Working in Ireland

Black & Gold

What are the conditions for an EU-citizen aged 19 to move to and to work in Ireland? I guess this might have been asked before by any other person... But any advice would be helpful.

seamus

Depends on your industry, and what country you're moving from.

Living in Ireland is very expensive, but very much like the UK, Dublin is the most expensive, and everywhere else is not as expensive. Accordingly, you'll get paid more in Dublin than Galway for doing the same job.

A single person in Dublin could get by on €17k a year, but in reality you want upwards of €20k to have a good quality of living.

What qualifications have you got, what are you looking to do?

Black & Gold

I am currently studying Biology at an Uni, but I am considering dropping out and looking for job. I ended high school with high grades, not sure if that provides me any kind of advantage. I would not be looking to settle in Dublin, as I would prefer living in the West or Northwestern Coast, perhaps Kerry, Galway, Clare or Limerick. I know it will be very hard to go and be able to get a decent living, as I am young and not very experienced, and probably need to make a little more money to be able to move, find a house and find a job. I am willing to work in a wide variety of jobs.

seamus

Without a qualification, you'll have trouble finding anything more than secretarial, administrative or shop work. And without experience, the first two will be even more difficult.

I'd advise finishing college before moving over. Unless you're willing to work menial jobs and work your way up, you won't do very well at all.

Black & Gold

Oh, well... Thanks

WhiteWashMan

seamus wrote:

Living in Ireland is very expensive, but very much like the UK,

not entirely sure what you mean here, but the UK is no way as expensive as ireland.
the cost of living in the UK is much less, unless you smoke 60 fags and use 50 gallons of petrol a day.

as for living on those wages, i wouldnt want to see your entertainment budget for the month
man, i couldnt live on twice that!

WhiteWashMan

WhiteWashMan wrote:

as for living on those wages, i wouldnt want to see your entertainment budget for the month
man, i couldnt live on twice that!

"WELL, HELLO MISTER FANCY PANTS"
Bruce Campbell, Medieval Dead

I believe that quote suits you!

seamus

WhiteWashMan wrote:

not entirely sure what you mean here, but the UK is no way as expensive as ireland.
the cost of living in the UK is much less, unless you smoke 60 fags and use 50 gallons of petrol a day.

as for living on those wages, i wouldnt want to see your entertainment budget for the month
man, i couldnt live on twice that!

Depends on your definition of entertainment I suppose

What I meant is that like in the UK, where London is far more expensive to live in than most other places, so too is Dublin.

WhiteWashMan

ah fair enough. misread it so.

yeah, dublin, like london is much more expensive than the rest of the country, but man, ireland is sooo expensive!

i nearly paid last time i paid over 5 euro for a dodgey pint.
i apy about 2 quid in my local for nice pint of stella.
which i guess is about 3yoyo?
and i live in an expensive part of the world.

and my pants are definately fancy, and my clogs are really really clever