump a fence, swim a river or overstay a visa. They are equally illegal.

Funny how the same words mean different things on the other side of the pond, for example South of the Border and New Irish in the JimmyJK post. Interesting that some Irish Americans happy to see their countries immigration laws flouted, so long as the law breakers have a genetic connection and are not from their neighbouring countries. What about all those stories of the last wave of Irish ‘overstayers’ being unable to go home to attend parents funerals for fear of not being allowed back in?

" ... alot of job opportunities between NYC and Philadelphia and a better quality of life ..." Yes, anyone who is willing to do real work is welcome to apply. Same, same in Texas and throughout the middle west. Not so much in the far west. Besides the higher tax rates in the west (quality of life), there is the plethora of other "out of towners" and illegals waiting in line for fewer and fewer jobs. Best high dollar opportunities: banking and finance (replacing the greedheads and screwups), engineering (200 new nuke power plants in China being designed by US and French based companies), high tech (local college graduates can't do anything but teach ".. been dumbed down so long it looks like up to me"), new business startups (the natives are asleep at the wheel here) ...

If your in the NYC area come to New Jersey....alot of job opportunities between NYC and Philadelphia and a better quality of life. There are large Irish American populations in NJ and PA that would welcome the new Irish. There are so many illegals from South of the border in New Jersey that enforcement of status is a total non issue.