Bloomberg : The Irish are urging their children to emigrate.

[the_Observer]

Finbarr Flynn writing for Bloomberg begin and ends his article with the story of one Mr Roche who is urging his son to emigrate to Australia. The remainder of the article focuses on Irish unemployment and is a reasonably fair assessment of our sitution.

This is going to be the hardest year of all, much harder than last year as the government is cutting everywhere,” he said. “I am trying to get my youngest son to go Australia if he can get a visa. I’ve told him we’ll even put together a bit of money to send to him every month.”

Irish Urge Children to Leave Amid Job Losses- Bloomberg

Finbarr Flynn generalizes from a single instance and the headline is not supported by the content. Yes, emigration has returned and returned very quickly. But to assert we are encouraging such emigration instead of fighting through the recession is unfair and creates a very poor impression of the Irish ability to create industry. I don't know any parents who encourge their children to emigrate and apart from their general incompetence, I am not aware of any specific government policy to encourge emigration.

So are we urging our children to leave? Or are they leaving despite our best attempts to keep them here ?

[He3]

Some leave because they can read the signals, and believe they will not be cherished here by any other than family and friends.

Somers: Ireland will need second bailout | Irish Examiner

[tigerben]

I'm trying to get my sister to go , she hasn't got a mortgage ,her car is paid off , her boyfriend is not working but has a trade , so they should go, and make a life outside of here. Nothing is going to change here only more taxes and charges.

[hedzog]

Some leave because they can read the signals, and believe they will not be cherished here by any other than family and friends.

Somers: Ireland will need second bailout | Irish Examiner

lifestyle choice ,dont you know ?

[Spanner Island]

Finbarr Flynn writing for Bloomberg begin and ends his article with the story of one Mr Roche who is urging his son to emigrate to Australia. The remainder of the article focuses on Irish unemployment and is a reasonably fair assessment of our sitution.


Irish Urge Children to Leave Amid Job Losses- Bloomberg

Finbarr Flynn generalizes from a single instance and the headline is not supported by the content. Yes, emigration has returned and returned very quickly. But to assert we are encouraging such emigration instead of fighting through the recession is unfair and creates a very poor impression of the Irish ability to create industry. I don't know any parents who encourge their children to emigrate and apart from their general incompetence, I am not aware of any specific government policy to encourge emigration.

So are we urging our children to leave? Or are they leaving despite our best attempts to keep them here ?

I think you might want to replace 'encourage' with 'want'.

There's plenty of encouragement going on.

He's right anyway. We've always emigrated when things got tough - and things are now very tough due to us having been betrayed by all of the pillars of Irish society - the church, the state and the banks.

Emigration is a safety valve which very few countries understand but which we're well used to and excel at.

Of course the real danger this time is that the eFFing traitors and their cronies did such a spectacularly good job of f***ing this country up... that it's debatable as to whether those emigrating now will risk coming back when things 'improve'.

Because not until the Irish 'establishment' has been rooted up the arse and reformed beyond recognition and made fully transparent and accountable would I advise anyone to come back.

[richie268]

McCarthy: Ireland will need second bailout | BreakingNews.ie.
Now both Somers and McCarthy......

[eoghanacht]

I'm trying to get my sister to go , she hasn't got a mortgage ,her car is paid off , her boyfriend is not working but has a trade , so they should go, and make a life outside of here. Nothing is going to change here only more taxes and charges.

Unless we change it.

Is there any other country in western Europe where emigration is considered a lifestyle choice? I doubt it.

Aslong as droves of us upsticks and settle somewhere else the vicious circle will continue and continue and continue.

[TropicalCandy]

Emigration to where? All those countries that are booming? This is a global recession, the only emigration jobs I hear of are construction related in Australia, I never hear of anyone going for anything stable and long term.

[Dylan2010]

I am raising mine with all the tools necessary to study and work abroad. I'll not send them to second rate university here if there are better options abroad. They certainly should not suffer for the folly of a previous generation.

[SideysGhost]

Emigration to where? All those countries that are booming? This is a global recession, the only emigration jobs I hear of are construction related in Australia, I never hear of anyone going for anything stable and long term.

Oh yeah?