Date: Dec. 5th 2013
Session: “Forming a Community of Character and Creativity”: Bridging Schools and the Community
Speaker: Mr. Barry Fennell, Project Manager, Family and Community Engagement Project, Co-operation Ireland.
The NYCI report ‘Time to Go?’ launched on Thursday, 9th May is the first qualitative study exploring the experience and impact of emigration on Ireland’s youth. The results provide an insight into the opportunities and difficulties faced by young emigrants in Canada, the UK and beyond.
“Over the past 2 years over a quarter of our population has been affected by the emigration of a close family member, and half of our 18 to 24 years olds have said they would consider emigrating themselves, so it is vital that this issue is given the consideration it deserves, and that a Government policy response to tackle the issue and support our young emigrants is developed,” said NYCI’s Marie-Claire McAleer speaking at the launch.