![]() I have been giving a lot of thought to heading back to Ireland to work and am currently looking for opportunities in the construction management sector of either residential or commercial. John Clancy: ‘I have been giving a lot of thought to heading back to Ireland to work.’ John Clancy, New Zealand Ireland is beautiful country with great people, but God forbid if the country goes into recession again because it will take 100 years before it will ever recover. Unless the healthcare system, housing market and wages were right I wouldn’t return. I’m a qualified carpenter/joiner, and currently a site supervisor with a commercial builder. Toronto is booming at the moment, which means a high demand for construction workers, so wages are much higher here. Also, lack of opportunities outside of Dublin is an issue. Low pay, high taxes, lack of affordable housing are the main factors preventing me from coming home. I am working as a civil engineer in Toronto. ![]() Some day things may change, but for now, we are not returning. I feel let down by the current Government’s lack for action on these problems faced by returning emigrants. We have discussed moving back, but unfortunately we see a large amount of obstacles: housing availability, job prospects outside of Dublin, cost of car insurance, and the general high cost of living. Our original dream was to move back to Ireland after five years, but that hasn’t happened. We settled in Perth, where I work in the mining industry, and Rachel is a project manager for a utilities company. So we decided to move to Australia to pay off a couple of loans and enjoy a life-changing experience. Rachel had qualified as a planner at UCC in 2010 but could not get a paying job. I am an electrician and had been made redundant in January 2011. I moved to Australia in 2011 with my now wife Rachel. Do they see opportunity? Have they already moved home, or are they considering it? If not, what’s keeping them away? Here’s what they had to say. Irish Times Abroad asked construction workers who had emigrated during the recession for their views. This may put even more pressure on an already strained housing market, however, and worries about another property crash is putting some construction workers off moving here from abroad, according to one major building company. The number of people working in the construction sector in Ireland has jumped by 14 per cent, or 17,900 jobs, in the past 12 months, but Ireland will need an influx of workers from abroad to meet housing targets, according to the ESRI.
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