Working holiday in Ireland for Kiwi girls

Never really heard of this - if you get a job in a bar some of them might point you in the direction of a cheap place to stay, the competition is on though, with all our new eastern european low paid friends that have arrived - no doubt you'll get something anyway.

Have a ball!

Never heard of a live-in pub job myself. Neither here nor there. But just to be on the safe side I asked my local publicans (in the back of beyond in the West) who just looked as if I asked them for free pints for life.
They do make an effort to find accommodation for their staff if they are not local, but they have to pay for it as everyone else.
I doubt it very much that in cities any publican cares how there staff find accommodation. But I might be wrong. No, I'm actually not, coming to think of it.

The only live-in jobs I know of are au pair or sometimes hostel jobs. But au pair are looking for more longterm commitment, and hostels close down or don't need that many staff during the winter months.

Good luck anyway.

P.S. what is a kiwi Big OE?

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<hr>P.S. what is a kiwi Big OE? <hr></blockquote>I'm lead to believe that it's the kiwi big Overseas Experience and is quite a tradition amongst NZealenders. Apparently quite a few countries actually look for them as cheap labour ?

You wont get a live in pub job in Ireland. (Unless you are blessed!)

If you want to work in a pub, what type of place are you looking for? City/country? Do you want a trad pub or a modern one? More details please along these lines and what type of lifestyle you want. Then I could try to give you locations that you might like.

Another idea is to try different types of pubs around the country for variety.

Depending where you live, there is alot to offer. City life may suit you down to the ground but you may rather some small village in the west of Ireland if you are used to cities.

Hey all , thanks so much for youre replies!

We're looking for a place central so prob the city , thus allowing us to be central to tranport so we can travel about on days off.

Not fussed on the type of place we work , not picky at all , any suggestions or reccomondations ya have would be fantastic.
We're both looking to get out of the rat race that is New Zealand and enjoy not being totally bogged down with work , we both work in government jobs..say no more!

I like the idea of trying different pubs , least then we get a look at different places....

Like I said , we're not fussy just want something different to life here in NZ.
We're coming to Ireland because we've been told the people are fantastic and the Irish we've met at home have raved about it.

you want to get out of "the rat race that is new zealand" and so you're coming to post-celtic tiger ireland instead?

hmmm.

hope you enjoy your time anyway though!

As someone who 3 months ago finished up a year in Ireland, you definately won't be getting out of rat race by going to Ireland.

I don't think that publicans like the idea that you 'try different pubs'. They won't teach two kiwis only used to office jobs (I assume, since you are in government jobs) how to pull a pint and deal with drunks only to let them go after a few weeks. By the way you'll find more Eastern Europeans working in Irish pubs nowadays, so the competition is tough.

And for escaping the rat race ... well, the previous posters pointed it out.
But of course, no decent Irish person abroad would tell you about the put downs in Ireland, like rat race, rip-off, greed, corruption and so on. Far away from home Ireland is the best place in the world, the grass is greener, the pace is slower, the craic in pubs is great, everyone is friendly...

But come and see for yourself, it's part of the "big OE" after all. Ireland is lovely indeed, but forget the glossy tourist blarney.

Good luck!

can i just say dublin really isn't the place to be if you want to get away from it all. its way more pretentious than the rest of the country, in the pubs especially. get a job in the west or south of ireland. kerry can be great craic, dingle or tralee or killarney has a big tourist trade so hotels would also be looking for people.