65,000 people left Ireland last year, that’s 25,000, more than the annual emigration figures in the 1950s. Barry Ryan is a product of the emigration trend. Second-generation Irish, he's now a student at London University. Working with RTÉ London reporter, Brian O'Connell, Barry put together this personal view of emigration.
Report shows sign for Kilburn High Road in London.
Biddy Mulligan's pub in Kilburn.
To camera Barry Ryan on the number of Irish people emigrating to London.
The Four Courts in Dublin.
Street scene in London.
Interview with Helena Bonnen on why she emigrated from Donegal.
London city centre at night.
Interview with Joan O'Flynn, Action Group For Irish Youth (AGIY), on the experiences of Irish immigrants.
Interview with Dave Murphy, Barman in Biddy Mulligan's.
Pub scene in Biddy Mulligan's.
To camera Barry Ryan giving statistics relating to the Irish in London.
Neon lit sign about homeless people.
Interview with Dave Murphy, AGIY, on housing problems for the Irish in London.
Barry Ryan outside a telephone booth giving more statistics about housing problems for the Irish.
Conway House, Irish Centre Hostels Limited.
Interview with Fr Frank Ryan on the function of Conway House.
Graphics on the people who rely on the facilities in Conway House.
Kilburn street scene including a Bank of Ireland branch.
Copy of the guide produced by AGIY for newcomers to London.
Interview with Joan O'Flynn who hopes to see the guide distributed in Ireland before people emigrate.
Slide showing the contact information for AGIY.
The reporter is Barry Ryan.
