What's it really like living in Ireland? (some questions)?

You could try using the "Discover" section on Y!A where questions similar to this get asked & answered every day it seems or Google "recession Ireland" to find our more information on the state of the Irish economy & what it is like in Ireland. Right now living in Ireland is tough, we are in a recession, there are very few job opportunities & certainly not for Americans. Companies are going bust every day & making people redundant. We have over 440,000 Irish & EU citizens who live here currently unemployed & around 50,000 of our young people are emigrating to Canada, New Zealand & Australia each year, you could look to Canada perhaps? The cost of living is high, new taxes/charges are being implemented as part of our EU bail out conditions & yes it does rain a lot. We've had no summer to speak of, very damp. Yes we have snow but not much, we often get frosts though -15C for while back in January, I had no running water for 5 days the underground pipes outside froze solid. My kids missed 2 weeks off school because the school bus couldn't negotiate the roads because the council ran out of grit. You need to study hard at school & choose a career that interests you then in maybe 7 or 8 years time think about where to move to. We would have no need for mechanics or police officers because there are plenty of Irish people qualified to do those jobs. If you are not an EU national then you can't just move to Ireland, first you need a job offer. Preference is always given to Irish/EU nationals for jobs so it would be hard for you to find employment I'm afraid. Where to live would depend on where you are offered a job in the future. If you were offered a job say in Waterford for example then you would have to live near Waterford obviously, there would be no choosing really. When you have a job offer on the table then you can think about the logistics of moving over & where to live. You might have to put your plans on hold for a few years?

Orla C - Are you some sort of robot employed by the foreign office to deter potential unskilled immigrants?! "I was thinking about becoming a mechanic or police officer here in the US,do they have any of that there?" Ah I suppose we have some of that 'Law and order' stuff. All vague really. Sure what society base's themselves around the law and civil codes anyway?! "And do you think i should move from California to someplace in ireland" Whether you're moving here or not, you have this 'craic' thing covered regardless.

You're asking if they have mechanics or police officers here..? Really? What kind of old fashioned country do you think Ireland is that you think we wouldn't have things as simple as mechanics or police officers? Trying really hard not to be offended right now....... Of course we have things like mechanics and police officers.... Alot of people have government jobs such as nurses, teachers, doctors, police officer, etc. Then again alot of people also have their own businesses like running shops, resteraunts, etc. It's the same as America.. You can't say how most people make their living. Everyone does it differently. It'd be the same ideas as America. Yes, it's expensive to live here. Depends what part you go to, cities like Dublin would be alot more expensive than a more rural area like Mayo. -And do you think i should move from California to someplace in ireland,or should I just stay put? That depends. You should VISIT Ireland first before you deicde to move. You don't know if you'll like it or not. Go for a holiday for a few weeks and see how you like it. Then make your decision whether to move or not. -And also,whats the weather like where you live? I heard its mostly rainy and windy with sun here and there,which is perfect for me cuz I love the rain and cold (: Does it ever snow there? Most of the time, it's breezy or light rain. It doesn't rain too much, mostly in winter. Seasons don't make a huge difference here, it's not like it gets really hot in summer or anything. It's generally just..regular. Not too cold, not too hot, not too windy etc. But you could get really windy/rainy days in summer, it's unpredictable really. It's not too bad most of the time. It's just probably what you'd consider cold most of the time. Yes it snows sometimes but only in winter. It doesn't snow every year though, it's not garanteed. The last 2 winters (for a few weeks in December/start of January) had loads of snow. It'll probably snow again this year. -Whats the best city or town to live in? I heard Belfast or Dublin was pretty cool. That's really unanswerable considering you didn't even mention anything you are interested in or facilities you'd like nearby? ~ Bagpipes have nothing to do with Ireland.. They originate in Scotland. If you want to live in Ireland because you like Celtic things, don't. That's not how anybody lives here.. Hardly anybody cares so much about cultural things like that.. Our lives don't revolve around celctic things and playing flutes. We live like any regular person would in America. Again, offended.

-No police or mechanics, makes it difficult for the car dealerships. -Weather has one basic rule: West Crap, East Good. -Dublin's nice (where I live), gets a bit hectic with no police though. - Yeah, you should probably stay put.

Belfast is officially part of the United Kingdom, and Dublin, while a nice place to live (albeit a little expensive) has been English for much longer than the rest of the country, so has a very different feel to Galway, Cork, Waterford, Kilkenny, Limerick. Because Belfast is in the UK, they use the £ sterling still as their currency, while the Republic of Ireland is part of the Eurozone and therefore uses the Euro or €. What on earth do you mean by asking if we have any mechanics or police officers in Ireland? Of COURSE WE DO, we are MODERN COUNTRY, not some bloody Hollywood invention in which we are policed by fairies and everyone goes around by horse and cart. I mean, please. We have every profession you can think of. Seriously, what were you thinking by asking this? You want to move to Ireland? I'm afraid, my dear, that you CANNOT just up and move to ANY EU country, Ireland included. As long as you can afford it, you can stay here as a tourist for up to three months, but you cannot just move here. There are certain conditions attached for non-EU nationals like yourself, one being you must be university educated and there must be a company based in Ireland willing to employ you - and they must also PROVE that there are no suitably qualified local or EU nationals available to do the job you are applying for. It's expensive and time-consuming for them, and why would they bother when there is a whole continent of university-educated candidates here already, who also speak more than one language. So knock that notion on the head right now, it's not going to happen. But you can visit any time you like, I already mentioned that if you can afford it, you can stay for up to 3 months. The weather in Ireland is best described as unpredictable. Today it's overcast and damp, which can describe almost any day in the year. You say you love the rain and the cold? It gets very old very fast ... and it does snow occasionally, which is a major pain because the country pretty much shuts down, we don't have the facilities to deal with heavy snow, we get it so rarely, but we got horrendous snow last winter and the winter before, water pipes froze and it was a fricking mess ....

Its great & will be better if Martin McGuinness gets the presidential position

Someones been watching to much movies...

Wet Miserable Bigoted **** roads **** drivers EXPENSIVE Don't go there