When Wojciech and Monika Kostka’s daughter Maja began junior infants she was one of the only children in the school with Polish parents. “The Polish people moving to Ireland were quite young so Maja was one of the first children born here,” remembers Monika. Three years previously, when the 2002 census was carried out, there were just 2,124 Poles living in Ireland. “Irish people are very nice and smile a lot but they’re not direct and they’re shy about saying what they think. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times“Personally I now feel I can work better with people because I’ve experienced different attitudes and different approaches.

Source: The Irish Times September 05, 2018 04:52 UTC