Anna Pas admits it was "pretty crazy" to decide to come to Ireland just a day after she graduated from Poznan University. That was almost a year ago. Today, after a stint serving lunches at a Dublin business centre, she is editor of Polski Express.

The glossy Polish language magazine caters for the thousands of Poles who, like Ms Pas, came in the hope of a better life, after Ireland - together with UK and Sweden - opened its labour markets two years ago to workers from the 10 new accession states of the European Union.