Moving home to ireland advice

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Apologies as this will be long- but looking for peoples honest opinions and advice. And please if anyone has been through this.

myself and husband have lived in the uk for 8 years. We now have a 3mth old and have decided it’s better for her if we move back home near family as we have nobody in the uk.
there is a recurrent disagreement in our home of living north or south!

1)my husband is adamant to live in Derry his reasons are as it’s “easier” - he means this as we can keep our van and car northern, banks etc and he is also self employed and uses a UTR number for tax- he believes if we live in the south we will need to start from scratch.

2. I would prefer the south as all my family are 30 minutes from Derry. I’m applying for jobs in the south as I make more money than in the uk. my husband has said if he dosent get work at home he will return to uk to work for 2 weeks on and a week off- meaning I will be alone with the baby anyway so closer to my family is better for us.

I feel we both have valid points but I should get a little more input if he will be away for weeks at a time. All I’m thinking about is how my daughter will be brought up and her quality of life - Can anyone help or advise would be greatly appreciate

30 minutes from Derry? So not far from the border. Could you split the difference so to speak. And I think you can get some leeway with re registration of vehicles , like 6 months? I'm not much help being down in Munster but thought I'd bump your post!

There’s a Facebook group called Irish Expats Returning to Ireland which might be helpful. There are daily posts on it and a lot of interaction.

Could you live in Derry but work in Donegal?

Thanks everybody have taken all your advice on board! And thank you for the Facebook group advice have now joined. Just a lot to figure out in a short amount of time ❤️ x

30 mins from Derry? It’s 30mins! Live in Derry and work over the boarder.

Are you different religions?

I doubt religion is a big factor anymore. Actually there's an Orange walk in Rossnowlagh , Donegal and its always very peaceful. Working in Derry living in Donegal or vice versa is very doable .

If possible I'd live in the North and work in the South, no question.

May I ask why?
NHS?
School system is better in ROI ime.

Because a southern wage and a northern cost of living is a no brainer.
Depends on what opportunities in OPs line of work are like of course, but it's usually a much better deal.

Yes I know someone doing this but does get hit with exchange rate changes every now and again, you can be vulnerable to sudden decreases in salary because of that

Double taxation applies so PRSI and NI and self filing
https://www.gov.uk/tax-credits-if-moving-country-or-travelling/crossborder-workers

Is your dh's work led by UK law?
If you do move to the 'south' your dh could set up a limited company and corporation tax is a lot less than in uk.

I love Derry and I'm a city girl so I would want to live across the border in rural Donegal. Letterkenny would be too small for me.