I moved to Ireland last year. I didn't plan to stay permanently or anything; just work temporarily to save up some money. I legit had to move back with my parents because I could not, for the life of me, find ANY shitty room to rent in Dublin. I legit sent over 700 emails. Like, bruh I was facing homelessness like wtf?
As a Croatian living in Ireland you must find the people there working in the service industry so much friendlier then Croatia.I’ve been to beautiful Croatia a few times and loved it apart from some of the people are ridiculously rude especially in the service industry.One thing that stands out with Ireland is how warm and welcoming people are and the great service.
I completely agree. But it is not just service industry, I find it that people in general, in all areas, are much warmer and much much more polite than Croatians.
Service industry is generally rude everywhere on the planet except in some South East and Far East Asian countries, the USA, and Canada. Ireland and India have improved in this due to increased US outsourcing over the past 3 decades
don't get me wrong I can't judge by your experience, each individual have different expectation of life and perceptions,sure we can say that people leave Croatia due to a corruption, high taxes,low paychecks, nepotism (and that's all true I'm pretty sure someone will give more reason why they move abroad), generally what my personal thoughts are nobody really wanted to left but they were left no choice, inability to have roof over their own head from their own salary and ability of prospect to advance in their own carrier are main deal breaker (I'm not trying to brush every one with same brush) but looking from my own perspective working dead end job where taxes and rent eats away my salary it just feels like I have nothing to looking forward,and you are being bombed by politics and affairs 24 /7 , retirement plan are nothing but ponsi scheme to fill pockets of the same politicians and CEOs on the "private" corporations (whose major shareholders is government) to cover the loses because those ltd's serves the purpose of employment of different political party lackeys,half shelf corporations where you are unable to tell in finical books illegal assets from legal jobs,same people that said they are working on demographic measures instead as results of their actions prices are at least twice expensive of those in the west (how often the make up new taxes) ,but all in all country is beautiful and relatively safe ,so if you work abroad than you don't have to worry about anything, otherwise it let's you no choice but to move abroad where you are capable of living your life,not just try surviving month from month hunger games style.
I'm irish born and bred and I find it hard to disagree with your points. The climate is something we can't change but the rest is something we can do about.
Someone should do a video on the mine field that is car rental in Ireland.. first hurdle you find is your credit card does not cover the insurance, you have to fork out more than the rental just to insure the thing... I swear those rental companies are downright crooks..
I have heard some stories about that but I don't have first hand experience so I don't feel comfortable enough to go chatting about it. Especially on TH-cam.
@@Corrky I would stand outside in the parking lot in Dublin airport, interview the people strolling out , I guaranteed you would hear horror stories. I stopped renting at the airport for this very reason... Now I take the bus down home and rent a car locally a few days later...
For 1500 a month consider to buy a flat or house your loan will be cheaper in Ireland (I can only assume) I happened to prospect some properties on remax under 100k euro.
the beauty of living in another country is that it is different than yours. I lived in a few countries in Europe and middle East and for me Ireland is the best place to live. btw solution for two taps cost €25 and one hour DIY.
I’m in the UK and desperately trying to find a way to move to Ireland as UK is awful at present (Tories taking us down the sewers for 12 years now) but simply cannot afford it. I find prices in the UK tough, but cost of living in Ireland is hugely prohibitive for me at present. Beautiful country, beautiful people (my blood is Irish) and I will make it happen, just dont know when..
An excllent choice and I hope you fulfil it.I made the same decision over twenty years ago and never a moment regret. I am a pensioner so carried my UK pension over and I manage a simple life fine. It depends where you live. I had lived a while on the West Coast years ago and that was there i wanted to live and DO live! What is it that is hardest for you re Ireland? If you know where to shop etc? I found very little difference. If it iwill helo. contactme? I was given a lot of wrong ideas in the Uk about Ireland.
I've just visited the West Coast and see property more affordable than UK, albeit I'd be looking at a family home rather than starter or rental. Price wise some things seem more expensive, however post-Brexit there is better stock in supermarkets and some things are cheaper or better quality so balances out. I looked at equivalent council tax and it seems alot cheaper than UK. Electricity about the same, gas isn't widely available in some parts, but people tend to have oil central heating (expensive), but also use multifuel stoves with turf/peat harvested locally.
Domegal is a lovely place, cheaper to purchase houses than most areas in Ireland. Only issue is most high paying jobs are in Leinster, if you get a decent work from home job I'd say move to Donegal.
On Car-Insurance, this might sound like an old Cliche, but “shop around” and play the Insurers off each other or haggle - “well the other company offered me €1200, you’re quoting me €1500, can’t you do any better?”. Good video - on the weather, isn’t Galway just spectacular when the sun shines? Especially West Galway? Astonishing beauty!
True but Ireland doesn’t get many sunny 🌞 days in the average year. 2 weeks late in the spring that comes out of nowhere after raining all winter with grey sky’s and damp cold which gives you a chest cold easily. Then cloud grey and barely warm in the summer. Then another week or two late autumn if you’re lucky that year. That’s what I remember living there for 20 years. I moved to florida and it’s 230 days on average in sunshine per year.
@@Corrky yes indeed that’s why everyone is as deathly pale looking shade I have discovered. No sunshine. That’s why there is a lot of clinical Depression in people and low levels of Vitamin D if they actually checked with their Doctor every year. It matters! When I moved to Florida mine was really low and now with the 230 days plus per year of sunshine I have improved drastically. Which is why everyone here is always happy and friendly and in a good mood and why they don’t cut people down and are really negative like back in Ireland. They are the ones suffering with it the most.
Galway along the walkway / Promenade of the ocean is nice only when it’s “hot” and “sunny” but that’s so rare. Now that I’ve travelled all along the coast of florida is that nice or nicer. I’ve always said that Ireland is similar to Hawaii if they had sunshine ☀️ and a bit of heat.
Dude, it hurts for me to say. 4-600 isnt bad at all. For 1 room in colorado, is 1,200-1,500. And unfortunately its steadily climbing too. You want cheaper rent, dont move here.😔
Well that’s true the high cost of rent is because the average income in Ireland is much lower than most of Western Europe, and the taxes much higher. After you get your after tax paycheck then everything you buy is expensive accordingly because that item like cigarettes are also taxes highly. The packs of 20 cigarettes are not much change from a €20 euro bill ($20 U.S) Not to mention in the middle to the west of the country it rains on average 230 days per year. More than the eastern side of the country which In turn is more expensive because of this fact! Plus obviously it’s more packed with people.
I was on jobseekers for 6 months. Signed off… not because I got a job, but because I couldn’t stand the stigma of it and also the guilt of not giving anything back to society. Eventually I got a carers allowance for looking after an elderly disabled person for a few years and then ripped a family members head off for trying to abuse the social welfare system when she moved in with him.
fair enough but he meant that the rest of the world is using mixer taps that allow you to get the right temperature coming out instead of having a hot tap that burns your hands and a cold one that's freezing.
Don't drink cold water from bathroom taps. It almost always comes from a tank and there's no guarantee that every tank has a lid. I have found everything from generations of dead pigeons to semi-solid blocks of green algae in old tanks that were still in use. Yummy! Kitchen taps (cold side) are connected directly to mains so no problem there
@@rayosullivan4398 Older houses the water from the hot tank wouldn't be drinkable, and having a one tap system could contaminate the drinkable cold water system
@@rayosullivan4398 Change the fucking taps out to a Mixer tap if it bothers you so much . The only downside is if rats are shitting in your attic tank you may have some stomach issues
Thanks Corky! I am Irish but left Ireland 30 years ago. I am not enticed by its beauty and people enough to return...I simply couldn't afford it...but it is a very special place. Welcome!!!
