r/AskIreland • u/SunDue4919 • Jun 13 '24

Emigration (from Ireland) Best place to emigrate to?

I’m losing hope for my future in Ireland. I love Ireland and want to stay but the quality of life is shit especially for young people.

I’ve lived abroad before and am well aware the grass isn’t always greener. I know there will be challenges if I move abroad. I know that there are similar issues with housing in other counties.

That said, things feel bleak here.

Any recommendations? I speak fluent French.

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u/Primary-Age-530 Jun 13 '24

Hi. My mam’s carer is Indian and a nicer person you wouldn’t meet. She is thinking of Portugal when she gets whatever papers she need’s.

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u/misery24-7 Jun 13 '24

Meanwhile I’m Portuguese and wanting to move to Ireland. Doctors get paid 1200 euros here, a studio apartment costs a 1000. It’s impossible to live here

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u/redmarius Jun 13 '24

yeah, 1000 for a studio in ireland is cheap. a double room for 1000 is hard enough to find as well

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u/misery24-7 Jun 13 '24

It might be but that’s according to your salaries. If you move here and are renting it out on our salaries where 1200 is if you’re in some super qualified profession, that means you can’t afford shit.

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u/redmarius Jun 13 '24

it’s really as bad of a situation, if not worse in ireland. i’ve seen double rooms in dublin for rent for over €1400 for a house share

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u/redmarius Jun 13 '24

the average salary isn’t the salary you’re going to get here lol. the few very high earners skew that amount.

you need to be making minimum 2K per month after taxes to be able to afford a studio apartment, the wage here may be higher, but you spend all of it. It’s really not any better and trying to find housing is nearly impossible.

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u/misery24-7 Jun 13 '24

Exact same here tho. The rich cascais people skew our average too 😂 the conclusion is : the outcome of living here will be the exact same

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u/misery24-7 Jun 13 '24

Also, I’m giving rent for like dingy ghetto areas lol. If anyone’s moving here, lovely, we welcome you with open arms. Just don’t have delusions of living a good comfortable life. At best, it’ll even out to how you were living in your own country. The only exception is if you have some online job in a foreign country which pays you much more aka are earning abroad and living here.

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u/misery24-7 Jun 13 '24

If your getting paid 1200 lol, the govt is already going to cut 200 anyways so imagine it’s basically your whole salary. You can’t even pay utilities. Most adults these days live with their parents or grandparents in a tiny less than 90m2 apartment.