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Moving to Dublin for work

  • 02-07-2010 12:09pm
    #1
    fire_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭


    I am currently on the dole,i was going to move to dublin to look for work and i am going mad being out of work,could i live on the dole while looking for work in dublin.I have a third level qualification and 3-4 yrs work experience.


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  • #2
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    If you are eligible for rent allowance, and get the full 196 besides that, you'd be grand I'd say, so long as you were careful with your money.


  • #3
    fire_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭fire_man


    ya im entitled to rent allowance plus the 196,any good area in dublin to live that is near luas and cheap?


  • #4
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    fire_man wrote: »
    ya im entitled to rent allowance plus the 196,any good area in dublin to live that is near luas and cheap?

    Do you mean the Luas Red Line or the Green one?
    Ranelagh is cheap, it's near the Green line.


  • #5
    fire_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭fire_man


    Thanks i will have a look on daft.


  • #6
    Columbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭Columbo


    Good Luck with the house and job hunt.....


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  • #7
    Magenta
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    To be honest, OP, I'd strongly advise you get the job lined up before forking out for deposits and rent. You can get a place to live any time, there's no shortage of accommodation, it's not so easy with jobs! Get the job first, you can always stay in a B & B for your first few days til you get a house sorted.


  • #8
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    I have to agree with Magenta. Dublin is a big city and it would be pointless for you to find a job in Drumcondra when the room you are renting is in Sandyford... getting tied into leases, minimum notice periods, and just spending money needlessly and being stuck in the city with no job, little money and just waiting for a call... I'm not sure if it's a good idea.


  • #9
    MagicMarker
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    Or if you can afford it just rent somewhere in the City Centre, that way you have access to any part of Dublin via public transport.


  • #10
    Mimojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Mimojo


    Magenta wrote: »
    To be honest, OP, I'd strongly advise you get the job lined up before forking out for deposits and rent. You can get a place to live any time, there's no shortage of accommodation, it's not so easy with jobs! Get the job first, you can always stay in a B & B for your first few days til you get a house sorted.
    tenchi-fan wrote: »
    I have to agree with Magenta. Dublin is a big city and it would be pointless for you to find a job in Drumcondra when the room you are renting is in Sandyford... getting tied into leases, minimum notice periods, and just spending money needlessly and being stuck in the city with no job, little money and just waiting for a call... I'm not sure if it's a good idea.

    Def have to agree with these two posters, you dont want to get locked into a lease, and then get a job miles away and you end up forking out loads on public transport. And it is really hard to get a job at the moment. I have a similar background, third level degree and masters and 3 yrs experience, and I was out of work for 6 months before I found something (which is not what I am qualified in but a job is a job), I was job hunting everyday for work in Dublin and surrounds. Obv I dont know your background so maybe you will find it easier, but I think it might be better to have something sorted out, even if you could get some interviews before you commit to it


  • #11
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Or if you can afford it just rent somewhere in the City Centre, that way you have access to any part of Dublin via public transport.

    If the OP lives in the city and gets a job in Tallaght, it's going to take him almost an hour on the red line Luas. That's presuming he lives right beside Connolly/Abbey St etc. Dublin's public transport sucks.


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  • #12
    MagicMarker
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    Magenta wrote: »
    If the OP lives in the city and gets a job in Tallaght, it's going to take him almost an hour on the red line Luas. That's presuming he lives right beside Connolly/Abbey St etc. Dublin's public transport sucks.
    And yet thousands rely on it everyday.

    An hour commute is not excessive imo.


  • #13
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    And yet thousands rely on it everyday.

    An hour commute is not excessive imo.

    It is when he could just rent somewhere in the same area he works in.
    Spending 2 hours a day on public transport and paying for the privilige-over renting somewhere local and walking to work- I don't think so.


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