The Young People Leaving Ireland Looking For A Better Future (2011)

Goodbye My Ireland: With the global economic downturn continuing to dog the Irish economy, thousands of people across the country are being forced to emigrate, heading far and wide in search of work and a better life.
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When the going gets tough, even the toughest and most resilient in Ireland get going overseas. They have to. The once booming housing market has now crippled the Irish economy. Jobs have been obliterated and before the nation gets itself out of a black hole of debt things will probably get worse. Scores of young people are packing their bags, bidding an often heartbreaking farewell to family and friends and moving abroad in search of a more stable and prosperous future. "All our young people are going. It's not only the immigrants that have come into the country and gone home. It's all our young people, all our own are going". Like many, electrician Alan Niland is going to Australia: "Leaving here is a big thing and everyone doesn't want to go. It's a last resort really." With Ireland going to the polls, many are looking to punish politicians complicit in the economic failure whilst hoping for a new government that can lead them out of the mess.
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[@bobwalsh2112]

Always still welcome in Boston !!! I am a product of Irish immigration. As an Irish American with extended family still in Ireland we always welcome Irish nationals in Boston Massachusetts USA ☘🗽

[@Sean-sn9ld]

I left Ireland during this time. I was 16 in 2010/2011... When I was growing up you could work in a Café or Building Site or even McDonalds and you could afford to go on holidays and buy a house... I was in still in school in 2008 when everything started falling apart , we lost the family business and in the end my mam had to give up our home. So at 16 , just out of school with no prospects and no work to be found I emigrated to the UK , where at the time things were much better. But now the economy is in tatters but I can't afford to move back home so for the meanwhile I'm stuck here

[@patglennon9671]

Give the Netherlands a shot, great country.

[@rayosullivan4398]

Holy mole i'm getting out of taco bell where is this McDonalds need a job there i think i will buy a five bedroom house don't want to push it

[@jameskiffin502]

he is coming to melbourne good luck to him he has made a good decision .as an electrician he will find work .i am a scouser from liverpool living in sydney .i love it here

[@hector-sauvage]

Little did they know they weren't just leaving, they were being replaced. A generation of kids who will only know their grandparents through Skype.

[@j2msu341]

left Belfast for Australia 22 years ago and never looked back, the lifestyle and opportunities and second to none.

[@thomasjhenniganw]

Thanks to Irish politicians and banksters in cahoots with them and also the majority of the Irish people who wanted a fast buck during the so-called Celtic Tiger years. .

[@ian9813]

Irish are the best lads, more aussie than us australians, always welcome here

[@vinryan3267]

Agreed.

[@HolidayGolightlyify]

What a beautiful country. I always wanted to live there BUT among Irish people, not among Muslim immigrants

[@debbiemueller3726]

Agree, Tourists go to a different country to experience their culture, in this case it would be IRISH. I wish them success.

[@ciaramccann8168]

So let me get this straight: you wanted to go and live there, become an immigrant in Ireland, but you're complaining about all of the immigrants there?

[@kevinomeara3047]

Its the something that will never change boom for a few years bust for twenty natives leave and now refugees flood in

[@patrickwalsh2086]

HolidayGolightlyify that petty narrow-mindedness is what gives our nation a very bad name. Ireland doesn't need people like you. If you don't like modern Ireland, don't bother come home then.

[@whitiemarsh3671]

@Jan Mardi where was race mentioned?? Nothing racist in that comment unless you think that a religion is a race. Do you??

[@1zero8dragon]

none of it was an accident. Best of Luck to you all. God loves you.

[@laurencefarrell2775]

Thats what happens when you have crooked politicians, i left Ireland in the 80s to Australia as the politicians were telling us to leave that there was no future in Ireland i still live in Australia now and i call this my home now, when i return to Ireland on holidays and see how Ireland has changed it makes me sad to think my beautiful country is run by crooked politicians and gangsters Ireland need to tell the EU they cant look after anymore immigrants that they need to look after there own first, no more lies from politicians and leave the EU were able to go alone.

[@AJ-le4wb]

This is madness in Ireland and other EU countries where there is high youth unemployment, and their young people have to leave to find work, yet their governments allow immigration in such large numbers. It is not as if they are (mainly) coming with skills that your own young people could not do. The numbers are so unbalanced as they are mostly young men who arrive. Who are they going to settle down with? We reap what we sow and I just cannot see how this will end well. Very sad for the families in Ireland who see their young people, often never to return.

