Ireland's Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Mary Coughlan has come under heavy criticism, after stating on British television that emigration in Ireland was a legitimate response to the current economic hardship there. FULL STORY >

More than 3,000 Irish people have contacted Australian visa specialists in an effort to move to work in Australia. FULL STORY >

Twenty two percent of people in Ireland now see emigration as a possibility for them and their loved ones because of the ongoing economic crisis. The shock figure is released in a new Sunday Independent newspaper poll. Opposition parties have long maintained that unemployment is being held lower than the 500,000 mark because of forced emigration. FULL STORY >

The Irish community in Britain needs to exert more political influence like their Irish American counterparts. The statement was made at an Irish unity conference in London, which was organized by Sinn Fein. FULL STORY >

A new anti immigrant political party is being set up in Ireland. The Irish National Party (NIP), is dedicated to the "immediate deportation of all illegal immigrants and asylum seekers who have had their applications rejected." FULL STORY >

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