‘Rent is taking up two-thirds of my salary. I’ll most likely go to Australia’

Murph85

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2023/04/22/rent-is-taking-up-two-thirds-of-my-salary-ill-most-likely-go-to-australia/

‘Rent is taking up two-thirds of my salary. I’ll most likely go to Australia’ – The Irish Times

‘Rent is taking up two-thirds of my salary. I’ll most likely go to Australia’ – The Irish Times

Why would any of the young stay here? poor salaries, high tax, poor lifestyle, rip off everything, crap weather, crap infrastructure. The family home was being rented out to a few girls from Cork, they were paying about 25% below market rent. They were up here for work placement as part of their degrees. They couldnt even afford to go out and socialize! My partner, the school she works in, we were chatting the other day and she said its the same with her younger colleagues, here in Dublin! What they hell! Youre young, what are you in the Dublin for the amazing lifestyle, the weather, the culture? LOL!

I would question the sanity of any young graduate, staying here! and before we hear "Australia" is also a rip off etc. Ireland is worse and you dont have the lifestyle or weather here...

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058293612/rent-is-taking-up-two-thirds-of-my-salary-i-ll-most-likely-go-to-australia

I'd bet she won't quit her job though. 5 year "career break" to go work in her career in a foreign country, and be back here in the future having held up somebody else's career progression though her selfishness.

PokeHerKing

Teachers have to be the loudest whingers of the upper working class demographic.

I spent years living abroad in my youth. Enjoy it. No need to put it in a paper though.

Witcher

Did you ever emigrate yourself OP as you were mouthing about doing in your last thread?

Trigger Happy

Attention seekers shout loudest.

NIMAN

Cheerio!

Galwayguy35

So the celtic tiger cubs are finding out life isn't a bed of roses.

No need to go telling the papers they are leaving just go and be done with it.

Murph85

I am late thirties, we could afford to reasonably rent and go out at their age... if you were young, in their position, would you stay here? LOL!

Yurt2

Honestly, she should leave but not for the reason that other posters are suggesting.

The people thumbing their noses shouting cheerio presumably have children and want them educated, or at the very least should recognise the overwhelming societal good of education.

No, they'd rather see another generation pack up and leave because we're actually mentally and politically defective when it comes to the housing crisis with what it's doing to society.

Good luck to this young lady, and congratulations to Australia, you've just picked up a fine young educator.

maninasia

OP is right , Dublin became pretty boring due to the high cost and lack of spending power now.

HildaOgdenx

Mod - Long running discussion on same topic started by OP in CA.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058284652/sick-of-this-country/p1

Feel free to continue it over there.

Thanks.