00:00I feel like growing up in Dublin is like what, you know, shaped who I am, if that makes sense,
00:06because there's a new variation of like, you know, what it means to be, you know,
00:10black and Irish or Nigerian and Irish as well, like, you know, so it's, I feel like, yeah,
00:14that's probably like who I am.
00:17Meet Tobias, a 23-year-old intern born and raised in the Irish capital.
00:21Today, he'll be giving us a glimpse into his life in Dublin.
00:30I still live in my family, you know, there's five in my family, and of course, it's like, you know,
00:37my dad, I have a sister, I have a little brother, and I'm in the middle of a child, you know.
00:41One day when I'm working full-time, and me and my partner, we're saving up or something,
00:48we might buy a house in Dublin, we might rent in Dublin, who knows, but at the moment, yeah,
00:53it's very, very comfortable.
00:55Recent studies have determined that the average age Irish adults move out of the family home is 28.
01:05Morning, guys.
01:06This is my car, my colour pearl.
01:09And obviously, if you come to the back of the car, you'll see this very noticeable L sign,
01:16because I'm actually not a full licence driver at the moment, but, you know, that's pending,
01:20because I currently have my driving test day booked.
01:23In Ireland, teenagers can get a driver's licence at 17, but public transportation is often more convenient.
01:33Any time you go onto the street on the bus, the announcer, or like, you've come, will, like, announce the bus station.
01:40In Irish, out of English, so keep the Irish language, like, circulating.
01:45About 40% of people in Ireland speak Irish fluently, but proficiency drops significantly after age 18.
01:57Tobias learned Irish in school, but just retained the basics.
02:01Working at RTE, the national broadcaster, he's met a colleague who's fluent in the language.
02:06Like, I was raised with Irish, it's my first language, so I speak Irish at home.
02:12I'd say, like, 90% or so of my friends are fluent Irish speakers.
02:16It's starting to make a comeback, essentially, and, again, that's obviously great to see,
02:19because you do want a country to still have its language, you know, you don't want it to be just lost over the years and everything, so...
02:26That's the, that phrase, chirganchanga, chirgananam, country without its language is a country without its soul, you know, so, shanchan.
02:34Tobias is an intern in RTE's commercial department, where he works on design, video editing, and other creative projects.
02:45But right now, it's time for lunch.
02:50Turkey and potatoes for $7.95. I'm never doing that again.
02:54Like, no... $7.95, yeah.
02:57Over 60% of 18- to 29-year-olds in Ireland say housing and the cost of living are their biggest concerns.
03:05Yeah, I mean, I have to say I love going out in Dublin.
03:08Like, the nightlife here is great.
03:11Of course, it's, like, you can't talk about it without bringing the cost of drinks.
03:17But I do still enjoy doing it, I just maybe don't do it as often as I would, like, like to.
03:22The legal drinking age in Ireland is 18, and the most popular drink among young Irish drinkers is beer.
03:29After work, Tobias meets his friend Leon for a pint.
03:33The two are members of the group Black and Irish.
03:35We founded the organisation four years ago, just after the death of George Floyd.
03:42We saw a massive movement kicking off around the world that was focused on anti-black racism, but was very US-centric.
03:48So we decided to create something in Ireland to talk about the black experience here.
03:51One of the most common microaggressions that we see in Ireland is the where are you really from question.
03:56And then saying, no, where are you really from?
03:57I'm like, no, I really am from there.
03:59It does make you feel like you have to almost question your own identity, even though, like, this may be all you know, and you literally were born and bred.
04:06There are eight members of the group who meet regularly.
04:09In Ireland, over 67,000 people identify as black or black Irish, a number that has grown in recent years.
04:16Being Irish doesn't just mean, like, you have to be white or something.
04:19It doesn't mean you have to be just born in Ireland.
04:22It's like, you can actually become, you can be Irish if you are a part of the culture, you're a part of the scene.
04:26In 2022, seven in ten Irish people aged 18 to 24 considered moving abroad for better quality of life.
04:35But what does Tobias think about his future here?
04:38I might be in Ireland, I might be in America, I might be in France, I might be in Barbados, I don't know.
04:45Like, I'll be doing something creative anyways.