Apart from accommodation all the other essentials are about 60% the equivalent cost in Ireland. For example electricity is about a third the cost and beer 20% cheaper. Come on over and see!!
Reminds me about something that happened about 20 years ago...I went looking for a solid fuel range, the shopkeeper said buy this new one,it burns half as much turf as the old one .a old buck beside me piped up ...buy two you won't need and turf Atall
The reason for the 2 taps. Back in the day hot water was made from a boiler behind the fire place. The water was then stored in the rafters in a tank. So it was not advisable to ingest this water.
I think people abuse the welfare system here because of how superficial employers are, people try to get a job, get rejected for some stupid reason (Like being from a different part of the country), try again, get rejected again and then they just give up because they think "Whats the bloody point in trying?" Employers need to stop being so superficial and at least give people a chance
Wage for something basic like a waitress or retail sales would be around 160-180 euros weekly. Even tho all wages in Croatia are on monthly basis. About rent I honestly don't know but in Zagreb I believe a flat starts around 400 and up but don't take that as a fact.
Are you sure it's not 160-180 an hour how could anyone live on a 180 a week i use to earn that in Dublin 40 years ago working as a mechanic and i left because i taught it was shite it was shite something wrong with a lot people here
Completely sure, I worked for that wage only 4 years ago. That plus corruption and you start to understand why 200 000 people left the country in last few years.
I think the fact you are from Croatia is clouding your judgement on what you consider to be expensive. Croatia is a very cheap and (arguably) not a first-world country, so pretty much every country to the west of Croatia will be expensive, relatively. I'm a Brit living in the UK and having just run some comparisons with the Tesco Ireland vs Tesco UK supermarket websites, on all products I compared, the prices in Ireland (after converting the euro price to gbp) were cheaper than the UK by 5-10%, including fuel. I'll give you motoring costs, particularly insurance - no argument there. But housing costs? Nope. Housing costs in the UK are minimum 3x more expensive than in Ireland, like for like. You can basically get a small mansion in its own private gated grounds, an acre+ of land, sea or mountain views, no neighbours for miles, all for 350k euros (just under £300k) . In the UK that would be absolute minimum £1m - more like £2m+ if you don't want any neighbours. For us Brits at least, the overall day to day costs are roughly comparable, but definitely cheaper if you add in property purchase. Ireland's a great place - much like the UK was 40 years ago with a slower pace of life and not the overcrowded craphole that it's rapidly turning into. The weather is comparable for anyone who has lived in an exposed part of the UK. Wind, rain, grey, and 20C on a good day is the norm for this part of the world as we sit on the edge of the Atlantic ocean, at the very end of the gulfstream. The variety in the climate is one of the things I like.
Oh for sure, everything i am talking about is compared to Croatia. And there is no argument about Croatia not being first-world country. I don't consider it to be. Anyways thank you for watching and thank you for your opinion. I believe it will be useful to people.
I think it's super cheap where i live in LA new apartments being build next to where i work two bed 4500 dollars a month i could live like a king in Galway
You need a better paying job yes it's that simple you don't have money work harder and shut the fuck up you have easy living in Ireland don't have to be lazy
@@rayosullivan4398 Apart from the language I agree totally. But of course grumbling in Ireland is a national sport! Grumble and grouse all the day and night! Life here is better than eg the UK.
I remember learning the 4 tenets of EU membership in school; to guarantee the free movement of goods, capital, services, and people, and as a car owner I always thought, why can't I ring a Dutch or german insurer for a quote. Just a thought.
Aviva is British, Axa is French, Zurich is Swiss, I think only FBD is Irish. The multinationals set up divisions here and treat the Irish market differently to elsewhere, citing a smaller pool and bigger awards as a reason for high prices. That looks dodgy to me too. Right now the insurance industry is holding the country back. The cost of business insurance has more or less doubled over the past three years with no convincing reasons given.
All true, Irish born and raised, though I'd lived abroad for about 10 years so not too parochial. The double taps was/is because the cold water was fed from a water tank in the attic and was not drinkable ( mainly used in the toilets and bathroom sinks) though a main feed was generally in the kitchen so that could have easily been a combo tap. Enjoying your videos, keep it up.
I honestly had no idea that's the reason for it. Thanks for explaining! We don't have double ones at all in Croatia and I just didn't get how is that useful.
This tradition dates back to a time when hot and cold water were kept separate to prevent contamination through cross connection," he said. "Cold water came from a mains supply and was fit for drinking
100% Corrky! I completely agree on every point! The welfare system is a disgrace! Thank you for coming to Ireland, working and paying tax, and contributing to society!
Podemos practicar el español juntos si quisieras. Hace 13 meses que he empezado el español. A veces, necesitamos dos o tres lugares llamamos "mi hogar". Para mi, va a estar Cork y Málaga.
Everything listed is true. I have never defended Ireland I'll just say living in Galway means you'll experience more rain than other parts it's the west coast. But what you said about the welfare state is completely true. People are left idle frustrated and bored so they do stupid things and I would say that's a big hi it's costing the state 8.2 billion a year on mental health when we only have a population of 6 or 7 million. It's a crazy country.
I've lived in Ireland all my life and agree with most of these. Rent is a rip off, housing quality is awful, a lot of people just rip off the system and cat insurance is a total con. Don't mind the rain though. GRMA, Corrky!
Don’t ever try to live in California in the USA Everything you said is 10x worse here.. a people here on welfare get more money that actual working people and they pay like 300 dollars in rent for an apartment bigger than someone house…don’t even get me started with the traffic too and the weather here is bi polar… I always wanted to visit Ireland tho.. I’m sure I’d enjoy it
I would have also added transport as Ireland is so much more car dependent than much of Europe. But still all good points and interesting perspective 👍
400 /600 euros is not a lot for one bedroom, especially in a decent or nice place in Europe. And it's even more true if you extend that to the whole western world! Renting for 400/700 dollars in any good city in the U.S is dirt cheap! It would cost a looot more. I don't advocate that, don't get me wrong, in fact it should n-o-t be that expensive because it is expensive, you right. But it's not a surprise and it's not that recent. I'm always amazed how naive people are when they're moving to decent or nice western places. Of course housing is gonna be bloody expensive! Go to Italy, Espagne, France, Germany, the U.S, you name it... It's expensive everywhere!
Our plumbing is shit. I believe it is because of British rule and the fact we adopted British building standards. We got their nice plug design but also the terrible plumbing design… Nice video. I’m right there with you on everything. I also like the weather and the rain doesn’t bother me!
Hot and cold taps - same in the UK, its safety really. Hot tap needs to be above 60c to avoid legionnaires and other water bacteria as water stands in boiler and pipes. Cold comes from fresh supply. Just get a mixer tap or run both at same time. With car insurance generally that goes down alot with x years no claims, maybe you don't have enough driving history?
Is it a bad idea to not have a car in Galway and use a bike instead? Does Public transportation help to get you around or even outside of Galway and visit other cities like Dublin or Limerick? Someone please tell me their opinion on this!
I personally don't miss having a car here at all. I have one in Croatia but here I just don't need it. For me public transportation in Galway is good enough and if I need to go to Dublin there are plenty of buses to choose from. The other thing worth mentioning are traffic jams which in Galway are really really bad. Some hours of day you are faster with a bike than a car I guarantee it.
