Positives and Negatives about Ireland

fr336 · 15-01-2014 11:40PM #1

Thinking of moving to Ireland. Currently in Luton, England and have been for a long time. Any positives and negatives to living in Ireland apart from the fact it isn't Luton?

jiminho · 15-01-2014 11:44PM

Ireland has the highest quality of life score.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-life_Index

Granted this is from 2005 but tbh not much has happened since then

I_smell_fear · 15-01-2014 11:44PM

There's a bit of a smell. I'm not pointing the finger at anyone but it definitely wasn't me.

Chucken · 15-01-2014 11:45PM

I_smell_fear wrote: »

There's a bit of a smell. I'm not pointing the finger at anyone but it definitely wasn't me.

Thats Fear.

keith16 · 15-01-2014 11:46PM

Pros:

Have running water

Cons:

Costs €185 million euro to tell us how to drink it

Pros:

We have internet

Cons:

We don't know how to work it

Pros:

He fixed the road

Cons:

The country is bankrupt

Pros:

The Gathering!

Cons:

Mass Emigration

Pros:

Mass on Sunday at 11 and 12:30

Cons:

The Sunday World

Sir Arthur Daley · 15-01-2014 11:47PM

Positives - Excellent dole money
Negatives - water charges coming in

Sh1tbag OToole · 15-01-2014 11:47PM

Positive:

Nice countryside
Fresh air
Friendly people (mostly)

Negative:

The government

AndonHandon · 15-01-2014 11:47PM

Best pubs/bars in the world.
Good health system.

Mr. Incognito · 15-01-2014 11:49PM

Iremand is the most beautiful place populated by the most negative people

fr336 · 15-01-2014 11:50PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Iremand is the most beautiful place populated by the most negative people

Did I not tell you I live in England, and more specifically Luton?!

To be fair the Irish here can be negative, but I put it down to have to be here and not there..

weldoninhio · 15-01-2014 11:51PM

fr336 wrote: »

Thinking of moving to Ireland. Currently in Luton, England and have been for a long time. Any positives and negatives to living in Ireland apart from the fact it isn't Luton?

CONS
Awful weather
Idiots who can't deal with any sort of "extreme" weather
Useless government, no matter who you vote in
Can't buy a can of beer after 10pm
Lack of joined up thinking

JuliusCaesar · 15-01-2014 11:51PM

Pros: lots of Irish people live here.
Cons: lots of Irish people live here.

Sir Arthur Daley · 15-01-2014 11:51PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Iremand is the most beautiful place populated by the most negative people

Is that place outside the pale?

major bill · 15-01-2014 11:52PM

fr336 wrote: »

Did I not tell you I live in England, and more specifically Luton?! To be fair the Irish here can be negative, but I put it down to have to be here and not there..

Anyone ive spoken to about Luton have very bad things to say about it so I can say Ireland will be a nice place for you.

Avoid Cork though!!!

mickydoomsux · 15-01-2014 11:53PM

fr336 wrote: »

Thinking of moving to Ireland. Currently in Luton, England and have been for a long time. Any positives and negatives to living in Ireland apart from the fact it isn't Luton?

You'll basically be moving from England to England about 10 years ago.

We copy literally everything from over there but take much longer and call it "basing it on the British model".

Stay were you are for ****s sake, maybe move out of Luton because it's infested with Paddies anyway.

fr336 · 15-01-2014 11:54PM

major bill wrote: »

Anyone ive spoken to about Luton have very bad things to say about it so I can say Ireland will be a nice place for you.

Avoid Cork though!!!

Luton's always been a dive but it gets worse on a literally daily basis. Everything bad about the UK thrown into one big pile. It's more of a workhouse than a place to live in the main.

What's wrong with Cork? I thought Limerick was my one and only place to avoid?

fr336 · 15-01-2014 11:55PM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

We copy literally everything from over there but take much longer and call it "basing it on the British model".

Well maybe I prefer the way you eventually get round to it then

RobbingBandit · 15-01-2014 11:56PM

Kind of similar to Luton really we built airports close to the city but have **** transportation means to and from it too. I would equate Ireland to an insolvent bank that is still open for business, there is money and oportunity here but it's theoretical rather than actual.

ElecKtrA · 15-01-2014 11:57PM

major bill wrote: »

Anyone ive spoken to about Luton have very bad things to say about it so I can say Ireland will be a nice place for you.

Avoid Cork though!!!

What's wrong with Cork boi??? :-P

fr336 · 15-01-2014 11:58PM

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Kind of similar to Luton really we built airports close to the city but have **** transportation means to and from it too. I would equate Ireland to an insolvent bank that is still open for business, there is money and oportunity here but it's theoretical rather than actual.

That's just like most of the world though

Not least the UK. At least Ireland have actually come out and done it. The UK is stuffed financially and it's been a long time coming (I mean covering up the cracks and the like rather than me wishing it on the UK - I'm half English myself).

Filibuster · 16-01-2014 12:00AM

You'll always have a good night out in Ireland. Every village in Ireland will have a live band playing in a pub, no other country is like that. No city can compare to the nightlife in Dublin.

keeponhurling · 16-01-2014 12:01AM

WikiHow wrote: »

Positives - Excellent dole money
Negatives - water charges coming in

Pros
Excellent dole rates, pensions, all sorts if allowances

Cons
Tax is very high, so unattractive if you intend to work here

josip · 16-01-2014 12:01AM

If you're famous nobody will pay any attention to you.
If you're not famous all your neighbours will be watching everything you do.

major bill · 16-01-2014 12:02AM

fr336 wrote: »

Luton's always been a dive but it gets worse on a literally daily basis. Everything bad about the UK thrown into one big pile. It's more of a workhouse than a place to live in the main.

What's wrong with Cork? I thought Limerick was my one and only place to avoid?

It's full of Corkonians

fr336 · 16-01-2014 12:02AM

josip wrote: »

If you're famous nobody will pay any attention to you.
If you're not famous all your neighbours will be watching everything you do.

Hahaha brilliant

MonsterCookie · 16-01-2014 12:02AM

WikiHow wrote: »

Positives - Excellent dole money
Negatives - water charges coming in

Or...

Positives - water charges coming in
Negatives - Excellent dole money

:D:D

fr336 · 16-01-2014 12:02AM

major bill wrote: »

It's full of Corkonians

But by that token do I avoid Dublin cos well..you know?

Sir Arthur Daley · 16-01-2014 12:02AM

josip wrote: »

If you're famous nobody will pay any attention to you.
If you're not famous all your neighbours will be watching everything you do.

Nothing worse than a nosy neighbour. :mad:

ElecKtrA · 16-01-2014 12:05AM

Ireland would be one of the nicest places on the planet to live if the weather wasn't as awful as it is...that's the one major negative!

However, on the flip side...

Our people are great...they are always up for "the craic"

Our food is pretty good!! Can't beat an Irish stew!

Our landscape is stunning.....mountains, lakes, waterfalls, natural parks etc we have plentiful!

We have the history! Lots of castles and Stone Age settlements etc.

céad míle fáilte :-D

Sir Arthur Daley · 16-01-2014 12:07AM

Saorviews new Channels are another Positive.

Rhys Essien · 16-01-2014 12:08AM

major bill wrote: »

It's full of Corkonians

Ye're only jealous in that overcrowded little place.:D

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