Canada opens borders to Irish with new visa rules to boost recruitment

Looks like theres 60,000 jobs that could be brought home by Irish companies. Save a lot of hassle.

Before you apply for a visa try living in an ice box for a week and see if you like it or not

Why? Why? Why? Must Irish people be forced to leave the land of their birth to get a job and live. How hard is it to provide employment for such a tiny population at home?

I would like to know if the current ruling for irish tourists who are in australia for two years,as i am are entitled to a canadian federal working visa? Or do we av to return home for 18months still before we can apply? The cic has made changes lately and im wondering if this rule has been lifted?

A rude awakening awaits in the land of milk and honey,You will get your belly full of Canada.Stand up and fight for whats left of what you had.Turn on those ,who sold you out!

A big welcome to Canada. Glad to have you :)

First take their Money; Then make Sport of their Funny Looking Hats !

Irish should be fast-tracked into Canada if they meet the criteria established by our immigration dept. They would be ideal immigrants and would mesh nicely with those already here! I am from Newfoundland where we are very proud of our Irish heritage! My great grandfather was Liverpool Irish that came over to fish the waters around here! My grandfather Patrick Healy was born on his schooner at sea and lived there until he was 3 yrs.old before they had their home built on a small Island in the Burin Peninsula! Irish were a big part of building Canada!

Why such a niggardly opening of the border? Why only holiday visas and such a piddling number of them--when the basic stock of Canada is Irish, Scots and English? Why not just let Irish people immigrate to Canada without restriction, provided they don't become dependent on the state within the first 2 years? (If so, back they go.)Look at the huge flood of Chinese that have bought their way into Canada. The Canadians are always saying they need people: and then when Europeans want to go there they open the gate about 2 inches.

Ireland will regret letting so many Muslims in. This could happen very soon then Ireland; the once proud Catholic country will be under Sharia law. Because once the camel gets its nose under the tent, the rest will soon follow. (no pun intended) Then it will be too late to stop the Hajjis from coming in, and taking over

commonwealth countries have always taken the pressure off of their mother and then there's their usa cousin.

Sad news for those who value Irish nationality. The Irish are encouraged to abandon their homeland, in order to make room for the settlers swarming in.