Nice video. I'm Irish and lived abroad so get the things you mean, especially the taps. I think you see it less and less now and nearly all modern builds would have mix taps. In relation to social protection comments. I wouldn't agree with all that you say but you're entitled to your opinion. However, what I found funny is that anti-immigration idiots would say that's why refugees and foreigners come to Ireland, free cars and houses etc. So it seems you would have common ground with them for different reasons. 🙂
Car insurance is expensive for someone who insured car first time.Every year the price is going down.Love this country and I love to stay here forever.We moved long time ago from Dublin to co.Wexford countryside.More sunny days here.Dublin is expensive place to live and rent a house is expensive too, cos we paid 4500euro before we moved to the house.1x secure payment and 2x for two months upfront.Family of 6 so we need big house.One minus for me in Ireland is huge road tax for big engines.They want to kill motorozation here
Croatia is the most beautiful place in the world. I would never leave there!! Lol. Honestly Ireland isn’t so bad when you live in other countries where it’s worse! The world is weird and too expensive everywhere these days
Ireland is still full of West Brits. There's enough money in the economy so that ALL should be easily comfortable, if you turn on your own, you stop asking why this isn't so, and who is really benefitting. Classic Anglo/American divide and conquer, full of greed, with the richest people telling their own why they can't afford anything that's fair. Keep Ireland Irish, welcome those who can contribute, and also those that can't, but need our help, remember the history of our treatment, and begrudge no one, especially your own.
Yeah! If you rent a room or even rent a house you're kinda at the bottom of the barrel. They are all sh*t is fairly accurate. Irish people don't like renters in general because they can be a pain in the ass and take liberties because most move on anyway and you might need therapy to get over them. A good neighbour is a joy and a bad neighbour is a nightmare on elm street. Car insurance is only 3000 euro if it is a new policy and you don't have any no claims bonus. Don't kill anybody or write off any cars for a few years and it will come well down below a grand. As for the rain? Well, we get a bit too much and a bit depressing. Still, it's a pretty benign part of the planet. If you don't burn your house down it should be there when you get back.
@@islanddweller3674First time I read a comment that Ireland was boring. It can't be that bad if there are over half a million foreign nationals living here. I don't know how many times a foreign person told me, they intended to come here for a week or a month or 6 months, and they're still here over 10 years later. One Polish guy said he was going home for good and arrived back 4 months later. That was 7 years ago and guess what? He's still here. 😉
I love the two hate commentators. 😂 They both are hilarious. 😂 Small D energy be like "uuuh let's sit behind a screen and bash other people." If you ain't got something good going for you? Don't blame other people or try to put them down. Fix your lives brothers. Love the video man. What's the song called if I may ask? Cheers 🍻
If you don't like go back where your from ; that hot and cold water sink is pretty dumb why car insurance cost so much don't get that i live in Los ANGELES and i pay 700 hundred a year and traffic is mental here something not right been to Galway a few times it's a great place may move when i retire simple life
Your first sentence is excellent advice. There are a couple more intruders to Ireland who talk like this, Shame on them. Ireland is not Croatia or the UK etc and comparisons are truly odorous. I simply accepted every aspect of life when I came to Ireland with no gripes or comparisons and have been and am thus very happy here. GO HOME grousers!
J35US, do you even hear yourselves?! Even as a 'foreigner' one is not beholden to like every last damn thing about a place; one is _even_ permitted to mention it! I mean, obviously the situation - and manners! dictate that one be circumspect in what you say, but in all fairness to this chap, his points seem pretty mild, and reasonable - even where I _dis_ agreed with him, it would be hard to get worked up about it. I've only just come upon this channel and I know almost nothing about this geezer but going by his demeanour it seems pretty clear, he's a contributor (to Irish life) and certainly no gouger. As far as I can gather, he's not even an immigrant, 'as such', however one might feel about _that_ whole can of worms... Us Irish are constantly moaning about _everything,_ I mean, seriously: it's like, "grouse, grouse, grouse, bitch, bitch, bitch!" - and that's when we're at home, never mind when we're abroad! "They _refuse_ to speak English... The state of the service; big, sulky pusses up on them..! You can't get Coronation Street on the telly... Don't know how to pull a pint, it's just fired up in front of you... They've _no sense of 'The Craic'!"_ etc, etc. It would be almost hypocritical, were it not for the fact that, at least in the West, it is almost universal - this paradoxical sense in which _'We'_ can complain about the state of our roads; _'We'_ can complain about our corrupt and inept politicians; _'We'_ can complain about the mind - numbing drivel on our television screens - but Heaven help the visitor who has the temerity to complain about so much as the weather! The experienced traveller - _any_ traveller with a degree of native 'cop~on' - is aware of this (or certainly ought to be) and behaves accordingly, but as with all things, one can take a thing too far. The way Mr. O'Sullivan and his co~commenter are going on, one might think the content creator had gone into their literal homes, accused their 'smelly' wives of 'not knowing how to burn toast' and said that their 'ugly' children were 'slow - witted', looted the fridge and the medicine cabinet and left, but not before pi55ing all over the toilet seat! I'm not one of these "Koombiya/Diversity is our Strength" types×, but we _have_ always prided ourselves on the "Céad Míle Fáilte" ("One Hundred Thousand Welcomes") bit. Lighten up a little!! ×Nonetheless, I am glad to live in a country where I can get a kebab or a Chinese takeaway on the way back from the pub, rather than having to 'chaw' on a crúbín (pig's foot)!
Corrky ;) Mario Mandžukić is famous for his line - "no good!" He is known as - mr. no good. You, my friend, will be famous for - BUT! :) Mr. but. Daj se vrni doma rista i spij si jenu žuju ;)
Welfare abuse is one of the biggest reasons I tend to oppose it. Even C0v1D checks made people overly reliant in a short period of time; some making more than they ever did at their jobs. People don’t need welfare as much as governments need to learn to BUDGET and reduce their taxes/employees by half; then watch market freedom yield a boom.
I'm from Keralam in India. I've been in Limerick almost a year and I'm glad to find a Croatian's perspective very similar to mine. I agree with the following points. 1. Rent is expensive. Accommodation is also not great. The houses are all so small and they seem to prefer to not having more than 1 bathroom. Maybe historically they had a bad time with laws and housing codes - but it's time to move on. I also don't understand why they have the room heaters close to the windows in so many houses instead of far away from the windows so that the heat loss occurs only after the heat has had an opportunity to flow through the room. Thermodynamically insane. 2. Social Welfare - Ireland has not yet been destroyed by the woke left but it's happening all the same. Both immigrant and native taxpayers all over the world are taken advantage of welfare moochers (both immigrant and native). 3. Car insurance is a bitch. And getting a driver's license is also troublesome. 4. You get used to the rain and weather but for a new person the cold is unbearable. And energy costs in winter are really bad. It's one big island meadow in the middle of the cold Atlantic ocean. However when the sun shines, it's like the Shire from LOTR. 5. Double Pipes ... from the fires of hell lol ... I never understood why they don't have a mixer by default. They usually have it in the kitchen sink but nowhere else. Rent+ : I'd like to add that its hard to get a proper answer from a potential landlord. People here are so polite they don't say NO (or YES) to your face. A bit annoying. Just say Yes or No. I think the political correctness police have fucked up the organic relationship people naturally develope with each other and people are very wary of saying NO or scared to say YES. I don't blame them though. I think there are some official and unofficial policies on human behaviour prescribed by the EU that have affected their normal way of interacting. I still love the Irish people ... they are one of the good things about this island. I only wish they would learn their own Gaelige language more. Knowing an extra language is good for brain developement.
