This article is part of a series about Irish people who are working in creative fields and living abroad. “Being in Berlin and seeing the freedom people have to be themselves, to try out new things, gave me the courage to try it myself,” she says. [ Why are so many Irish moving to the ‘new Berlin on the Med’?Opens in new window ]She vowed to return. After graduating and working for a small Dublin firm, O’Donnell moved to Berlin 11 years ago. Despite 20,000 Irish people living in Germany, O’Donnell still hears many stereotypes, including the “frustrating” one of the Irish being big drinkers.

Source: The Irish Times March 13, 2026 09:02 UTC