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Irish emigration at highest point since Famine -- 3,000 leaving per month

New figures show Irish-born leaving in very high numbers as recession bites

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JAMES O'SHEA,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 7:30 AM
Updated Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 1:31 PM

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Bythebay | May 08, 2012, 10:11 AM EDT
The new residents in Ireland have first hand knowledge of the country and are contributing to it. Self proclaimed hyphenated Irish don't live in Ireland and know nothing whatsoever about Ireland although they're so self important they wrongly think they do!

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mrkennedy | May 08, 2012, 10:04 AM EDT
Expand one step further. The number of Muslims entering Ireland is steadily increasing and with the large size families and the declining attendance at Mass the effect on the Catholic Church???

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KilkennyCats | May 08, 2012, 09:47 AM EDT
Ireland will be full of Poles and Chinese while the UK, Australia and the USA will be full of Irish. Yet of course the "hyphenated Irish" will still be considered more foreign than these new residents. Go figure...

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KilkennyCats | May 08, 2012, 09:44 AM EDT
I've always found that the Irish that emigrate tend to be much more friendly (and more ambitious) than the Irish that stay behind.

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GeorgeDillon | May 08, 2012, 09:20 AM EDT
What's the problem? There's about 70.000 migrating INTO ireland every year. That's maybe 6000 a month. It's not Depopulation, it's REpopulation.

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