CorkIndependent.com Opinion Feed http://www.corkindependent.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:25:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.corkindependent.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.corkindependent.com CorkIndependent.com Opinion Feed http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7592&Itemid=83 My brother went to Switzerland in the 80s, now he's in the US. He is in the pharmaceutical business, if he came home now there might be a job but he has a good life there now and I wouldn't say he'll ever come back. Ray Goggin Whites Cross Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7593&Itemid=83 @unislimcork Good friends emigrated to Florida.Had a huge effect on children of both families. Hard to explain to kids why they had to go. @dorasbeag I know a guy who had to leave Ireland and is working in London now, he doesn't have his own family yet but it's still hard Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7594&Itemid=83 Fiona Kehily I "emigrated" to London in April 2008. It wasn't a direct response to the recession but I'm very glad that I did in light of the Irish economic collapse. There is so much more opportunity here and life is a lot more stable. Wages are still a lot less here but it is worth it. In saying that I only see the opportunities in London - other parts of the UK are suffering as much as Ireland. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7595&Itemid=83 I have recently been granted a great gift in my life; my son, had a son, I have a new grandson. I have two other grandsons, beautiful little men, from my daughter . I love them all, fantastic, I love them all. Ben, Cian, and Sam. My mother is still alive - she is 95, still to the good, still in the full possession of all her facilities. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.corkindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7596&Itemid=83 Every so often in this column, I plan to write about people whose names you hear regularly on the News – and whose picture you may even see from time to time – but about whom you probably know very little. The first subject for this occasional series is a man who is normally based in Dublin, but who comes to Cork once or twice a year, to preside over trials at the Central Criminal Court. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100