[@SAVAGEDEN]

Yea Australia should stop immigration depend on what u say and this man dream will crumble. While u selfish stay cozy at home making stupid comments.

[@the-dubliners7607]

is Ireland that bad ? bc Im planning to go live there but I saw there is anti migration movements also you mentioned young men who arrive , is there a age preferance or a gender preferance as for who should be there and who shouldn't ?

[@heliotropezzz333]

Ireland is beautiful because it's never been really industrialised but that means there aren't many jobs in the countryside and it's largely a rural country with not many cities. Also there's an aspirational aspect to Irish emigration - people looking to better themselves and their material position. Immigrants to Ireland are prepared to work in low paid jobs that maybe Irish people don't want be because they want something better.

[@emperorsean1]

I dont hate ireland but as a young irish person theres no future for me here im 28 and i cant afford to move out of my parents house and i cant get the job id like.

[@belfastboy16]

go sleep on the street

[@salamsahibim7799]

Sean OBrien Hi.Thats sad to hear it.We are going to move to Ireland this year.I feel so dissapponting when i see such cases in Ireland.May God direct u

[@camilleb292]

What education do you have? Why can’t you get job here?

[@anitaparks8945]

Sean OBrien. Follow YOUR DREAMS 👍☺ I left Germany 35 yrs ago,had not finished school,immigrated to USA,experienced some tough times but ended up going to College,got my degree @ 42. I NEVER looked back,Never regretted having left ! Just became a CITIZEN yesterday after 36 yrs ! Many opportunities here for those that speak english and don't mind working hard. Leave ! Follow your dreams,you only have ONE life !

[@jakedon100]

@Milan I does have natural resources but they are mainly own by foreign corporations or exported to Europe.

[@MrTana48]

Ireland is a country of hardworking people , they lost ,they rose several times in the past , and after 2007-8 recession they rose up strong again 2018 GDP is strong PCI is getting better debt is one of the lowest in eu affected by recession .

[@allgoo1964]

FragonRoman says: "2018 GDP is strong..." == Google, "Ireland, tax shelter" It's not that the economy is booming but the big corporations are using the county as a tax shelter.

[@alexhayden2303]

And Eire is taking in, 'Refugees', looking for a better future! These will be paid for by the Tax Payers who will work for the rest of their life to support these newcomers who will always be living on Benefits!

[@WakaWaka2468]

I bet a Nigerian fresh off the boat will have no problem getting a house here

[@orangeskyeater]

as a romanian, i find it hard to understand what can be that tough and unbearable in a western european country. are there no opportunities for hard working educated young irish people? geniune question...

[@anthonym5655]

nana a. Where I live in California there's jobs everywhere you just one have to look for them and second be qualified not all the time but it helps

[@conneellyp]

funny thing with the irish the new immigrants come for a few years then go back home.

[@egypthobby]

The Irsh have had these issue for the past 200+ years.

[@Loy365]

Superpureeliteful true

[@mauriceosullivan9061]

Paul Conneely. They dont go home. Were you living.

[@ananthkhumar1059]

So sad to watch this

[@matriksist]

Irish people's fate are somewhat a little similar to the fate of my home countrymen which is in a third world country, the only country in Asia that has majority of Catholics, we look for greener opportunities outside our country, seek better life in order to send money back home to our families and help improve the country's economy. Lately I've been watching documentaries about Ireland, it breaks my heart and always in tears to see what happened to them in the previous centuries which was the great Famine. In the 1960's and on, it was heartbreaking to watch seeing Irish in Dublin were in poverty, which made me wonder I was luckier to have been born in the 60's from the third world country cause we never experienced that extreme poverty. My countrymen if ever were poor are actually sustainable living in their provinces cause they can fish, plant vegetables as it grows naturally abundant because of our tropical climate. I feel sad that the Irish people especially the children had to go through that, I cannot imagine what it's like to live in a country during winter without heater or blankets etc. I observed that countries with populous of Catholics have more poor families, abortion and birth control led most poor couples make dozens of children living in slums, under the bridges, etc.. I wish my own countrymen will come across documentaries about Ireland and its people fate, to learn and be grateful for what we have or had even though it was run by corrupted government from the past and maybe in the near future, because even so we never experienced great Famine. The current government is doing its best and utmost way to evade corruption. Our people should unite rather than always complain, to better their lives.