The politeness here predates any political correctness movement. My grandparents and great grandparents were also very polite and apologetic if asking for something or if they feel they are putting someone out. It is just a cultural thing. It is speculated it is borne out of poverty. Not wanting to take, if you have something you want to offer it and if you need something you need the apologise for it. People don’t want to disappoint each other. There are always exceptions though. You’ll find people who just say no
@@RoryMonaghan My apologies in that case. People are very kind most of the time. But when there is a business deal involved like renting it would be good if I got to know via an SMS at least so that I know where I stand. Yes it's hard to say no to someone. Can't win then all I guess
@☆ ʕ-ᴥ-ʔ ⁇ How many welfare moochers do you know who are Indian ? I'm way better than many people including you . I paid 14 times the local tuition fee just because I was a foreign student. We foreign students subsidize the Anglo-Saxon-Scots-Gaelic world's education system.
I agree with you about social welfare payments weekly paid to people who are fit and well just have no jobs Surely they could give them one day or half day a week to do something for their community instead of just Constantly paying people for doing nothing while other lower paid workers in Ireland are working everyday For not very much more money than the people who don't work get its time to change system fair play
You guys actually pay for car insurance ? I live in the West Coast of Washington and no one here pays car insurance, if we crash into someone we just make a side deal. Also I have a two bedroom house with property and I pay $600 a month US. The only issue here is gas prices and that’s only because of the Ukraine/ Russian war
1 - Billy, you will never have to have an abortion. 2 - Irish politicians are not very corrupt at all. Not compared to several places I have lived in. 3 - Tough. If you want to protect your own people, get bloody vaccinated. If not, don't expect much sympathy. 4 - Move to a different country. Ireland's geographical position is not going to change, nor will the Irish weather. 5 - Sorry, what "drunks all over" are you on about?
@@gloin10 Billy can dislike what *he* dislikes. You can dislike what *you* dislike. I can dislike pretty much anything you (the pair of 'yiz') care to mention, and probably do. Isn't "Diversity our Strength", after all..?
Ireland is a poor backward country on the edge of Europe with no future . The economy will go into recession for a few years due to the Russian sanctions. He is correct .The cost of living is the 2nd highest in europe.Everything is expensive. There are much better and cheaper countries to live in like Spain,Romania ,Poland etc.
Automatically a person attacking social systems lost my respect because even if a few(there’s always gonna be people taking advantage but we shouldn’t stop a good program for a few.) misuse it for their purposes there’s still more people who can benefit and need it. You can tell he probably had a beef with them or dislikes some of his locals there but that doesn’t mean EVERYBODY is just doing jack at their house. People will always use their “feelings” to discredit or disapprove something they don’t like. Tired of ultra right wing ideals which only takes us back even further. This applies to any country btw. There’s always gonna be people attacking “social” programs just because the word “social” makes some idiots panic. I.e Putin attacking Ukraine over “nazi” attack. And don’t call everybody Lazy. You perpetuate the very very wrong assumption that the world is fine and people are getting all the wage to survive. Dude get out of your TH-camr bubble man. People eat shit. Stop shitting on the little some have…not that it matters since it’s a TH-cam video but I’m sure I’ve done my part here. Stop hating on good programs and copy the good….
He’s probably the person who thinks if I’m not making 100k a month at least and don’t have six degrees then you are lazy. Hahaha he’s probably the same one that things people with mental health issues are lazy hahahah….
I totally disagree ,having been to Eastern Europe I found the standard of housing horrible. It’s expensive when you consider their wages a doctor 600€ a month . They pay for water and electricity is expensive. The people look miserable and look as if they want a one way ticket out. Lastly they are all coming here . Are they coming for the weather or social welfare ????
Who would like to live in this shitholle country anyway I don’t know any single person who stayed long here and loved it they all moved in other countries and they are much happier
I moved to Ireland last year. I didn't plan to stay permanently or anything; just work temporarily to save up some money. I legit had to move back with my parents because I could not, for the life of me, find ANY shitty room to rent in Dublin. I legit sent over 700 emails. Like, bruh I was facing homelessness like wtf?
I believe that.
Was Dublin your only option? Why didn't you try smaller cities?
@@Corrky tried small cities too
As a Croatian living in Ireland you must find the people there working in the service industry so much friendlier then Croatia.I’ve been to beautiful Croatia a few times and loved it apart from some of the people are ridiculously rude especially in the service industry.One thing that stands out with Ireland is how warm and welcoming people are and the great service.
I completely agree. But it is not just service industry, I find it that people in general, in all areas, are much warmer and much much more polite than Croatians.
Service industry is generally rude everywhere on the planet except in some South East and Far East Asian countries, the USA, and Canada. Ireland and India have improved in this due to increased US outsourcing over the past 3 decades
@@SanjayFGeorge Ireland hasn’t improved its always had great service because the Irish are naturally friendly nothing got to do with the USA.
@@zenden6584 maybe the USA learned it from Irish immigrants then. Yes the locals are usually very friendly.
don't get me wrong I can't judge by your experience, each individual have different expectation of life and perceptions,sure we can say that people leave Croatia due to a corruption, high taxes,low paychecks, nepotism (and that's all true I'm pretty sure someone will give more reason why they move abroad), generally what my personal thoughts are nobody really wanted to left but they were left no choice, inability to have roof over their own head from their own salary and ability of prospect to advance in their own carrier are main deal breaker (I'm not trying to brush every one with same brush) but looking from my own perspective working dead end job where taxes and rent eats away my salary it just feels like I have nothing to looking forward,and you are being bombed by politics and affairs 24 /7 , retirement plan are nothing but ponsi scheme to fill pockets of the same politicians and CEOs on the "private" corporations (whose major shareholders is government) to cover the loses because those ltd's serves the purpose of employment of different political party lackeys,half shelf corporations where you are unable to tell in finical books illegal assets from legal jobs,same people that said they are working on demographic measures instead as results of their actions prices are at least twice expensive of those in the west (how often the make up new taxes) ,but all in all country is beautiful and relatively safe ,so if you work abroad than you don't have to worry about anything, otherwise it let's you no choice but to move abroad where you are capable of living your life,not just try surviving month from month hunger games style.
Can't argue with anything. As far as the taps go, we just put the stopper in the sink and put both taps on to get a more bearable temperature.
Hahaha one of the reasons is the water taps? Loved it. Good video man, keep up the vlogs/content.
I'm irish born and bred and I find it hard to disagree with your points. The climate is something we can't change but the rest is something we can do about.
Someone should do a video on the mine field that is car rental in Ireland.. first hurdle you find is your credit card does not cover the insurance, you have to fork out more than the rental just to insure the thing... I swear those rental companies are downright crooks..
I have heard some stories about that but I don't have first hand experience so I don't feel comfortable enough to go chatting about it. Especially on TH-cam.
@@Corrky I would stand outside in the parking lot in Dublin airport, interview the people strolling out , I guaranteed you would hear horror stories. I stopped renting at the airport for this very reason... Now I take the bus down home and rent a car locally a few days later...
For 1500 a month consider to buy a flat or house your loan will be cheaper in Ireland (I can only assume) I happened to prospect some properties on remax under 100k euro.
Thanks for the video
the beauty of living in another country is that it is different than yours. I lived in a few countries in Europe and middle East and for me Ireland is the best place to live. btw solution for two taps cost €25 and one hour DIY.
I live in Ireland and all my taps are single lever ceramic. DIY issue for older house. Lucky you don't have the pump in the street ;-)
I’m in the UK and desperately trying to find a way to move to Ireland as UK is awful at present (Tories taking us down the sewers for 12 years now) but simply cannot afford it. I find prices in the UK tough, but cost of living in Ireland is hugely prohibitive for me at present. Beautiful country, beautiful people (my blood is Irish) and I will make it happen, just dont know when..
