Hosanna Boulter
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 14
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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âWhen I met my Irish partner in Brazil, I thought he looked very exoticâ (opens the original)
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Since moving to Belfast after leaving her native Brazil in 2014, Juliana Germinio (34), has packed her bag four times with the intention of moving back home. Adjusting to life in Belfast was hard for Germinio, as she found both the weather and the culture colder than in her homeland. She had moved to Ireland to be with her then-partner Killian, whom she met when they were both volunteering for housing charity Habitat for Humanity in her home city of Recife. Her manager had asked her to go and sp
From the US to Mayo: âThey warned of slow internet and tiny roads. It wasnât a problem for meâ (opens the original)
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Ryan Friesen (47), who moved to Mayo from the US in 2021, feels that relocating from the American midwest to southern California was more of a culture shock than to Ireland. Friesen grew up in âcorn countryâ of northern Indiana. After graduating university, he âbopped aroundâ for a few years before doing an international relations masterâs in Wellington, New Zealand. On his return to the US, he got a job in a whiskey distillery, which would eventually lead him to Ireland. It was an are
From Kazakhstan to Ireland: âIn Dublin you hear so many different ways of saying sorry and thank youâ (opens the original)
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Aya Omirtay, who is originally from Kazakhstan, had never had a female boss before she moved to Ireland. While the 34-year-old was an award-winning journalist in her native country, she has been learning English and working in hospitality since she moved to Dublin in 2024. At the restaurant where she works in Dublin city centre, her manager is a 24-year-old woman. âKazakhstan is still quite a patriarchal society. During my journalism career, my editors and managers were always men. So having a
From Mumbai to Cork, bai: âMy spice threshold has gone downâ (opens the original)
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Maanadh Naik, who moved from India to Cork in 2018, had quite a shock at immigration in Cork airport when he heard an Irish accent for the first time. âI was used to American English that you would see in sitcoms, and then posh London English, but I had never heard Cork English,â Naik says, âWhen I heard the immigration officer speak, I went, oh my God, I donât understand what he is saying.â However, he adapted quickly and developed an ear for Irish English. He describes his childhood
A long road to Ireland: âThe Irish are very secretive. They donât tell you stuffâ (opens the original)
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Although she was born to Irish parents in London, Colleen Murrell did not become immersed in Irish culture until adulthood. Her mother and father, who were from Cork, died before she reached the age of six, and she, the youngest of four, was briefly taken into care as the family did not have any other relatives in the UK. Eventually her oldest sister was able to take her and her other siblings. Murrell (65), who moved to Dublin in 2020, had been sent to boarding school at age six and âhated it
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