A report from the Crosscare Migrant Project says inconsistencies in how the social welfare assessments of returned emigrants are made must be addressed.

Ireland has recently seen increased numbers of its emigrants returning from abroad, with inward migration of Irish citizens in 2016 up by 74 per cent on the previous year (Central Statistics Office Population and Migration Estimates April 2016).

Ireland has moved on, people have moved on and sometimes that comes as shock – Crosscare Migrant Project.

Research has shown that FIFO work can have a negative impact on the lives and health of some workers in this field.

Call for email database of Irish emigrants abroad to be created to keep in touch with the quarter of a million Irish people have left the State since 2008.

Canadian visa allocation for Irish people increased from 6,350 to 10,700.