Irish abroad, share your stories: From favourite foods to social interactions

Whether you have lived in another country for one year or 40 years, we’d like to share your perspective

Talk about the weather: Tell us what the small social interactions are like where you live

Irish Times readers outside the State share their views on being excluded from voting in the presidential election

Presidential election: What does the office mean to people living outside State?

‘Whoever is buying the houses is driving up their prices, so who could it be?’ writes David McWilliams

Musk-shame made me pause the day I completed my Tesla purchase. But any negativity I’ve felt since then is not based on genuine reaction to my car - it has more to do with my skewed social media bubble

We are surrounded by ways to pull us out of our inner life, to keep our thoughts shallow and feelings not fully explored

Give Up Yer Aul Screens: Getting out forces me to cut the autopilot scrolling, to enjoy the excitement in the seemingly ordinary through my children’s vantage

Cultural significance of horse ownership to Traveller community ‘cannot be overstated’

Uninterrupted conversations, cocktails till the wee hours and sleeps-in help pass the time

The great white, swirling wonder of the toilet bowl is to my baby what the South Pole was to Ernest Shackleton

Not even a modern-day reminder of the twittering president could spoil our happiness as we sang along to ‘Nelly the Elephant’

Bracing walks, kids getting their appetite back, not putting them to bed when the sun is shining . . . the season is settling with me

More money for transport, health and education