Photograph: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty ImagesUntil last year, Dubliner Leanne Brady (29) was among thousands of so-called ‘digital nomads’ living in Lisbon. These are Brady’s reflections while surfing in Lisbon on her decision to move home to Ireland after three years. I’ve wanted to leave Lisbon for a while now but it wasn’t always that way. I could never afford my own apartment in Ireland and moved house four times over the course of a year before I left for Lisbon. Questioning what we’re doing here, as people come and go, a transient city where you are used to saying goodbye.

Source: The Irish Times November 10, 2025 10:41 UTC