40,000 are leaving Ireland every year new figures show

On the upbeat side, as an American I'll say to our share of the 40,000 emigrants, "Welcome to the Irish Diaspora!" The diaspora is now many times the population of the island of Ireland itself, and it offers some enjoyable cultural experiences and relationships, not just a good income, which I also hope you find abroad! The truth is, we need you to help us see past the inbred xenophobia, tribalism, and anti-liberalism you can read in some of the comments below.

Thousands of irish people are coming to work here in London, but its looking bleak here to, the future does not look good for the UK economy either. 213,000 people emigrated from the UK in 2011.

Warning: Heads up when you land in the US. Probably no problem in New York since Sen. Schumer is looking for immigrants with brains, but Arizona may be another case. What papers will you produce in Brewers state when pulled over after consuming a few lagers?

It is a sad day for ireland that its best and brightess have to leave and are replaced by "refugee's" from all over the world. How is it that so many from non-European Union countries can get in? If this keeps up, Ireland will not be the land of the Irish, but a small cosmopoliton state off the coast of Europe.

oldboreen: Are you assuming that if Ireland had not become independent that the Irish would not be immigrating now? Because they were leaving in droves under British rule as well.

ciaran: This xenophobia that you refer to, is more the case that we cannot absorb the huge numbers of immigrants that we already have. And most of them are from 3rd world countries, so I really do not know what you mean by xenophobia.

Whoever is using my handle please stop. I did not post the comment about liberal chips on their shoulder.

I know many are also gling to Britain, but I am not sure why. Their economy is doing poorly as well. And I know this because I am there a lot on business.

ciaran: There are still more than a few Irish coming to the U.S. I met a bunch of new men and women this past weekend. All here in the last 6 months or so.

if they are coming to the US they better have their papers in order and remove their Liberal entitlement chip from their shoulder

You say, Most emigrants are heading to Britain, Australia and the United States and mainland Europe are also popular Part of it is true. Most emigrants are heading to Australia, the UK, Canada and Europe. The US is not a destination Irish people are looking to move to. Very few people these days look to the US. The US economy is a mess also. The figures leaving every year for the last 3 years is between 30,000 to 40,000. But the number of immigrants coming to Ireland is also rising. 19,000 new PPS numbers issued to non nationals this year so far. Ireland is in the middle of a baby boom, the population of the country is increasing. Also many of the 40,000 leaving are from eastern europe returning home, they are not all Iirsh people leaving in that figure.

40,000 smart people bailing. But they're being replaced by Eastern Europeans and Asylum sekers from Africa and the Middle-East. It's a pity because Ireland is losing its creme while getting an injection of criminal types. The infrastructure is rotting and the government is inept and incompetent, but they collect HUGE salaries. Ireland is going to be just another Nigeria or Congo in the very near future and the crooks like Quinn and others will be living the good life in 5 million dollar mansions in Boston, New York or Los Angeles..Right Edge?

Irish politicians of all parties, will react to these awful figures as they have always done since independence-a shrug of the shoulders and a discreet sigh of relief.Problem largely solved!Unimployment figures not looking so bad after all!Now off the races,nice long weekend ahead!Slainte!

Irish are leaving and who's moving in?

40,000, that's virtually the entire school leaving population.