Fucking wish I could
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2025
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As an Australian, same.
No EU relatives I can use a a crutch :( i had thought of moving to France but under Le Pen they seem to want to go fascist anyway. :(
What is wrong with Australia? You do get used to everything being upside down, right?
its eligibility criteria to those with Italian parents or grandparents.
That's the existing criteria for Irish passports. I'd guess the number of Americans with one grandparent born in Ireland or Italy must run to 10s of millions.
yeah but most Americans are lazy af. they're not all jumping at the opportunity. it's pretty hard to do complete the process, for Italy as least. dunno about Ireland.
Don't forget complacent, how many are seriously thinking about leaving? And that's not even just America but the whole West, although I'd hope we're learning.
Ireland needs to check their phones and make sure they DO contain anti-Trump and anti-JDVance memes.
Hmm, I never thought of this as futurology.
I'm poking around a bit about what passports I might be able to get (besides Israel). Canada's great right now, but it wouldn't be as a state.
If I was single there is a good chance I would be in ireland.
A third higher? Looks 50% higher.
I assume they are talking about the not-given number of people going from USA to Ireland.
No, it says that number has jumped by 96%.
What "no"?
But the figure for Americans emigrating to Ireland was a third higher, at 9,600. The fact that this number has suddenly jumped by 96%
9'600 is 96 % more than the previous value. It has nothing to do with the 6'100 except for the countries being the same.
So what's the third higher reference?
Sorry I am lost now. What exactly is still unclear?
What does the increased by a third figure refer to. The change in yhebdelayou are unclear, lol.
It says the number of Americans immigration to Ireland is a third higher than the Irish emigrants. But it's more like 50% higher. You suggested that maybe it was the American figure that changed by a third, but it changed by 96%.
So what does the third refer to? I suspect it's a misunderstanding of a 50% increase means that the excess is a third of the total.
2 to 3 is a 50% increase. 2 is 1/3 less than 3.
Your last line. They used it wrong, using the "higher number" as the basis for the relative change from the perspective of the smaller number. Does not make sense.
Lol, so you agree with my initial comment?
Yes. I completely missed your point earlier.
No dramas. The article is confusing was my reason for posting.