Survey shows 1 in 10 plan to leave Ireland in 2011

once we're kicked out of the Euro, revert back to a weaker currency, it will be far cheaper for yous Stateside to have vacations here. And not forgetting the 300,000 odd empty new housing units lying idle, some of yous may be tempted to buy them up to Retire in. Now if only there will be an innovative economic breakthrough leading to a reverse-Diaspora..(Biofuel the Rushes for starters, ha ha)

freedom imagined - now but a pipe dream.

Peterson you have 1/2 that right..they will be back to visit but couldn't afford to stay and live..this country is eating everyone out of house and home...at one time it was healthy but greed got in the way... and they priced themselves right out of the tourest coming for a visit..and most of Irelands buisnesses don't want to budge in cutting prices because there is no competition ..so yes people will be leaving ..especially the youth...and look out Ireland because in a few years there will be soooo many blow-in's from other countries that no one will know who is Irish or NOT.!!!!HhhhMmmm

They will be back !!

1 in 10 to leave...not a chance..400,000 adults..There is only about a million in the workforce or there abouts.Surveying that is crap.Many talk of leaving but don't. 400,000 in 2011..yeah right

I think that it will be like the fifties again, 400,000 for the first couple of years.

I can feel georgyboys butthurt all the way over here.Its apparent to me now that the angst he express's regarding immigration into Ireland by foreign nationals stems from the fact that in his little corner of America integration has failed.I can only conclude that georgyboys hood was once predominately aryan caucausian and now it is not.I note he left out Poles this time.

This is just fantasy and wishful thinking. If one in ten left the country that would be the equivalent of maybe 300.000 adults--that's not going to happen. Anyway, what's the problem? Every Irish person who leaves is being replaced by an Indian, Arab, Bangladeshi, African, Chinese etc. It'll be a much more interesting country when all the Irish have either left or died off. It'll be like the United Nations!