To be thinking I might move to rep of Ireland?

[headcandygrl]

Aibu to think of moving to Ireland?
I am fed up of the lack of jobs here in the U.K.!
There seems to be (from the little research I have done) more benefits there (child benefit is WAY more!) , better job opportunities, less of an effect on jobs due to Covid. I have seen on here that they don't pay council tax! No water bills either. As far as I can see they pay slightly more tax! So it kind of evens out! But wages are better...
The education system there doesn't seem to pigeonhole children for a young age! They don't have to pass GCSE equivalents to do the A LEVEL equivalent...
University costs are less!! They have a grant system that is not paid back!!

Am I looking over with rose tinted glasses?? Is this the reality?? Anyone in Ireland who can clarify details for me?

Now I know they don't have an NHS like ours but from what I can see it is somewhat free for those that need it!!?

@FishesaPlenty

Is it still possible for a UK citizen to just 'move to Ireland'?

My English friends, the only thing they don't have the right to do is vote in a referendum. They can vote in the normal elections though.

Yes Irish can move to U.K. no problem and people from here can move to Ireland - we have a separate arrangement from the rest of the EU countries

I’m still taken aback by how much grief my cousin got, off her boss for having a baby whilst not married. I would have taken him to a tribunal but anyway

Really? Was this in recent years? Historically as a predominantly Catholic country yes, single mothers and their children were treated appallingly, however I would say as a result of this people's attitudes have gone completely the other way. Huge swaths of people have children outside of marriage and most wouldn't bat an eyelid so I find that very surprising indeed.

Financially, Ireland is actually a much better place to be an unmarried mother than the UK. There are legal protections in place should a cohabiting relationship break down. Much less of the "smug marrieds" attitude in that regard

Well, I had a baby in 2002 in the Uk not married and my boss said ''oh, I've never had this situation before''. I felt very shamed tbh.

But what's not acknowledged is that it's a middle class value, religion aside, being married before your children are born. Let's be honest.

Oh the Catholic dominance in schools is absolutely archaic and disgraceful though and very unlikely to change any time soon. So definitely make sure wherever you move to has a multi-denominational school close by. There isn't a school in my entire county that isn't religious. It pains me to send my DC to be indoctrinated into an institution I despise, but we literally have no other option.

When I lived in Ireland, I couldn’t get a job at all. I don’t know why because I never had a problem here in England.
I am educated to A levels with a professional qualification and was competing with degree and masters educated candidates with higher professional qualifications for jobs at a lower level than what I had been doing.
So I really didn’t think that it’s easy getting work there at all.

@CGWGWOO but when was that? The reason I left was due to the last recession and it was so hard to get a job - that’s certainly not the case now!

Also you are massively generalising - you can’t just say it’s hard to get jobs - it depends what kind of jobs / what industries etc

I hear you @3timeslucky my son is 7 in second class and my god the number of times we've been asked from doctor to dentist to pharmacist to receptionist. It is almost the second question after how old are you 🤣

You could live in northern ireland and commune to dublin.

The rents are high also school and private garbage disposal.
I lived in the UK i think the cost balance out. The rent price is lower outside of Dublin there is a good quality of life.

@Waveysnail

You could live in northern ireland and commune to dublin.

What??? From whereabouts in NI? Dundalk is far enough but Newry and further north is madness for daily commute!

And Dundalk is in the republic not NI

Lolz at moving to Northern Ireland and commuting though! Why would Northern Ireland be a better place to move to? Just because it has the NHS??

If you love jacket potatoes, chipped potatoes, mashed potatoes, dauphinoise potatoes, potato bubble and squeak, new potatoes, boiled potatoes, hash-browns, potato boxty or potato farl then this is the world for you OP. You will love how to make the most of everything you have.

This is what Ireland does. It makes people who make communities.

@CunnyLingus

If you love jacket potatoes, chipped potatoes, mashed potatoes, dauphinoise potatoes, potato bubble and squeak, new potatoes, boiled potatoes, hash-browns, potato boxty or potato farl then this is the world for you OP. You will love how to make the most of everything you have.

This is what Ireland does. It makes people who make communities.

If that's a joke, it's in very bad taste.

@CunnyLingus

If you love jacket potatoes, chipped potatoes, mashed potatoes, dauphinoise potatoes, potato bubble and squeak, new potatoes, boiled potatoes, hash-browns, potato boxty or potato farl then this is the world for you OP. You will love how to make the most of everything you have.

This is what Ireland does. It makes people who make communities.

Haha So not funny at all to be fair

These nonsense usually comes from those who wish they could be Irish 😛😛😛😛

@Heyahun

Lolz at moving to Northern Ireland and commuting though! Why would Northern Ireland be a better place to move to? Just because it has the NHS??

I'm terrible at geography but even I know it's almost impossible to commute daily from NI/Belfast/Newry/Craigavon to Dublin 🤣🤣🤣

@CunnyLingus

If you love jacket potatoes, chipped potatoes, mashed potatoes, dauphinoise potatoes, potato bubble and squeak, new potatoes, boiled potatoes, hash-browns, potato boxty or potato farl then this is the world for you OP. You will love how to make the most of everything you have.

This is what Ireland does. It makes people who make communities.

Really that's what you think?? I really hope it's a bad joke else the above post is insulting 🙄

Used to go to Ireland regularly - always felt welcome as my partner was a born and bred Dubliner but not sure how welcome l would feel if l wasn't with him! In fact even being with him, some people were rude to me just for being English. I remember everything being more expensive, especially housing and car insurance. Weather was always shite when l was there but the scenery is beautiful and l used to love a day in Dublin city smooching about. I think better the devil you know sometimes though and given the choice, l would stay in the UK.

We lived there for a good few years..we came back to UK...fir education/jobs and many other reasons.

Yeah you could probably move to Newry and drive an hour and a half each day for work to Dublin - loads of tolls, not sure where you’d park the car! And not sure you would want to live in Newry anyway tbh.. that suggestion makes zero sense tbh

Well if high earners looking to move to Co.Waterford/Cork...Quaker School in Waterford is where our 2 would have gone. Some lovely villages and scenery etc if that is your thing. I have family in Ireland ( they were born and bred) it is very different living somewhere( having to make a living etc)....there are people who are not keen on the English and it does help if you know people.

Op have you actually been to ireland?

@headcandygrl

I'm not completely thinking all about money really...I just get the impression ppl are more easy going there and that there are more opportunities??

You get the impression? What are you basing this on? Have you actually been?

I had the pleasure of living in Dublin from 1995 to 2007 and adored it but by the time I left it was horribly expensive - fish and chips in a city centre pub; €14.95 - the little house (2up/2down terrace ex Corpo with a tiny back yard) I first bought in 1997 for €55,000 was asking over €400,000.

Love Ireland, love the Irish but you need to earn a lot to live even a normal life there now.