[@rory2112]

Left myself for Australia a year ago, best decision I ever made

[@samdavid9237]

Best of luck whoever you are. I am currently in the process of going to the UK - very good IT job lined up and very good value for rent outside of London (Simply not there in Dublin anymore)

[@vernemiller5761]

We need these people in Australia.

[@vinryan3267]

Too right

[@Prettyredflames]

A lot of Irish people in Australia have overstayed their visas and will be caught and deported ( the tax office is linked to the immigration department)

[@vinryan3267]

They'll be OK for a bit, nobody can leave, unless a former PM.

[@starquant]

I wonder how the women survive in Ireland. I notice they didn't bother to do a story on any of them or are they just a country full of dependants?.

[@johnjohansson6277]

starquant Women go just as much as men.

[@oog2370]

More jobs for men. Out on the buildings yer man as an electrician and all

[@starquant]

@@johnjohansson6277 Well you wouldn't know it from watching this, now would you.

[@thatsthejobbb8587]

I left in March 2012. Been in Australia since outside one or two stints back, one being having my daughter. Even today, the hurdles put in place for us to return are just shambolic and an affront to our citizenship. Its gone from a 300k surplus of homes that nobody could get a line of credit for, to property prices in my local area rising 100% in 5years. Just another generation of Irelands exiled children!

[@6530517]

Canada is not a better place, the homes are too expensive and there is not too many jobs. Most new comers are on welfare for the past decade.

[@ljduk7595]

All the Muslims of the world want to move to Canada, and with Trudeau still in charge, Canada is screwed

[@asimskentzos9231]

there are lots of jobs in Canada and not enough workers. Funny enough I worked with young lady 5 yrs ago from Ireland and she found a full time job and an apartment before she moved to Canada, and then her brother moved as well and he found a full time job.

[@rory2112]

I’m Irish living in Australia at the minute, plan on moving to Canada in a year or so. Seems easy enough to get employment in my sector in Canada (construction). I certainly won’t be on welfare

[@Dublinireland5]

There is an old saying the grass is not always greener on the other side,, the first thing is having money behind you the second thing is finding a job and keeping it the third thing is getting accommodation and if it cost of living is much more always do your homework first... 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@eileengray8133]

Very sad I been to Ireland 3 times in the 80s it was ok then Beautifull country and people!!! My mother and father was from Ireland!

[@vinryan3267]

You must have been educated outside of Ireland, Eileen, it looks like UK. Your mother and father were from Ireland

[@carlostoledo4358]

I dreamed of seeing Irish landscapes ... BUT not now .. NO!! I'll spend my money where the invasion has not shit on yet. POLAND 👍

[@Kitiwake]

And foreigners are moving in to take the jobs. Good thinking lads.

[@TheFrog767]

Africa and the middle East are taking in refugees 🥂🤣

[@oscararturi]

Could you tell me where is the bronze statue of a deity apparently with a bird on his shoulder, (perhaps Artemis?), that appears in the video? I just saw the video but the topics are still current Thank you very much

[@941gamezonline9]

Wow. I'm English and Anglo-Irish relations haven't been so good but I do have respect for Irish people and certainly don't want them to become a minority in their land which is predicted to be soon and NOT coincidently, the government plan to swamp Eire with migrants. I urge Irish people to read upon the Kalergi plan written by the founder of the EU, Claudenhove-Kalergi - his ambition was to globalize and hybridize Europe - to replace its native cultures with multiculturalism. His ideas have come to life in many of our (European) capitals. Research and take action NOW!!! You're walking into genocide.

[@johnjohansson6277]

941GamezOnline Fuck off. You’re not from Ireland so how would you know that immigrants are the root of the problem. There was a world wide recession at the time of this video. Our economy was crippled and Ireland was saved by an EU bailout.

[@Kev-son_of_kev]

I emigrated to the UK at 47. Love it here. North West. Great people.

[@brownmonkey5782]

Get out from EU now.

[@rayosullivan4398]

EU is the problem get out and trade with the US and other countries don't need the EU anymore only ones it works for is Germany

[@attract1234]

It breaks my heart im almost im tears watching and reading the comment. Oh my God what have they done, to our land and its peoples

[@ljduk7595]

Australia is the place to go.. good for them, the family can go with them or join them later or have the most amazing holidays. Two of my daughters and grandchildren live in Melbourne, I miss them but I don’t wish British life for them.. go guys, you won’t regret, it’s awesome 😎

[@mahimaabm6286]

The reason why I say this is every time most has money problems, we foreigner people will be blamed for most of this misfortune .We still should. Leave Ireland all to gather. ...

