Joniamhsean wrote: » How did the house viewing go?
theniamh1 wrote: » Didn't end up going to that viewing but ended up buying!! We hopefully will be moving to Firies. Well still in the process but nearly there!! Sorry for the delay in replying baby brain has took over!!
James 007 wrote: » My god, one pub, one shop and one chip van. Fair play to you for taking the plunge. At least the airport and train station is not far from you. The biggest plus will be the scenery and the country lifestyle. The biggest minus will be the rainy weather.
kaykay27 wrote: » Hi guys I’m also in the position of considering moving to tralee from Dublin but the only concern I have is jobs...my husband and I are both in financial services (insurance particularly) and was wondering what the market is like for financial services jobs? Do most people commute to limerick and cork? Any insight appreciated.
Ciarrai76 wrote: » People would commute alright. Limerick is only 60km away from Tralee and I’d say a lot of people do commute there. A friend of mine commutes from Limerick to Tralee every day to work in the college.
road_high wrote: » Isn't more like 100km and a bitch of a road? Through Adare, Newcastlewest etc. Sounds daily torture.
Quackster wrote: » Yep. Until at least Adare is bypassed, it's not something I'd countenance. My sanity is much too important to me! And Cork would be even worse. When Macroom-Ballyvorney is bypassed in a few years time, Killarney will be under an hour away from Cork and that would be my personal limit if I were considering commuting.
kaykay27 wrote: » Commuting to cork from tralee...would the train be the way to go?
Elliot Disgusting Rabble-rouser wrote: » Would you not have to change in mallow?
Elliot Disgusting Rabble-rouser wrote: » Don't forget the undertakers:) Passed through a few weeks ago and the queue to view the body was the length of the street! It's a nice spot though. Only 30 minutes to Inch.
Elliot Disgusting Rabble-rouser wrote: » Have you made any decisions yet on location?
Joniamhsean wrote: » Hi again. No decision made on location yet. Saw a couple of houses on the listowel road that look close enough to town but still with room for a veg patch. Down in a couple of weeks hoping to view them then. Mind you the Estate Agents are telling me everything is selling like hot cakes. Maybe thats true or they hear the mention of Dublin!
Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » kaykay27 wrote: » Hi guys I’m also in the position of considering moving to tralee from Dublin but the only concern I have is jobs...my husband and I are both in financial services (insurance particularly) and was wondering what the market is like for financial services jobs? Do most people commute to limerick and cork? Any insight appreciated. As I mentioned a few pages back a downside of living in Kerry is that you are dealing with a small jobs market for professional careers like finance IT, science etc. I live in mid Kerry (not far from Firies actually) and spent 6 months commuting every day to Limerick a few years’ back. 150 miles’ round trip each day, leave at 6.30am, in work for 8am, finish at 4.30pm home after 6pm usually. Filling the 1.2L car with petrol every three journeys. Now people might say that you send the same amount of time commuting in Dublin, but this is different, it’s mostly full on driving at 100K/ph, very little sitting in traffic. It became very very tiring after a few months. Now obviously living further north in Kerry is closer to Limerick a further east is closer Cork but either way it’s not easy doing it every day. What type of financial services do you work in, is it the type of job that can be found and maintained in a big town like Tralee or is it something only found in bigger offices in bigger cities?
phormium wrote: » Very few banking/financial type jobs in Tralee unless some possibility of entry level as at least one of main banks is actually letting staff go locally although I think they are replacing with machines rather than new staff! I was in same line myself and never found anything locally other than entry level queue walker positions advertised, you would have to travel and I wouldn't be surprised if that meant Limerick/Cork to get anything half decent. Might be admin type roles in insurance but scarce enough too. I actually considered at one stage commuting to Dublin and doing say a 3 day week up there but it wasn't financially viable either when you factored in accommodation. PS Just thinking Fexco in Killorglin would be a good place to try if skills are relevant and local credit unions too, quite big ones locally with lots of staff. Plenty of mainly commission based insurances sales roles come up but not sure that would suit anyone!
liam7831 wrote: » Tralee town centre is pretty much empty at this stage lots of businesses have moved out to Manor. I'm from Kerry but wouldn't move to Tralee
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