Toni Pyke

Oct 15, 2024 | eurotopics.net | Toni Pyke |Michał Szułdrzyński |Nikolas Busse |Ovidiu Nahoi

Considering its own past Ireland should not take too hard a stance on migration, The Irish Times admonishes: “At one point a quarter of the population left Ireland in less than a decade. They left their homes because of famine, unemployment, lack of healthcare, poverty, overcrowding, unsanitary living conditions and rising rents. They left in search of a better life. This history is not unlike those who leave their homelands today.

Oct 12, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Toni Pyke

Ireland is no stranger to inequality, or to migration. We are often reminded of the country’s history of emigration where at one point a quarter of the population left Ireland in less than a decade. They left their homes because of famine, unemployment, lack of healthcare, poverty, overcrowding, unsanitary living conditions and rising rents. They left in search of a better life. This history is not unlike those who leave their homelands today.

Aug 18, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Toni Pyke

“Wow this is cool! ... Their work was very inspiring, and I was very surprised at how long ago some of these photos were taken.” This is a response from among the 300 students who explored a photographic exhibition at the Dominican Sisters Resource Centre in Cabra, Dublin last April.

Mar 2, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Toni Pyke

Angola is a beautiful and complex country. Located on the western coast of Southern Africa, it boasts 1,600 kilometres of coastline, interior hills and mountains, an eastern high plateau and the Namib Desert. It is home to 34.5 million people and is the sixth largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa given its oil production, accounting for half of the country’s income.