Michael Noonan slammed after branding emigration a lifestyle choice

The Irish should try emigrating to Pakistan or Bangla Desh. They're not welcome in the USA unless they bring extraordinary skills with them. And that's unlikely.

ha ha who wouldnt emigrate from limerick, anyway europe is our oyster now plenty of places to live work and play, america is no longer the land of the free spirit, its just another place on the map.

The Irish are going to have to find new places to emigrate. The Us has recently passed a bill which favors Mexican and Asian immigrants. Australia is also tightening requirements.

Recently universally imposed Household Service Charge of E100 p/a is 1% for someone on E10,000 p/a (social welfare/low income). It's 0.05% for someone on E200,000 p/a like the Taoiseach and Ministers. The view expressed by the Brussels' man in Ireland is a linguistic equivalent of this disparity 0 i.e. removed from reality.

Druidman: You're a fool. I suspect you don't know the meaning of the acronym WASP. I can tell you that two of its three elements do not apply in my case. Don't be such a clown.

GEORGE DILLON, GET A LIFE MAN! Clearly you have no idea of what you are talking about. Siobhan does! I think George Dillon is just a troll here with nothing better to do but scream about whatever WASP idea's he has.

APOLOGIES FOR SPELLING ERRORS, JUST SO ANGRY AT THE STUPIDITY OF SOME COMMENTS HERE

George Dillon. Thank you for such an excellent display of complete ignorance! If you think I left Ireland lightly, I would love to explain the resons to you at close quarters i.e EYEBALL TO EYEBALL, GOT THAT MATE?

Shuvonn, Good girl. You have it so right.

Bit rich for Willie O'Dea to be annoyed. His cowboy mob are the root cause of emigration from Ireland. Have great time for Michael Noonan but this was not his brightest observation.

Well said, It kills parents to see there children leave. They know full well, it's rarely all that come home. Fear bocht.

He should say sorry to the family,s who,s child has died while working away!our son,s lost a good friend last September while on his way home from Aussie! there should be an statue in Dublin airport to all who died while working away R.I.P. DYLAN xxxx

The same donkeys running the country in the late 80's and early 90's came out with the same nonsence. if most of the young leave there sure to keep control of the country. Neither party have a clue but always blame others.

For comparison, of American students who graduated from universities between 2006 and 2010, only 1/2 have found full-time jobs. In 2011, an additional 1.5 million students graduated from university.

Georgie Boy.Ah!! Come on now Georgina Dillion.Shuvonn has along way to go before she will knock you off the top spot as the stupidest poster on this site.I have to defend Shuvonn here.She didn't say jobs like restaurant and bar work, retail were beneath her.She said highly educated people want jobs that would suit them better and feel they deserve better pay for their years of collage education.Georgina you would have to be a bit of a thicko not to understand that point.