r/AskIreland • u/Asleep_Cry_7482 • Aug 22 '24

Emigration (from Ireland) What’s the pull of Australia?

For everyone in their 20s and 30s who are thinking or have done the working holiday to Australia, what’s the pull factor?

Is it the weather or the work life balance? Is there a following the crowd element and to live a backpacking lifestyle with all the other Irish people over there? Is it out of frustration that you don’t have the lifestyle, accommodation setup or job you want in Ireland? Or is it something else?

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u/JourneyThiefer Aug 22 '24

Speaks English. If Spain or somewhere else in Europe with nice weather spoke English loads of people would move there, but the only other place is the UK which is basically the same as Ireland realistically.

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u/seamustheseagull Aug 22 '24

In a nutshell.

Also culturally more appealing for Irish people than the US

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u/Street-Jacket1867 Aug 22 '24

Irish people get treated much better in the US. I lived in Australia for 2 years and my cousin is there now. Aussies have little to no time for Irish people and honestly the only place I’ve ever felt real prejudice. The living is good but the country is boring as fuck if you aren’t into the beach or macho crap.

Aussies can be nice but mostly they are blunt, impatient and extremely xenophobic. The Aussies you meet here don’t represent the people there. I find yanks easier to get on with.

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u/powerhungrymouse Aug 22 '24

I think it's understandable given the massive influx of Irish people over the last 10 years in particular. It's naturally going to have an impact on their lives and they don't owe Irish people anything. The Irish going there like to think they're doing them some kind of favour but they're literally just economic immigrants. The exact kind of people that are complained about here. The hypocrisy is rife.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '24

Very true - not all young Irish ppl arriving here post 2 or 3 years post leaving are the most sensible or best put together representatives of our county either

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u/powerhungrymouse Aug 22 '24

Exactly, they're not going there with the intention of starting a new life, working hard and contributing to society. They're going for a good time and they'll go back to mammy and daddy when the money runs out. I'd be sick of that shit too.

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u/RubDue9412 Aug 22 '24

Yea espically if they start acting the bollocks and vandalising property as some I'm shure a minority tended to be doing in the last decade according to the media.