New To The Parish

An @IrishTimes series in which newcomers to Ireland talk about the joys and challenges of their new lives. Share your story at [email protected]

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From Portugal to Ireland: ‘There was some part of me that started to be a bit more awake’ https://t.co/JmeCxiRvmJ

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‘I knew nothing about this island’: From Venezuela to Ireland https://t.co/9l4EJo5n3m

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‘Life in Dublin was very chaotic. It was bad then and I’m sure it’s worse now’ https://t.co/SdewmQvve4

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‘Dublin has a really good energy. It’s easy to have a nice night out and chat with people’ https://t.co/EgdqPtiFMR

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‘In Türkiye, on public transport, you should be very quiet. I was shocked by the behaviour in Ireland’ https://t.co/62smSEGT8U

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A Palestinian in Ireland: ‘I like Cork more than Dublin, to be brutally honest. It’s a very lovely place’ https://t.co/oF8pn3dq3x

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‘If I’m walking to work, I will say hi to almost 10 people and everybody asks how I am. In Mozambique it’s not like that’ https://t.co/qyX4GSvmIl

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‘I used to have a firearm for protection. In Ireland I walk home at 10 o’clock at night by myself’ https://t.co/wAeqx5haSX

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There is a nagging sense that Marion Jones suffered a lot more than some other celebrated drug cheats of her generation, writes Dave Hannigan, via @IrishTimesSport https://t.co/AjddUQKxxX

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An Englishman on Irish life: ‘There is an underlying positivity in Ireland, certainly in comparison to your Anglo-Saxon neighbours’ https://t.co/4qd2boTavC

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‘I love Ireland. Ireland is 100% different to back home. It’s peace, calm’ https://t.co/PUiKIi1XmG

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‘Ireland is a country of people who are very friendly, no shooting’ https://t.co/7p7UKuGJXo

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‘I feel that it is possible to become Irish in a way it would never be possible to become German or to become Japanese’ https://t.co/PNZO3E7vrh

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Really interesting @NewToTheParish here, as Joy Nesbitt speaks about her family's ancestral connections to Irish slave owner Dr John Good

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via @shaunabowerss

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News to the Parish: Ukrainians and Irish ‘understand each other because we have been through similar problems’ says Elvira Sieitablaieva https://t.co/IjNke2Ndbx

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Rosie McDonagh from St Albans, near London: 'If you’re in a sticky situation... Irish people are happy to weigh in and help' https://t.co/ePjI4pVnce

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When Laura Devides first moved to Dublin, she lived in some 'very bad places', including one rental where she shared a double bed, before moving to a mattress on the floor.’ Now she shares a rental with her long-term boyfriend in Bray, Co Wicklow. https://t.co/CRpYL8eObG

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New to the Parish: ‘So many Brazilians come and then stay. We’re very like Irish people’ https://t.co/qYNjiWQZa3

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‘I am obsessed with hurling. It’s probably one of the most complicated sports that I’ve ever tried’, via @NewToTheParish https://t.co/cAKjMHxe9q