Long history of Irish sending money home - Higgins

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The President recalled tough times growing up in 1950s Ireland and how his sisters who were forced to emigrate sent money home 'to us who were having a very hard time' in Co Clare

President Michael D Higgins has said Irish people have a long history of emigration and sending money home.

"Irish people have been going away, and Irish people have been sending back remittances to their families at home, and enabling others to follow, in every phase of Irish history."

 

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Higgins is another anti Irish globalist. Brainwashing schoolchildren into believing this rubbish. How dare he!!

DermontFlynn Oh so its ok for people to collect welfare from the post office and send it back to their country, and here is me thinking your only meant to get enough sw for you and your immediate dependents to live on week to week🤔🤔🤔🤔

IrlEmbChina a lovely recognition of the vital role the diaspora played in Ireland's evolution.

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