RIP-OFF IRELAND

Well, one of my best friend's moved over there last Jan (got offered a good job) and is moving back here next Mon because it's just too expensive to live over there, even with a well paying job. Make of it what you will. Plus she said the Irish are unfriendly, make no effort to get to know you, like to socialise in their own small cicrles, and the whole country is like a third world one, for instance no water bill because the water is so crap you can't even drink it! But that's just one person's (and note NOT my) opinion.

ireland is expensive but its like anywhere else if you shop around you can get bargains. us irish can be a little insular .and ireland does have some problems with infastructure but saying that i am a very patriotic irishman and could never live anywhere else

"some problems with infrastructure"???? I think we have a lot of problems with infrastructure....for the amount of money that was flowing around during the celtic tiger, the government's done sweet F all with it....national roads covered in potholes, it's like a developing country in parts. The money isn't spent equally, fairly, some areas get all the money while some parts of the country suffer!!!

As for prices, it's an absolute joke! And thank god for the euro, because we can know see HOW much we're actually being ripped off. Although noone's going to do anything about it. What drives me nuts, in clothes shops you see the prices (IN EURO) of clothes in say Spain/Italy/Germany etc and they're a lot cheaper than they are here. Even sterling prices (when converted) is cheaper. People say it's because our wages are higher, that's why everything's so much expensive...but it's so not true! Salaries in Britain are higher than here but their cost of living is much lower!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Well, why don't you all move out til scarcity value drives my wages up? ;))

Is anyone ever happy with their own country?
Yes,Ireland is expensive,but I still think it's a great little place to live.

Grand place if we could roof it...

Best thing to do is run for public office, we Irish rarely if ever stand up to the amazing levels of corruption and ineptitude in government, much more fun to sit and grumble while sipping back several very expensive beers pulled by poorly trained barstaff with limited English.

So "Paddy le B for Taoiseach. Not much will change but if you were running I'd vote for you!"

I've got my vote.

I'd vote for you!!!! :) A load of monkeys could do a better job than that lot up there now! haha

...and if elected I promise to staff my cabinet just that!

12 chimps, 12 ounces of coke and 12 PC's.... best government think-tank in recent memory

hahahaha you'd make a fantastic government! remember to use the government jet to pick up your coke!!!