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Job Market in ireland: 9 BEST tips to land your dream job
With a booming economy and unemployment rate significantly lower than the EU average, the job market in Ireland presents exciting opportunities for both local and international job seekers. This blog delves into the Irish job market, exploring key sectors, valuable…
“They attacked me, they took my wallet”; Is Dublin safe for immigrants?
Dublin, in theory, is considered one of the safest cities to live in but how much of that is actually true? For many years, hundreds of immigrants and international students, which forms a considerable part of Dublin’s population, have been…
ugly scenes as Rioters Tear Through dublin City Centre
Navigating the Irish Education System
For many new parents, sending young children to school is a daunting and scary thought. While this is true for any parent (particularly first-time parents) it can be especially true for first-time parents that are not Irish-born. In many cases,…
New employment rights about unpaid leave for medical care and breastfeeding breaks
A new act about unpaid leave for medical care and breastfeeding breaks has been brought into effect from 3 July 2023, brought in as part of the recently passed Work Life Balance Act 2023. Those new employment rights gives workers…
Growing up as the child of immigrant parents
In recent years, inward migration to Ireland has vastly increased. With this has come the increase in the number of children born in Ireland to non-Irish parents. In 2022, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ERSI) found that 14% of…
A Changed Ireland, Migration, Inclusion and Justice- a talk by Dr. Salome Mbugua
In recent years, Ireland has drastically changed from an emigrant country to an immigrant country as migration has greatly increased in the last twenty years. The original founders of the Irish State guaranteed religious and civil liberty as well as…