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RTÉ News
30-04-2025
- Business
- RTÉ News
Number of Ireland-born residents in Australia passes 100,000
The number of Ireland-born residents in Australia has passed 100,000, according to official figures. The data, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), shows that 103,080 people born in Ireland were living in Australia as of last June, up from 94,540 the previous year, an increase of more than 8,500. The figure has almost doubled in the last 20 years. It has risen by 87% since 2004 when 55,020 people born in Ireland were living there. It increased sharply following the 2007 economic crash, peaking at 96,360 in 2013. The figure fell to 85,660 in 2022 and rose by almost 9,000 in 2023. There was a much smaller increase in the number of Northern-Ireland born residents during the same period. Some 25,920 residents born In Northern Ireland were living in Australia in 2024, up 860 on the previous year. The figure has risen by 14.9% in the last 20 years. Ireland's increase stands in sharp contrast to most other European Union countries. The figure for Italy fell from just under 223,000 people in 2004 to 156,000 last year. The country also dropped out of Australia's top 10 countries of birth for the first time since 1901. In 2024, 31.5% of Australia's estimated resident population were born overseas, up from 30.7 per cent in 2023. For 9 facts about Australia's overseas-born population, see — Australian Bureau of Statistics (@ABSStats) April 30, 2025 Overall, of the 27.2 million people resident in Australia, 8.6 million were born abroad. England, India, China and New Zealand are the countries of birth with the largest populations. The ABS said that almost every country in the world was represented in Australia's overseas-born population last year.
BBC News
11-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Northern Ireland businesses making connections in North Carolina
Businesses from Northern Ireland in North Carolina say they are in the US for "strategic reasons, not just lip service".The NI Chamber delegation is in the city of Raleigh alongside representatives from Queen's University Belfast, Invest NI, Catalyst, Software NI - as well as the first and deputy first ministers and the head of the civil comes after NI Chamber signed a collaboration agreement last year with North Carolina Chamber, known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU.)One of the companies taking part in the trip is B-Secur, a Northern-Ireland based company that makes medical devices used to monitor heart health. The United States is its biggest customer base. 'Blown away' by the talent CEO Alan Foreman said: "USA is a real target for us, but it's a very, very large place. "We have some customers in the west coast, east coast, in the middle in Minneapolis, but it's really difficult to pin down where your entry point is. "As a relatively small company, you have to grow from somewhere."He said the feedback they have been getting, so far, in Raleigh is that many are pleasantly surprised."Typically, from North America they think of London or Dublin as an entry point into the western part of Europe and we have been in the shadows, perhaps. "Bringing delegations as we did and the chamber did last year, they were just blown away by the talent."My number one feedback that I've been receiving is the access to quite a vast amount of talent from both universities."It's unbelievable, it's on par to some of the really large universities over in North America," he added. How do Northern Irish businesses compete? Mr Foreman said what was important was that he was not there on his own, but part of a delegation."I bumped into the first minister this morning. These things are so powerful as I walk in to customers today and potential customers tomorrow."It's not just lip service that we are coming over for a single transaction, we are here for strategic reasons." Geopolitical uncertainty NI Chamber CEO Suzanne Wylie said the visit was part of a long-term process and they would be inviting a trade mission back to Northern Ireland in the summer from North said some of their upcoming businesses, particularly the entrepreneurial businesses, have already had doors opened to them in the particular, she said parallels could be drawn between some sectors like health and life sciences, MedTech, healthtech and financial there has been more geopolitical uncertainty this year than last year, including President Trump's introduction of some said that while there's uncertainty across the globe right now, "businesses really just want to create the relationships and get on with doing business with each other and continue to look for further investment in some of our innovative companies"."We still have a long way to go until we know where this is all going to land," she added. First Minister Michelle O'Neill will not be heading to the White House after Monday's North Carolina event, as she is boycotting the St Patrick's Day festivities there due to President Trump's stance on she will be heading home, while Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly will travel on to Washington will be present at the White House reception on Wednesday and is likely to meet President Trump.
