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The epilogue considers, in view of the economic shock of 2007–2008, how profound lessons about Irish political and cultural anxieties have emerged as exemplified by relations with the diaspora. It is argued that new narratives of Irish migrant experience, including those of immigrants to Ireland, are unfolding on a scale that demands urgent attention. Relations with the diaspora cannot be focused overly on tourism: that issues such as overseas voting and removing the barriers currently faced by Irish return migrants need to be addressed.
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Mark O’Regan, “Return of 1,500 emigrants a week boosts property”, Sunday Independent, 23 April 2017.
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However, note the special section on contemporary Irish emigration curated by Mary Hickman and Louise Ryan in the Irish Journal of Sociology, vol. 23 (Nov. 2015), especially Ryan’s article on the compared experiences of recent emigrants with those of previous generations.
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“Generation Emigration” is a regular feature of Irish Times Online, begun in 2011.
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Devlin Trew, J., Pierse, M. (2018). Epilogue. In: Devlin Trew, J., Pierse, M. (eds) Rethinking the Irish Diaspora. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40784-5_12
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