An excllent choice and I hope you fulfil it.I made the same decision over twenty years ago and never a moment regret. I am a pensioner so carried my UK pension over and I manage a simple life fine. It depends where you live. I had lived a while on the West Coast years ago and that was there i wanted to live and DO live! What is it that is hardest for you re Ireland? If you know where to shop etc? I found very little difference. If it iwill helo. contactme? I was given a lot of wrong ideas in the Uk about Ireland.
I've just visited the West Coast and see property more affordable than UK, albeit I'd be looking at a family home rather than starter or rental. Price wise some things seem more expensive, however post-Brexit there is better stock in supermarkets and some things are cheaper or better quality so balances out. I looked at equivalent council tax and it seems alot cheaper than UK. Electricity about the same, gas isn't widely available in some parts, but people tend to have oil central heating (expensive), but also use multifuel stoves with turf/peat harvested locally.
Domegal is a lovely place, cheaper to purchase houses than most areas in Ireland. Only issue is most high paying jobs are in Leinster, if you get a decent work from home job I'd say move to Donegal.
@@sl8390 Yeah, love it up there, actually have fmily over at Burtonport…. It’ll come together one day….
Next time don't vote for brexit then moron
On Car-Insurance, this might sound like an old
Cliche, but “shop around” and play the Insurers off each other or haggle - “well the other company offered me €1200, you’re quoting me €1500, can’t you do any better?”.
Good video - on the weather, isn’t Galway just spectacular when the sun shines? Especially West Galway? Astonishing beauty!
It really is! Sun just transforms the hole town.
True but Ireland doesn’t get many sunny 🌞 days in the average year. 2 weeks late in the spring that comes out of nowhere after raining all winter with grey sky’s and damp cold which gives you a chest cold easily. Then cloud grey and barely warm in the summer. Then another week or two late autumn if you’re lucky that year. That’s what I remember living there for 20 years. I moved to florida and it’s 230 days on average in sunshine per year.
@@Corrky yes indeed that’s why everyone is as deathly pale looking shade I have discovered. No sunshine. That’s why there is a lot of clinical Depression in people and low levels of Vitamin D if they actually checked with their Doctor every year. It matters!
When I moved to Florida mine was really low and now with the 230 days plus per year of sunshine I have improved drastically. Which is why everyone here is always happy and friendly and in a good mood and why they don’t cut people down and are really negative like back in Ireland. They are the ones suffering with it the most.
Galway along the walkway / Promenade of the ocean is nice only when it’s “hot” and “sunny” but that’s so rare. Now that I’ve travelled all along the coast of florida is that nice or nicer. I’ve always said that Ireland is similar to Hawaii if they had sunshine ☀️ and a bit of heat.
Dude, it hurts for me to say. 4-600 isnt bad at all. For 1 room in colorado, is 1,200-1,500. And unfortunately its steadily climbing too. You want cheaper rent, dont move here.😔
A one bedroom apartment in Dublin Ireland is also like 1,200 for an entire house 2,100 at the cheapest
Salaries are generally far higher in Colorado
thank you for posting
I am Irish and the points you made are all valid.
Thanks, not everyone received it so nicely.
@@Corrky Ireland like all countries has its faults and benefits, we should learn from constructive criticism and improve things...
Try living in his country for a year
@@MICHAELCAMPBELL69 Have you lived in Croatia for a year?
Well that’s true the high cost of rent is because the average income in Ireland is much lower than most of Western Europe, and the taxes much higher. After you get your after tax paycheck then everything you buy is expensive accordingly because that item like cigarettes are also taxes highly. The packs of 20 cigarettes are not much change from a €20 euro bill ($20 U.S)
Not to mention in the middle to the west of the country it rains on average 230 days per year. More than the eastern side of the country which In turn is more expensive because of this fact! Plus obviously it’s more packed with people.
The social welfare gives us high degree of social cohesion. Why should we not take care of our own. We’re a people not a collection of consumers
Thank you! You beat me to it! But the writer has acquired one of the worst Irish tendencies ie judging and accusing social welfare recipients
I was on jobseekers for 6 months. Signed off… not because I got a job, but because I couldn’t stand the stigma of it and also the guilt of not giving anything back to society.
Eventually I got a carers allowance for looking after an elderly disabled person for a few years and then ripped a family members head off for trying to abuse the social welfare system when she moved in with him.
Yeah it's kind of an imperfect system wherever it's been tried. But versus the alternative? Worth it.
Just realised I'm a wealthy guy reading some of these comments 😁
Car insurance comes down each year for 5 years and this is called a no claim bonus. Thew first year is the most expensive
It only rained twice last year...first from Jan to April, then from April to December.
Ah you ya stop exaggerating at the moment we have 3 weeks of 20degrees blue skys and summer 22 brought record temps
Cold tap water is drinkable in most parts of Ireland. Hot water comes from a heating tank so it's not drinkable
fair enough but he meant that the rest of the world is using mixer taps that allow you to get the right temperature coming out instead of having a hot tap that burns your hands and a cold one that's freezing.
Don't drink cold water from bathroom taps. It almost always comes from a tank and there's no guarantee that every tank has a lid. I have found everything from generations of dead pigeons to semi-solid blocks of green algae in old tanks that were still in use. Yummy! Kitchen taps (cold side) are connected directly to mains so no problem there
Water taps! Next you will be complaining about your stout being too dark to see through and there being too many curves on the N17.
Nope he's right about the taps makes us look a bit,just to much labor for washing your hands what the fuck is wrong with one tap combo
The more people complain the better things get no complaints everything stays the same
@@rayosullivan4398 Older houses the water from the hot tank wouldn't be drinkable, and having a one tap system could contaminate the drinkable cold water system
@@rayosullivan4398 Change the fucking taps out to a Mixer tap if it bothers you so much . The only downside is if rats are shitting in your attic tank you may have some stomach issues
Nice one DC A
Thanks Corky! I am Irish but left Ireland 30 years ago. I am not enticed by its beauty and people enough to return...I simply couldn't afford it...but it is a very special place. Welcome!!!
where do you live now ?
Toronto. 🇨🇦
@@niallmcdonagh1093 Isn't the cost of living there extremely high?
Apart from accommodation all the other essentials are about 60% the equivalent cost in Ireland. For example electricity is about a third the cost and beer 20% cheaper. Come on over and see!!
@@niallmcdonagh1093
Which is a better country to live in Ireland or Canada?
The Towns & cities on the east coast get half the as much rain as Galway.
Reminds me about something that happened about 20 years ago...I went looking for a solid fuel range, the shopkeeper said buy this new one,it burns half as much turf as the old one .a old buck beside me piped up ...buy two you won't need and turf
Atall
The reason for the 2 taps. Back in the day hot water was made from a boiler behind the fire place. The water was then stored in the rafters in a tank. So it was not advisable to ingest this water.
Thank you for this!
I think people abuse the welfare system here because of how superficial employers are, people try to get a job, get rejected for some stupid reason (Like being from a different part of the country), try again, get rejected again and then they just give up because they think "Whats the bloody point in trying?" Employers need to stop being so superficial and at least give people a chance
Cost of living driving young people away from Ireland 😢
I would say cost of accommodation but yes, generally I agree.
Interesting perspective from someone with a knowledge of how things work elsewhere regarding social welfare. Glad you are feeling fairly settled here.
What would be the weekly salary in Croatia. And what would be the weekly rent for a flat with a sink with one tap of course. So important.
Wage for something basic like a waitress or retail sales would be around 160-180 euros weekly. Even tho all wages in Croatia are on monthly basis.
About rent I honestly don't know but in Zagreb I believe a flat starts around 400 and up but don't take that as a fact.
Are you sure it's not 160-180 an hour how could anyone live on a 180 a week i use to earn that in Dublin 40 years ago working as a mechanic and i left because i taught it was shite it was shite something wrong with a lot people here
Completely sure, I worked for that wage only 4 years ago.