[@fozzybear8878]

We will take care of your sons and daughters here, Irish Mums, like we always have. And one day, you can come and visit them here. :o)

[@tomasfinnegan157]

Most Irish people will leave but most move back at some point in life

[@bitTorrenter]

Well, I wish half of London would leave sometimes because it really is the English Capital in name only. Why the hell should I leave? People have this confused look on their face when you say I'm from "here"

[@Kitiwake]

I don't agree.

[@Liammulli]

​@@bitTorrenter Londistan

[@anthonymolloy8413]

White flight

[@gordonremsey8055]

I'm the guy who'll never leave. Just never see that happening ahah.

[@vinryan3267]

I'm sure 7 of my 8 Great Grandparents said that, too.

[@hokashasbiaka7318]

Why are Irish leaving. When you go you will never be able to return. Your country is being replanted by a forced migration policy and the Irish will be on a minority before long. Please stay and stake your claim to the most wonderful country on Earth. please. before its too late. stay and fight for your country. enter politics and fight the traitors planning the destruction of Ireland

[@mrhoppy_9724]

hoka shasbiaka there’s nothing worth staying for.

[@johnjohansson6277]

I think your tin foil hat might’ve fallen off you nut case.

[@antoniopadilla4727]

No work

[@j2msu341]

jumping off a stinking ship !

[@patrickglennon7058]

You called it😢

[@shanc3734]

Would love to find those that emigrated and see how they got on and where they ended up .

[@Sean-sn9ld]

I'm one of these people... Not someone in the actual documentary, but left the country at the same time , at the same and for the same reasons .... I moved to the UK where at the time the economy was much better and everything was dirt cheap compared to back home. Now I'm having to go to food banks every 6-8 weeks so I dont starve. Often it's been do I want to eat or have electricity this week? Id love to go back home but don't see anyway of saving up enough money to pay for a deposit and six months rent and everything else.

[@shanc3734]

@@Sean-sn9ld oh stop Sean- that’s awful. I’m so sorry to hear that- I truly am. It’s scary how much it can turn ( and for the worse ) in a few years etc. Ireland Is very expensive now and actually finding a place to rent / live is another battle. I hope it works out for you- I really do .

[@AldoScotia]

Eventually the Irish will vote to leave the EU- the economy had been boosted by acting as a tax shelter for US corporations however that's coming to an end and the country is now being swamped by unskilled migrant's.Public opinion will change and Irexit will happen however it'll be too late by then

[@hector-sauvage]

Never will the Irish vote to leave of their own accord, the EU is like a God to Irish people. Luckily the whole thing is likely to collapse over the next decade and the choice won't be ours to make. The UK won't be the only large country to leave.

[@paulkinsella6536]

@@hector-sauvage I don't think the Irish will vote to leave the E.U. after watching the U.K. economy on the skids and gaining speed. I think the U.K. will join the E.U. again. I think now they realise their bad judgement on leaving.

[@thomascoady3782]

So true. The flood of unskilled arriving being given free everything will collapse the economy and social welfare system. Ireland will once again reap what our corrupt politicians sow - a boom and burst economy. They want cheap labour with high rents. Once again, it’s not going to end well and the future is more unpredictable than it ever was with the Irish politicians doing a solo run with the WEF/EU/UN and the WHO. The Irish people have had enough of their politicians open borders policies inviting undocumented migrants without background checks and passports in on top of an already beleaguered Irish workforce and are out on the streets protesting.

[@attract1234]

There is plentiful of work, it was held back from are young to give to others.

[@Parseenfroo]

At 12:06 I think you mean property, not real estate.

[@setarita]

Why have a 6 pack when you can have a keg. PERMANENT VISA APPROVED. Welcome home, mate.

[@jullyahgilboymcgiollabuidh108]

Who is these evil people who continuously making the lives of Irish people miserable then and now, obviously there is a very powerful individual behind this, whoever you are your judgement day will come. For The Elohim Most High will not tolerate your wickedness, You will be burn in hell. My ancestors are native Irish We are Gaels, my grand grand parents decided to go outside Ireland it's not because they want to but because they need to, if not... i might be existing now, but someday i want to see where my great grand parents came from. I hope my lineage are still there .... The McGiolla Buide.

[@EireEigthyFour]

Stop voting for anti Irish politics

[@The1ByTheSea]

where are the young Irish going to ?? Canada,Australia, and USA.Seattle ,USA fucking awesome !! USA much more land,cost of living cheaper, Euro is expensive.

