Global web seminar to discuss Ireland's emigration problem

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Quick something that might be of interest to the wild geese reading my blog on IrishCentral.

University College Cork, one of Ireland's seven universities, is hosting a symposium / web-seminar on Ireland's emigration problem this afternoon, and there's no need to make a special visit to Cork, as it will be available over the internet via a 'web seminar'!

It's interesting as it marks just about the first time that a group of academics have made an effort to bring hi-falutin discussion about Ireland's emigration problem (according to Ireland's flagship public policy thinktank the ERSI, over 70,000 people left the country last year for foreign shores, while a recent report on Irish Central noted that emigration to Britain had hit record levels), to a broader, even worldwide, audience.

The symposium, to be held this afternoon in the university, will feature a number of local and international speakers discussing emigration, with a number of recent emigrées on-hand to offer their own experiences at why they had to leave Ireland and move abroad.

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Participants in the 'web workshop' (it's open to everyone), can also give their input. Those wishing to take part in the global discussion this afternoon, can contact ucc.emigration.workshop@gmail.com for login details.

The workshop runs from 1400-1730 Irish time, which is 0900-1230 EST for East-coast listeners, and 0600-0930 PST for those on the West Coast.

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GeorgeDillon | Jun 23, 2011, 03:18 PM EDT

Kinvara is hard to get thru to, he obviously has a vested interest in promoting the Mass Settlement of Ireland. I have already pointed out his dishonesty in inventing figures for foreigners leaving Ireland. The fact is that Irish Immigration does NOT keep any check of people leaving the country. Hence kinvara's claim is lying garbage. No one knows. We do however know the numbers of foreigners getting new Soc Security numbers (equivalent) in Ireland. That's 25.000 in the first five months of 2011. 5000 foreign migrants stream into Ireland every month (that's over a thousand a week) even thought the country is broke and there's no work. Kinvara thinks that's great. You must be a slum landlord who gets paid by the Irish government to house these people, kinvara.

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kinvara7 | Jun 22, 2011, 11:37 AM EDT

As regards emigration, it must be kept in mind that the current emigration rate includes many non-nationals. Of the 65,000 people who left Ireland in the 12 months up to April 2009, 30,100 were central and eastern Europeans, while 18,400 were Irish; the rest came from states outside the EU. Of the 65,300 people who left the country in the 12 months to April 2010, 27,700 were Irish citizens, and about 19,900 were eastern European; 8,100 were originally from states outside the EU. George we had this argument before and you ran away from it. You are not a good advocate for this issue, because your views are not genuine; overstated and ill informed.

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GeorgeDillon | Jun 21, 2011, 02:28 PM EDT

Good point suzandpej: it gets little publicity, because the media in Ireland are all part of the Mass Immigration lobby, but fully one in three inmates in Irish jails is a foreign migrant. Since the Irish police performance is not exactly Major League when it comes to catching criminals, you can imagine the effect that foreign criminals are having on Ireland.

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suzandpej | Jun 21, 2011, 10:15 AM EDT

You need to close your doors to those people who are trying to come in...or you will end up just like USA...overburden with people, not enough jobs, gangs, crime rates rising. It's YOUR country...close the doors!

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joan1954 | Jun 20, 2011, 11:18 AM EDT

The government never saved money from the boom years and unfortunately has caused its citizens to emigrate. But the flip side to this is that they continue to accept foreign migrants for jobs its own citizenry could have.

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GeorgeDillon | Jun 20, 2011, 07:35 AM EDT

This is just a scam. Ireland has no emigration problem. If it did, why would it have accepted 25.000 foreign migrants in just the first five months of this year? No sane nation would allow its own people to be replaced by foreigners.

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