Ireland anyone?

[conorlewandowski17]

Originally Posted by okaydorothy

school is good. The education is very good ; we learn more on the memorizing things area. Religion is taught in schools. The Leaving Certificate is the final exam of high school.

Watch with jobs ; many companies hire on a yearly contract basis to be renewed or not at the end of the year.

Many irish people resent others coming to the country ; they even resent their own ex-pats coming home. Now I am not saying all are like this, but many are.

The countryside is beautiful. But if you dh is going to be working in Dublin, you would want something that is commutable to it. Kildare, port Laoise, Meath, some are evern going as far as Dundalk to live.

Taxes are higher at home. Most people do not work two jobs like they do here. Yes the work week is shorter ; mostly a 35 hour work week. More vacation pay and more days off. But things are more expensive. Gas is high, cars are smaller. A 2008 Mini Cooper will set you back @ 22,000 euros.

any other questions, I will be happy to help.

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[njkate]

Hmmm, interesting read that reinforces the points Dorothy & Clongirl were making:

Celtic Tiger chained by Europe - Washington Post

[njkate]

Ireland anyone?

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Anyone know what the nicest area in Ireland to live is ? Possibly within commutable distance to jobs (such as dublin etc)Looking for something with a community feel, for no more then 400,000 US dollars. Somewhat country would be better then a complete cityish feel.

Asking about communting distance to jobs as well.
I can not speak for the o/p but if I were contemplating a move across the Atlantic I would want to know it all..the good the bad & the ugly to weigh.

Yes, we are in a world recession but the article leads one to believe it may take IRE longer to recover.

So I guess o/p may have a somewhat rounded picture..not entirely rosy nor hopelessy gloomy

[clongirl]

I think I already gave this link (with all of my unhelpful answers) but Move to Ireland Free Site - Help for Immigrants Moving to Ireland is a wonderful resource for all the pertinent information on all aspects of moving to Ireland. Also, Daft.ie : Property for Sale in Ireland, Overseas Property, Property to Let, Houses to Rent, Accommodation Sharing, Parking Spaces in Ireland (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Belfast) shows listings for properties for sale all over the country.

As for the "nicest" part of Ireland to live - that's purely a personal matter. I'm partial to the southwest (West Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Clare) since my family all lives there and that's where I used to live.

I'm not that familiar with Dublin but, if you're looking into commutable towns outside of Cork City, then Glanmire, Youghal, Ballincollig, Cobh, Mallow, and Douglas etc.

Outside of Limerick, commutable towns are Killaloe, Adare, Birdhill, Castleconnell, Newport, Shannon. Or there's the areas of Raheen, Dooradoyle within the city itself that are near the jobs centers.

Anyone else that needs pertinent/helpful/realistic information can pm me.

[Pigeon1916]

Originally Posted by KH02

Anyone know what the nicest area in Ireland to live is ? Possibly within commutable distance to jobs (such as dublin etc)
Looking for something with a community feel, for no more then 400,000 US dollars. Somewhat country would be better then a complete cityish feel.

Drogheda is a nice town about 30min drive north of Dublin. So it is well within commuting distance by car, by bus or by train.

You could buy a nice house well within your budget.

As for Jobs the economy is bad at the moment but it seems to be a global thing. Have a look at the following links.
www.irishjobs.com
www.monster.ie

Best of luck

[Fletchwitch]

I don't know if you've already made moves on this. I haven't been a lot of places here , but I am told by everyone here that Galway is great. As to a cityish feel, I think Dublin is the only place you'd get that. I'm in Cork which is pretty big, but it just feels like an enormous village to me.

Galway is quite arty, and Cork is probably the warmest place here, though it does rain as much as anywhere else. West Cork is really beautiful and very into arts, organics, slow food etc.

As to the money you have available houses are extremely expensive still, but they are starting to come down and it's anticipated they'll continue to do so. www.daft.ie will give you a really good idea of the current house prices if you've not already found it.

The friendliness of the people here (at least in Cork) is not to be believed. You can have an hour long natter with someone on the street you just asked the time. People are also very generous, kind and community-oriented. Businessmen and salesmen are exceptionally good at robbing you in the most charming way.

It is very wet though...

Good luck!

[albion]

I heard on the news this morning that Dell are moving production from Ireland to Poland.

[clongirl]

Originally Posted by albion

I heard on the news this morning that Dell are moving production from Ireland to Poland.

Absolutely devastating for the region- My family lives in Limerick and it's going to affect everyone. Many major employers in the Shannon area also such as Analog Devices also rumored to be laying off. Waterford/Wedgewood just went belly up also.

[albion]

I'm sorry to here that Clongirl, there have been a lot of redundencies in my region (West Sussex) as well.
Let's hope that this down turn is a short one.