An Irish Goodbye… from Bologna: ‘Finding somewhere to live can still be competitive but compared to Ireland, the process felt more attainable financially’Ciara Walsh moved from Galway to Italy in 2019. She lives in a one-bed apartment with her Italian partner and their sonCiara Walsh in BolognaNicola Brady Today at 06:30“I moved to Bologna for the first time on an Erasmus in 2015, followed by a year in Catania, Sicily. I was back living in Ireland when I met my Italian partner in 2019 – he was travelling in Ireland for a month. So I decided to pack up and move back to Bologna, a city that had once been a home for me too.

Source: Irish Independent March 20, 2026 10:02 UTC