That plus corruption and you start to understand why 200 000 people left the country in last few years.
I think the fact you are from Croatia is clouding your judgement on what you consider to be expensive. Croatia is a very cheap and (arguably) not a first-world country, so pretty much every country to the west of Croatia will be expensive, relatively. I'm a Brit living in the UK and having just run some comparisons with the Tesco Ireland vs Tesco UK supermarket websites, on all products I compared, the prices in Ireland (after converting the euro price to gbp) were cheaper than the UK by 5-10%, including fuel. I'll give you motoring costs, particularly insurance - no argument there. But housing costs? Nope. Housing costs in the UK are minimum 3x more expensive than in Ireland, like for like. You can basically get a small mansion in its own private gated grounds, an acre+ of land, sea or mountain views, no neighbours for miles, all for 350k euros (just under £300k) . In the UK that would be absolute minimum £1m - more like £2m+ if you don't want any neighbours.
For us Brits at least, the overall day to day costs are roughly comparable, but definitely cheaper if you add in property purchase. Ireland's a great place - much like the UK was 40 years ago with a slower pace of life and not the overcrowded craphole that it's rapidly turning into. The weather is comparable for anyone who has lived in an exposed part of the UK. Wind, rain, grey, and 20C on a good day is the norm for this part of the world as we sit on the edge of the Atlantic ocean, at the very end of the gulfstream. The variety in the climate is one of the things I like.
Oh for sure, everything i am talking about is compared to Croatia. And there is no argument about Croatia not being first-world country. I don't consider it to be.
Anyways thank you for watching and thank you for your opinion. I believe it will be useful to people.
@@Corrky Come live in the UK, then make a new video about living costs! xD
You never know, maybe one day...
I love Ireland but my god the cost of living there has just gone through the roof its outrageous.
I think it's super cheap where i live in LA new apartments being build next to where i work two bed 4500 dollars a month i could live like a king in Galway
You need a better paying job yes it's that simple you don't have money work harder and shut the fuck up you have easy living in Ireland don't have to be lazy
@@rayosullivan4398 Apart from the language I agree totally. But of course grumbling in Ireland is a national sport! Grumble and grouse all the day and night! Life here is better than eg the UK.
@@rayosullivan4398 his point is valid, dont know what your issue is
@@rayosullivan4398 😂😂😂
Bravo stari sve sto kaze za dobro i loshe apsolutno sve stoji. svaka ti cast i samo nastavi
Hvala! :)
I hate rain and that’s why I left Ireland 🤣 I’m Irish btw
Recently moved here and I was shocked. 2 seconds ago it was sunny and now it's rainy the next minute it's cloudy and rainy again
Owen it's been 20degrees here blue skys on summer 22 gave us record temps ok it rains by times in the west but not as much as people go on
I remember learning the 4 tenets of EU membership in school; to guarantee the free movement of goods, capital, services, and people, and as a car owner I always thought, why can't I ring a Dutch or german insurer for a quote. Just a thought.
Aviva is British, Axa is French, Zurich is Swiss, I think only FBD is Irish. The multinationals set up divisions here and treat the Irish market differently to elsewhere, citing a smaller pool and bigger awards as a reason for high prices. That looks dodgy to me too. Right now the insurance industry is holding the country back. The cost of business insurance has more or less doubled over the past three years with no convincing reasons given.
All true, Irish born and raised, though I'd lived abroad for about 10 years so not too parochial. The double taps was/is because the cold water was fed from a water tank in the attic and was not drinkable ( mainly used in the toilets and bathroom sinks) though a main feed was generally in the kitchen so that could have easily been a combo tap. Enjoying your videos, keep it up.
I honestly had no idea that's the reason for it. Thanks for explaining! We don't have double ones at all in Croatia and I just didn't get how is that useful.
This tradition dates back to a time when hot and cold water were kept separate to prevent contamination through cross connection," he said. "Cold water came from a mains supply and was fit for drinking
@@Corrky it's useful if the water is cut off then at least you'll have water for the toilets and you could boil it for tea maybe?
Didn't think of that at all. 🤔
@@Corrky you'll have to do a point 5 edit :) All the best
100% Corrky! I completely agree on every point! The welfare system is a disgrace! Thank you for coming to Ireland, working and paying tax, and contributing to society!
its great that benefirts created to people who need it. these always some bad apples in every system but most of people really need welfare.
Podemos practicar el español juntos si quisieras. Hace 13 meses que he empezado el español. A veces, necesitamos dos o tres lugares llamamos "mi hogar". Para mi, va a estar Cork y Málaga.
Everything listed is true. I have never defended Ireland I'll just say living in Galway means you'll experience more rain than other parts it's the west coast. But what you said about the welfare state is completely true. People are left idle frustrated and bored so they do stupid things and I would say that's a big hi it's costing the state 8.2 billion a year on mental health when we only have a population of 6 or 7 million. It's a crazy country.
I've lived in Ireland all my life and agree with most of these. Rent is a rip off, housing quality is awful, a lot of people just rip off the system and cat insurance is a total con. Don't mind the rain though. GRMA, Corrky!
Don’t ever try to live in California in the USA
Everything you said is 10x worse here.. a people here on welfare get more money that actual working people and they pay like 300 dollars in rent for an apartment bigger than someone house…don’t even get me started with the traffic too and the weather here is bi polar…
I always wanted to visit Ireland tho.. I’m sure I’d enjoy it
I had no idea about any of this. I'm not sure I would love to live there but I'd really like to visit one day. And I'm sure I will.
List is fair. Have Lived half my life in Ireland and half abroad. Ireland would be great if you were not constantly worrying about money
???? That is not my experience re worrying re money. But then I was raised to cut my cloth according to my means. Materialism is the culprit
@@islanddweller3674 Is it, perhaps you are a sanctimonious arse ?
@@islanddweller3674 ridiculous, do you pay rent here or is that too materialistic?
Where did you go
I’m curious if wages have kept up with the cost of living in Ireland..?
I would have also added transport as Ireland is so much more car dependent than much of Europe. But still all good points and interesting perspective 👍
Cannot argue with you on this
400 /600 euros is not a lot for one bedroom, especially in a decent or nice place in Europe. And it's even more true if you extend that to the whole western world! Renting for 400/700 dollars in any good city in the U.S is dirt cheap! It would cost a looot more. I don't advocate that, don't get me wrong, in fact it should n-o-t be that expensive because it is expensive, you right. But it's not a surprise and it's not that recent. I'm always amazed how naive people are when they're moving to decent or nice western places. Of course housing is gonna be bloody expensive! Go to Italy, Espagne, France, Germany, the U.S, you name it... It's expensive everywhere!
Our plumbing is shit. I believe it is because of British rule and the fact we adopted British building standards. We got their nice plug design but also the terrible plumbing design…
Nice video. I’m right there with you on everything. I also like the weather and the rain doesn’t bother me!
It started raining ..of course it did ..Irishness native level = 10000
Ah would ya stop its 20degrees at the mo I'd say your one of the that has there heating on complaining about the cold
Try Switzerland! 🤣
Far worse right
Switzerland is beautiful much better to live then Ireland
😆 Hot and Cold taps...most of us who grew up her don't give it a second thought...but it must seem very odd to others ("the fires of hell"!)
There is already big car pollution problem
You believing what they tell you...car pollution is very little
The only problem with our beautiful country..... GREED/GOVERNMENT both go together
Greedy criminals
You're like a croatian Walter White
😂😂😂
Hot and cold taps - same in the UK, its safety really. Hot tap needs to be above 60c to avoid legionnaires and other water bacteria as water stands in boiler and pipes. Cold comes from fresh supply. Just get a mixer tap or run both at same time.
