Expat Advice on Difficulty of Ireland

Hi Naturefairy,

As you know the situation in Ireland has changed. There're less jobs but still some, it really depends whether you're ready to take anything that presents itself or if you are looking for a more specific position.

As for renting, prices have droppped. Same as above, it depends if you want to share a place with somebody (you can find single room for 300 in the north of the city / 500 in the south) or if you want your own place (then for a studio it starts at 400). I am living in Dublin South, but I think prices are slightly cheaper in Dublin North. More you go away from the city centre, more affordable the prices will be.


I've been in Dublin for 4 years and i have not seen any changes in Heat, water or internet srevices prices.
But after it really depends on your salary as life in Dublin is pretty expensive (Grocery and nights out).

Are you planning to move here?

Wishing you all the best and if you need, feel free to ask.
Marie

The situation in Ireland is hard....but livable, it all depends on your wage, and if its a constant wage. we pay 720 euro a month for a one bedroom arpartment on the northside in Clontarf. But we are heading back home to australia as its not worth struggling any longer. We are over here to travel europe, and theres no point just living, and not being able to travel. We have been doing it for 2 years, so we are also nearly at our end point.
But basically, it all depends on whether you have a job.....it will be great craic if you do!

MarieHarmony wrote:

Hi Naturefairy,

...I've been in Dublin for 4 years and i have not seen any changes in Heat, water or internet srevices prices.
But after it really depends on your salary as life in Dublin is pretty expensive (Grocery and nights out).

Are you planning to move here?

Wishing you all the best and if you need, feel free to ask.
Marie

Hi Marie & thanks for the info.

I really did want to move to Ireland (though not necessarily Dublin), but even if I did obtain a job in my field, it is just too expensive & difficult to obtain reasonable rent & heating costs. I live a simple life, so I don't need much, but regular living costs will require a decent income.

If I can afford it in the future, I'll definitely come. That's why I asked about the situation. It's near impossible to obtain a decent job in my field online, plus there's hassles to get a work permit, VISA, residence charges etc. All that equals very expensive!

SO I'll probably move to Chile, where it's much cheaper to acquire a job, work permit etc, I'll save a little & then try for Ireland. I'd love to go there now, but I don't have the resources right now.

angelap wrote:

The situation in Ireland is hard....but livable, it all depends on your wage, and if its a constant wage. we pay 720 euro a month for a one bedroom arpartment on the northside in Clontarf. But we are heading back home to australia as its not worth struggling any longer. We are over here to travel europe, and theres no point just living, and not being able to travel. We have been doing it for 2 years, so we are also nearly at our end point.
But basically, it all depends on whether you have a job.....it will be great craic if you do!

Hi Angelap & thanks for your contribution.

720 euro for a 1 bedroom apartment sounds a bit expensive. It must be very nice. When I browsed through online rentals in Belfast, I encountered semi-furnished (stove & fridge included) 1 bedrooms for 500 to 600 euro & they were quite nice, sunny & had adequate space.

You're right about the job. I guess no one's hiring foreigners in Ireland right now, even if their qualifications are needed.

I hope the Irish people are able to get through okay despite the greedy gov't dumping the debt on them.

I prefer Ireland as I'm a native English speaker, but one needs to have a lot of money to make a move there, & the euro currency exchange is NOT in my favour. Plus I'm not doing it without a job offer.

Would you mind if I jump in here? I am a British citizen intending to move to Ireland with my Cambodian wife. We really do live a simple, unassuming life but the pervasive corruption in Cambodia has ground us down and we crave to live peacefully in a civilized society, hence Ireland. We'd rather settle on the west coast where life would be more tranquil and hopefully cheaper, but we need work. Despite my professional background, I want to avoid the rat-race and live a low key, stress free life; therefore, we'd be fine picking up little more than the minimum wage. My question is, if we lived in Galway or somewhere like that, and we both earned modest salaries, would we be able to afford to rent a one-bed flat in a quiet, safe area and sustain ourselves?

Hi andyha!

If you have new questions i would suggest you to start a new thread on the Ireland forum for better visibility and increasing your chances of obtaining responses

Regards
Armand