To everyone wishing to move to Ireland...Doctors appointment £55.00 (every time)....Antibiotics prescription £65.00 (every time)
Um, nope. For about half the population (under 6s, medical card and GP visit card holders) GP visits are free. Anyone with a medical card pays €2 per prescription item. For everyone else under the drug payment scheme, the maximum prescription amount a family will pay is €134pm (reduced to €124pm from April). Not as good as the NHS by any means. But consider that non means tested child benefit is €140pm each for the first two children, €167pm for a third, €177 for a fourth+ (and significantly more for twins and triplets). And it kind of evens out.
Then you consider that people from lower income families get completely free third level education plus a non-repayable grant, while everyone else is highly subsidised. The property tax is generally far lower than council tax, no water charges, extremely generous social welfare system, etc.
Ireland is no utopia by any means and the health service leaves a lot to be desired. But having lived in England, Wales and Ireland, Ireland is in many ways the country it's the easiest to be secure in because the social safety net is one of the best in the world. And it certainly has much, much greater social mobility and a far, far healthier democracy. Two things which are undoubtedly intertwined.