With car insurance generally that goes down alot with x years no claims, maybe you don't have enough driving history?
Is it a bad idea to not have a car in Galway and use a bike instead? Does Public transportation help to get you around or even outside of Galway and visit other cities like Dublin or Limerick? Someone please tell me their opinion on this!
I personally don't miss having a car here at all. I have one in Croatia but here I just don't need it.
For me public transportation in Galway is good enough and if I need to go to Dublin there are plenty of buses to choose from.
The other thing worth mentioning are traffic jams which in Galway are really really bad. Some hours of day you are faster with a bike than a car I guarantee it.
Nice video. I'm Irish and lived abroad so get the things you mean, especially the taps. I think you see it less and less now and nearly all modern builds would have mix taps.
In relation to social protection comments. I wouldn't agree with all that you say but you're entitled to your opinion. However, what I found funny is that anti-immigration idiots would say that's why refugees and foreigners come to Ireland, free cars and houses etc. So it seems you would have common ground with them for different reasons. 🙂
Car insurance is expensive for someone who insured car first time.Every year the price is going down.Love this country and I love to stay here forever.We moved long time ago from Dublin to co.Wexford countryside.More sunny days here.Dublin is expensive place to live and rent a house is expensive too, cos we paid 4500euro before we moved to the house.1x secure payment and 2x for two months upfront.Family of 6 so we need big house.One minus for me in Ireland is huge road tax for big engines.They want to kill motorozation here
Honestly it's very sad to the fact that they want people to stop using cars meanwhile the public transport is even that good
all valid observations in video
Prilično je isto i u UK,pozdrav!
Croatia is the most beautiful place in the world. I would never leave there!! Lol. Honestly Ireland isn’t so bad when you live in other countries where it’s worse! The world is weird and too expensive everywhere these days
Thank you for saying that and thank you for watching! :)
Spot on about social welfare. It should be a safety net not a hammock.
perfect analogy
That's a load of right wing Tory shite. A member of young Fine Gael?
Typical ignorant judgemental Irish begrudgery.... Please explain what you really mean?
Ireland is still full of West Brits. There's enough money in the economy so that ALL should be easily comfortable, if you turn on your own, you stop asking why this isn't so, and who is really benefitting. Classic Anglo/American divide and conquer, full of greed, with the richest people telling their own why they can't afford anything that's fair. Keep Ireland Irish, welcome those who can contribute, and also those that can't, but need our help, remember the history of our treatment, and begrudge no one, especially your own.
Yeah! If you rent a room or even rent a house you're kinda at the bottom of the barrel. They are all sh*t is fairly accurate. Irish people don't like renters in general because they can be a pain in the ass and take liberties because most move on anyway and you might need therapy to get over them. A good neighbour is a joy and a bad neighbour is a nightmare on elm street. Car insurance is only 3000 euro if it is a new policy and you don't have any no claims bonus. Don't kill anybody or write off any cars for a few years and it will come well down below a grand. As for the rain? Well, we get a bit too much and a bit depressing. Still, it's a pretty benign part of the planet. If you don't burn your house down it should be there when you get back.
Good video mate I agree with you 👍. I've lived in Ireland all my life and one thing I'd add that it's quite boring. There's not a lot of things to do.
???? roflol! My days are not long enough for all there is to do.
@@islanddweller3674 r u going to contradict every point? apart from dublin he has a valid point
@@islanddweller3674First time I read a comment that Ireland was boring. It can't be that bad if there are over half a million foreign nationals living here. I don't know how many times a foreign person told me, they intended to come here for a week or a month or 6 months, and they're still here over 10 years later. One Polish guy said he was going home for good and arrived back 4 months later. That was 7 years ago and guess what? He's still here. 😉
@@mrmc2465 No he doesn;t. Boredom is qa sign of weakness. No one needs entertainling 24/7
I've never heard any one say it's boring...maybe it's a reflection on yourself
I love the two hate commentators. 😂 They both are hilarious. 😂 Small D energy be like "uuuh let's sit behind a screen and bash other people." If you ain't got something good going for you? Don't blame other people or try to put them down. Fix your lives brothers.
Love the video man. What's the song called if I may ask? Cheers 🍻
Thanks!
I will let you know about the song as soon as i get to my laptop. Im currently on a trip and i don't have it with me.
Don't skip on my REASONS TO LOVE IRELAND video!
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If you don't like go back where your from ; that hot and cold water sink is pretty dumb why car insurance cost so much don't get that i live in Los ANGELES and i pay 700 hundred a year and traffic is mental here something not right been to Galway a few times it's a great place may move when i retire simple life
Your first sentence is excellent advice. There are a couple more intruders to Ireland who talk like this, Shame on them. Ireland is not Croatia or the UK etc and comparisons are truly odorous. I simply accepted every aspect of life when I came to Ireland with no gripes or comparisons and have been and am thus very happy here. GO HOME grousers!
J35US, do you even hear yourselves?! Even as a 'foreigner' one is not beholden to like every last damn thing about a place; one is _even_ permitted to mention it! I mean, obviously the situation - and manners! dictate that one be circumspect in what you say, but in all fairness to this chap, his points seem pretty mild, and reasonable - even where I _dis_ agreed with him, it would be hard to get worked up about it.
I've only just come upon this channel and I know almost nothing about this geezer but going by his demeanour it seems pretty clear, he's a contributor (to Irish life) and certainly no gouger. As far as I can gather, he's not even an immigrant, 'as such', however one might feel about _that_ whole can of worms... Us Irish are constantly moaning about _everything,_ I mean, seriously: it's like, "grouse, grouse, grouse, bitch, bitch, bitch!" - and that's when we're at home, never mind when we're abroad! "They _refuse_ to speak English... The state of the service; big, sulky pusses up on them..! You can't get Coronation Street on the telly... Don't know how to pull a pint, it's just fired up in front of you... They've _no sense of 'The Craic'!"_ etc, etc.
It would be almost hypocritical, were it not for the fact that, at least in the West, it is almost universal - this paradoxical sense in which _'We'_ can complain about the state of our roads; _'We'_ can complain about our corrupt and inept politicians; _'We'_ can complain about the mind - numbing drivel on our television screens - but Heaven help the visitor who has the temerity to complain about so much as the weather! The experienced traveller - _any_ traveller with a degree of native 'cop~on' - is aware of this (or certainly ought to be) and behaves accordingly, but as with all things, one can take a thing too far. The way Mr. O'Sullivan and his co~commenter are going on, one might think the content creator had gone into their literal homes, accused their 'smelly' wives of 'not knowing how to burn toast' and said that their 'ugly' children were 'slow - witted', looted the fridge and the medicine cabinet and left, but not before pi55ing all over the toilet seat! I'm not one of these "Koombiya/Diversity is our Strength" types×, but we _have_ always prided ourselves on the "Céad Míle Fáilte" ("One Hundred Thousand Welcomes") bit. Lighten up a little!!
×Nonetheless, I am glad to live in a country where I can get a kebab or a Chinese takeaway on the way back from the pub, rather than having to 'chaw' on a crúbín (pig's foot)!
Maybe you should watch all his videos to understand the perspective.
@@richiehoyt8487 don't worry what people say everyone is just joking around nobody really means what what they say even if it sounds bad
Totally agree with you from an Irishman
Corrky ;) Mario Mandžukić is famous for his line - "no good!" He is known as - mr. no good. You, my friend, will be famous for - BUT! :) Mr. but. Daj se vrni doma rista i spij si jenu žuju ;)
I’ve lived in Ireland. Its a the rip-off capital of Europe.
