Ireland is the Worst Place to Live in Europe Study shows!

RobitTV · 22-09-2010 4:29pm #1

Ireland and Some of the British isles Are the worst Places to Live in Europe. While france and spain come out top for quality of life, a new study shows

High living costs, below average government spending on health and education, short holidays and late retirement have kept the UK and Ireland at the bottom of the list.

France has taken the top spot for the second year running, despite families earning an annual net income of only £32,766 - £4,406 below that of the UK.

Significantly, ireland now no longer enjoys the highest net household income in Europe after falling behind The UK, the Netherlands and Denmark.

Also too were lifestyle factors, such as hours of sunshine, holiday entitlement, working hours and life expectancy to provide a complete picture of the quality of life experienced in each country.

Ireland pays the highest prices for food and petrol yet spends below the European average (as a percentage of GDP) on health and education.

The Irish work longer hours, retire later, and receive less annual leave than most of their European counterparts, the study says.

The irish also enjoy less sunshine along the way and can expect to die two years younger than their French counterparts.

Dravokivich · 22-09-2010 4:31pm

Aren't you a bundle of joy?

Chips Lovell · 22-09-2010 4:31pm

source?

Superbus · 22-09-2010 4:31pm

Pretty sure Bosnia's worse.

kfallon · 22-09-2010 4:32pm

We're still the best, who wants to live in France with all them French Ball/Gee bags!!!

Gone Drinking · 22-09-2010 4:32pm

But at least we're not French..

pickarooney · 22-09-2010 4:33pm

Petrol in Ireland costs more than in Holland and France now?
How much is a litre of 98 octane there?

Saila · 22-09-2010 4:33pm

Proving the theory that even if you have a B m'er and a McMansion that you can still be an unhappy bastard

Hank_Jones · 22-09-2010 4:33pm

Thank you're lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay.

pickarooney · 22-09-2010 4:34pm

Gone Drinking wrote: »

But at least we're not French..

No, but by pandering to some tired Anglophile stereotype you are essentially British.

Scan Man · 22-09-2010 4:36pm

This is old news. Anyone who has left the country for even a day (crossing the border doesn't count!) could tell you the same thing.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 22-09-2010 4:36pm

Isnt Moldova the poorest country in Europe?.................surely we are better than there...we have invisible leprechauns.

flyton5 · 22-09-2010 4:37pm

But, but, but....KOSOVO?

damoz · 22-09-2010 4:39pm

pickarooney wrote: »

Petrol in Ireland costs more than in Holland and France now?
How much is a litre of 98 octane there?

http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/Motoring-Advice/Petrol-Prices.aspx

France is 1.41
Netherlands 1.54

So yes... its all a load of codwash.

On hours of sunshine alone we are screwed.

PS - im pretty happy here.

ejmaztec · 22-09-2010 4:40pm

flyton5 wrote: »

But, but, but....KOSOVO?

At least they've got a load of guns.

mikom · 22-09-2010 4:41pm

RobitTV wrote: »

Ireland is the Worst Place to Live in Europe Study shows!

Especially when it comes to providing sources...... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8015743/British-Isles-worst-place-to-live-in-Europe.html

pickarooney · 22-09-2010 4:42pm

damoz wrote: »

http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/Motoring-Advice/Petrol-Prices.aspx

France is 1.41
Netherlands 1.54

So yes... its all a load of codwash.

On hours of sunshine alone we are screwed.

PS - im pretty happy here.

Irish prices are exactly the EU average. It's probably the most average country in Europe to live in, all things considered.

The study only included 10 'leading' economies' I see.

demakinz · 22-09-2010 4:43pm

Ah sure it would be a grand little country if we could only roof it!!

Black Swan · 22-09-2010 4:43pm

Bank holiday anyone?

_feedback_ · 22-09-2010 4:45pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU

EDIT: It turns out miserableness is a word. That made me slightly happier.

rossie1977 · 22-09-2010 4:45pm

ireland pay the most for petrol and food........ah no we don't

bonerm · 22-09-2010 4:46pm

RobitTV wrote: »

Ireland and Some of the British isles Are the worst Places to Live in Europe. While france and spain come out top for quality of life, a new study shows

High living costs, below average government spending on health and education, short holidays and late retirement have kept the UK and Ireland at the bottom of the list.

France has taken the top spot for the second year running, despite families earning an annual net income of only £32,766 - £4,406 below that of the UK.

Significantly, ireland now no longer enjoys the highest net household income in Europe after falling behind The UK, the Netherlands and Denmark.

Also too were lifestyle factors, such as hours of sunshine, holiday entitlement, working hours and life expectancy to provide a complete picture of the quality of life experienced in each country.

Ireland pays the highest prices for food and petrol yet spends below the European average (as a percentage of GDP) on health and education.

The Irish work longer hours, retire later, and receive less annual leave than most of their European counterparts, the study says.

The irish also enjoy less sunshine along the way and can expect to die two years younger than their French counterparts.

Woohoo! For all the doom & gloom in that report at least it gave us an upbeat ending.

flash1080 · 22-09-2010 4:46pm

Bull****, Ireland is not the worst place to live in Europe, Dublin on the other hand I could believe.

ruffles91 · 22-09-2010 4:47pm

at least we know how to have the craic!

Gone Drinking · 22-09-2010 4:48pm

pickarooney wrote: »

No, but by pandering to some tired Anglophile stereotype you are essentially British.

Ye watevaaa, mingaaaa!

ejmaztec · 22-09-2010 4:48pm

As sh1t-holes go, Ireland's no worse than any other European sh1t-hole.

losthorizon · 22-09-2010 4:48pm

ruffles91 wrote: »

at least we know how to have the craic!

As this thread proves

BenK · 22-09-2010 4:50pm

Ireland is a crap place to live / full of racists / begrudgers etc. shocker in After Hours...

Rabble Rabble · 22-09-2010 4:54pm

All of these things depend on the weighting system given for the criteria, decided by the report itself. Feeling this is a French study.

Anyway WE CAME 10th!!

The Waltzing Consumer · 22-09-2010 4:55pm

RobitTV wrote: »

Significantly, ireland now no longer enjoys the highest net household income in Europe after falling behind The UK, the Netherlands and Denmark.

That is funny, because the survey that you have quoted has Ireland as the highest net household income, as 44, 955 pound compared with

UK - 37,172
Netherlands - 41,130
Denmark - 39,997

and comparing that with France and Spain who come out best in the survey:

France - 32,766
Spain - 24,228

http://www.uswitch.com/press-room/press-releases/uk-and-ireland-trailing-the-rest-of-europe-for-quality-of-life-1769.pdf

Highly Salami · 22-09-2010 4:55pm

mikom wrote: »

Especially when it comes to providing sources...... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8015743/British-Isles-worst-place-to-live-in-Europe.html

The Daily Tory-graph says "Ireland is bad!" shocker!

Ireland is the Worst Place to Live in Europe Study shows!

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