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Piaras Mac Éinrí
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Piaras Mac Éinrí

Piaras Mac Éinrí is a lecturer in migration studies at University College Cork. He was part of the team that conducted the EMIGRE project in 2012-13, the first representative national survey of emigration in Ireland. He is a member of YMobility, a three-year Horizon 2020 project being carried out in nine EU Member States, which aims to identify youth mobility and immobility in light of changing labor market conditions in the European Union.

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November 2015
The Re-Emergence of Emigration from Ireland: New Trends in An Old Story
By  Irial Glynn , Tomás Kelly and Piaras Mac Éinrí

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Reports
November 2015

The Re-Emergence of Emigration from Ireland: New Trends in An Old Story

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, Ireland has again experienced emigration flows on a much greater scale than most of its Western European counterparts. Unlike earlier outflows, however, a significant share of those leaving today are immigrants returning home or migrating elsewhere. The report also examines Ireland's diaspora engagement and return policies.