Can you give an example Mazyar Kanani
Send him back!!!...............
Just joking ❤️❤️💐💐❤️❤️
I cannot understand how sad you can be to live where you are so unhappy….. I love it here 😃
Yes Padraig as a Dub people have never visited cork Kerry Mayo the don't seem to get out n then call it a kip
If you enjoy the sun if you expect sun you're not in Ireland!😊☘️
It's been 20degrees here the last 3weeks blue skys summer 22 also gave record temps.. cut the crap Mary
The list is fair. Car insurance is insane here. It would be my number one reason.
I'm glad you agree.
Just drive without insurance 👍
That has not been my experience, re car insurance, but then with decades of no claims....
Welfare abuse is one of the biggest reasons I tend to oppose it. Even C0v1D checks made people overly reliant in a short period of time; some making more than they ever did at their jobs.
People don’t need welfare as much as governments need to learn to BUDGET and reduce their taxes/employees by half; then watch market freedom yield a boom.
I'm from Keralam in India. I've been in Limerick almost a year and I'm glad to find a Croatian's perspective very similar to mine. I agree with the following points.
1. Rent is expensive. Accommodation is also not great. The houses are all so small and they seem to prefer to not having more than 1 bathroom. Maybe historically they had a bad time with laws and housing codes - but it's time to move on. I also don't understand why they have the room heaters close to the windows in so many houses instead of far away from the windows so that the heat loss occurs only after the heat has had an opportunity to flow through the room. Thermodynamically insane.
2. Social Welfare - Ireland has not yet been destroyed by the woke left but it's happening all the same. Both immigrant and native taxpayers all over the world are taken advantage of welfare moochers (both immigrant and native).
3. Car insurance is a bitch. And getting a driver's license is also troublesome.
4. You get used to the rain and weather but for a new person the cold is unbearable. And energy costs in winter are really bad. It's one big island meadow in the middle of the cold Atlantic ocean. However when the sun shines, it's like the Shire from LOTR.
5. Double Pipes ... from the fires of hell lol ... I never understood why they don't have a mixer by default. They usually have it in the kitchen sink but nowhere else.
Rent+ : I'd like to add that its hard to get a proper answer from a potential landlord. People here are so polite they don't say NO (or YES) to your face. A bit annoying. Just say Yes or No. I think the political correctness police have fucked up the organic relationship people naturally develope with each other and people are very wary of saying NO or scared to say YES. I don't blame them though. I think there are some official and unofficial policies on human behaviour prescribed by the EU that have affected their normal way of interacting. I still love the Irish people ... they are one of the good things about this island. I only wish they would learn their own Gaelige language more. Knowing an extra language is good for brain developement.
The politeness here predates any political correctness movement. My grandparents and great grandparents were also very polite and apologetic if asking for something or if they feel they are putting someone out. It is just a cultural thing. It is speculated it is borne out of poverty. Not wanting to take, if you have something you want to offer it and if you need something you need the apologise for it. People don’t want to disappoint each other.
There are always exceptions though. You’ll find people who just say no
@@RoryMonaghan My apologies in that case. People are very kind most of the time. But when there is a business deal involved like renting it would be good if I got to know via an SMS at least so that I know where I stand. Yes it's hard to say no to someone. Can't win then all I guess
@@SanjayFGeorge Yeah, definitely can't. It can be frustrating.
@☆ ʕ-ᴥ-ʔ ⁇ How many welfare moochers do you know who are Indian ? I'm way better than many people including you . I paid 14 times the local tuition fee just because I was a foreign student. We foreign students subsidize the Anglo-Saxon-Scots-Gaelic world's education system.
Hiesenberg (Mr white
Pop into Jim @ Nimmo's hostel. Always a big welcome in Galway
Tldr: expensive, dole merchants, insurance, rain, 2 taps.
What is a dole merchant
I agree with you about social welfare payments weekly paid to people who are fit and well just have no jobs
Surely they could give them one day or half day a week to do something for their community instead of just
Constantly paying people for doing nothing while other lower paid workers in Ireland are working everyday
For not very much more money than the people who don't work get its time to change system fair play
There only about 30.000 on social welfare like that pat .all other welfare recipients need it to help them threw a bad time ect
You guys actually pay for car insurance ? I live in the West Coast of Washington and no one here pays car insurance, if we crash into someone we just make a side deal. Also I have a two bedroom house with property and I pay $600 a month US. The only issue here is gas prices and that’s only because of the Ukraine/ Russian war
I don't like
1-abortion
2- corrupt politicians
3- jab mandate
4 - Rain and cold.
5- drunks all over
1 - Billy, you will never have to have an abortion.
2 - Irish politicians are not very corrupt at all. Not compared to several places I have lived in.
3 - Tough. If you want to protect your own people, get bloody vaccinated. If not, don't expect much sympathy.
4 - Move to a different country. Ireland's geographical position is not going to change, nor will the Irish weather.
5 - Sorry, what "drunks all over" are you on about?
@@gloin10 Billy can dislike what *he* dislikes. You can dislike what *you* dislike. I can dislike pretty much anything you (the pair of 'yiz') care to mention, and probably do. Isn't "Diversity our Strength", after all..?
Agree with your list except #5 . Depends on where you live . I don't see many .
89 buddy!!!
Ireland is a poor backward country on the edge of Europe with no future .
The economy will go into recession for a few years due to the Russian sanctions.
He is correct .The cost of living is the 2nd highest in europe.Everything is expensive.
There are much better and cheaper countries to live in like Spain,Romania ,Poland etc.
Automatically a person attacking social systems lost my respect because even if a few(there’s always gonna be people taking advantage but we shouldn’t stop a good program for a few.) misuse it for their purposes there’s still more people who can benefit and need it. You can tell he probably had a beef with them or dislikes some of his locals there but that doesn’t mean EVERYBODY is just doing jack at their house. People will always use their “feelings” to discredit or disapprove something they don’t like. Tired of ultra right wing ideals which only takes us back even further. This applies to any country btw. There’s always gonna be people attacking “social” programs just because the word “social” makes some idiots panic. I.e Putin attacking Ukraine over “nazi” attack. And don’t call everybody Lazy. You perpetuate the very very wrong assumption that the world is fine and people are getting all the wage to survive. Dude get out of your TH-camr bubble man. People eat shit. Stop shitting on the little some have…not that it matters since it’s a TH-cam video but I’m sure I’ve done my part here.
Stop hating on good programs and copy the good….
He’s probably the person who thinks if I’m not making 100k a month at least and don’t have six degrees then you are lazy. Hahaha he’s probably the same one that things people with mental health issues are lazy hahahah….
Yes. That is exactly what I ment. I envy your ability to understand people so deeply.
Cheers! 🍺
I totally disagree ,having been to Eastern Europe I found the standard of housing horrible.
It’s expensive when you consider their wages a doctor 600€ a month .
They pay for water and electricity is expensive.
The people look miserable and look as if they want a one way ticket out.
Lastly they are all coming here .
Are they coming for the weather or social welfare ????
Have you considered that they might be coming for work? There's loads available. We'd be knackered without European tradespeople.
Please GO HOME! soon!
Please get some common sense, dignity and humanity. It's for free.
Sounds like the scumbag who rang me from jobpath.
Istina
Totally agree
Reward yourself with buying me beer for 100 😜😜
We can negotiate :)
Jeez mate. Why do you not go back to your country. A better salary better cheaper rent better rent. What is wrong with you.
Go home , then,,mucher...you bring nothing to the party , go home...
Who would like to live in this shitholle country anyway I don’t know any single person who stayed long here and loved it they all moved in other countries and they are much happier