[@rayosullivan4398]

Yep if you can't find work in the USA something is wrong with you you can pretty much do anything you want it's like 50 countries,although some places you may get a bullet in the gullet

[@paddyc2376]

How's that? There's jobs here and there yes but crap wages with little chance of increasing due to cheap foreign labour, in other words if you're not happy with your button wages hit the road there's plenty more people will work for buttons, that's the problem which has made working class now head towards poorer and poorer in a slow decline, standards of living are declining rapidly most people cannot qualify for a mortgage now let alone hope to pay rent and with the governments intelligent thinking on more immigration where will we all live with a housing crisis, they're worsening the problem France has just tightened its rules on immigrant workers again not to be unfair to them but if wages decline for the French and the immigrants both suffer and the immigrants work for small money in the end, if another recession hits which there's talk of Irelands in big BIG TROUBLE THIS TIME

[@marikabournes9703]

I'm Irish living in Scotland

[@marinciubogdan8137]

why did you choose scotland?

[@icdgyixify]

So much for the EU! Irexit now!

[@eunanavesani6074]

Nope. I live in italy and i wuold never live in australia to rent a Roma for a thousand dollars a month when here i get a full appartment for 500 euro in verona. Lots of work too

[@icdgyixify]

@@eunanavesani6074 How interesting!

[@petercharles8306]

Try Queensland...opportunities...good life...good people...

[@philipclemoes9458]

But will they find anywhere better?

[@horsemanoftheapocalapse5837]

Irish people willl always travel for work unless you get a break at home. Irish people work harder abroad because they dont have to pay as much tax. The reason Ireland has such high taxes is that half the country are on welfare or income support. There are jobs in multinatiionals but you woyld need to spend years in third llevel education .There is life after schooll and its in other countries

[@roberta9833]

😞😢😭💐💞

[@kennethkilleen8758]

Don't worry there has never been as many Ireland only thing is they are not irish

[@attract1234]

We need are young men home. Governments plans to rid our land of our people, to replace them.

[@philipclemoes9458]

I love there unique a accent, be horrible to become Ilamisized.

[@josenotario6567]

Never date single moms

[@saarrrcamscms226]

I can safely say they're not in the market for pigs or children. The first they don't need , the second they already have ;)

[@saarrrcamscms226]

Duffer Man false. Not factual. Lie based on lack of objective use for them I.e ain't nobody needing that atm

[@anhill9921]

*YOU* are why abortion is necessary. *Make sure you never have kids* Why did your mom have you..so you could trash talk other moms?!

[@deeppurple883]

We're back to real estate 2023.Do we learn do we fuck. We bounced back like a Gaelic ball in Croke Park when Dublin win. Now we are King's of Europe and it's the celtic rore you hear ✌️☘️

[@nymike06]

Tell me why again socialism is a great idea?

[@ajrwilde14]

this is Zionism not socialism

[@patglennon9671]

What the hell has socialism got to do with anything? Do explain.

[@nymike06]

@@patglennon9671 Stop dodging the obvious

[@patglennon9671]

@@nymike06 so you can't articulate your thoughts_ argument,? Fair enough.

[@nymike06]

@@patglennon9671 Listen Lad, they are running from socialism, it's self explanatory . It's Not helping them. They want money and freedom. Wake up!

[@playerone6672]

Dont come to new Zealand irish have a bad name here

[@Tomherbs]

Can you elaborate further?

[@judythomas2345]

Yes getting a bad name in Australia too for scamming the elderly pretending to do work around peoples houses demanding half the money upfront and not returning.... police in Melbourne looking for lots of Irish tradesmen. Had to put out a public alert. Allow them a visa and they threaten and scam our elderly. A lot have over stayed there visas . It’s pretty bad.

[@padraigsisk4057]

@@judythomas2345 Hi Judy, I was in Melbourne in 1996 , enjoyed my time there, yes the Irish have a bad name but the Ausies no saints either. Been at the butt end of both. I got seriously assaulted 1 night outside a pub in Melbourne by bouncers who shouldn't have been in the country. Every country has good and bad.

[@j2msu341]

​@@judythomas2345 Irish gypsies different race of people

[@Liammulli]

​@Judy Thomas That's the irish Gypsies. They are Irish but they're hated just as much here as abroad.

[@rayosullivan4398]

What's new here this has been happening for a couple hundred years how could you make a living in a place with such a small population