Irish abroad: Working and living in a post-pandemic New York city


by IMAGE
17th Mar 2023

Tara Miskelly, who is from Derry but was brought up in Dublin, moved to New York with big dreams of taking on the Big Apple. The pandemic brought her back to Ireland for a spell but this time last year, she returned to live and work in the city that never sleeps to find out how it has changed.

It’s a frosty February evening in 2022 when I land back in New York City, almost five years to the day since I last lived here as an eager 22-year old with big dreams of taking on the Big Apple. The pilot announces, “we’ll be landing in JFK in 10 minutes” and I look out the window at the glistening city lights welcoming me back. Once we land, I hail a taxi to my hotel,...

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