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    Best place to live in Ireland?

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    There are separate arrangements for Irish citizens, who will continue to benefit from the Common Travel Area.

    If you hold Irish citizenship (including dual British and Irish citizenship) you do not need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.

    Your family members who are not Irish citizens or British citizens will need to apply to the scheme and can do so regardless of whether you apply.

     

    https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/staying-northern-ireland-if-youre-eu-citizen

    ofc, there's loads of beauty in the North, Im particularly fond of the Drumlins of Monaghan and Fermanagh, and I was very taken with the Sperrins when I walked there a few years back. Donegal is amazing as well - weatherwise, not so great.

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    Best place to live in Ireland?

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    36 minutes ago, EdamAnchorman said:

    Lol sorry.  😆  That's just the kind of info I was looking for, thanks.  I'll check out the subreddit.

    We did see that the government is offering incentives for refurbishing dilapidated cottages / houses and we have explored that as well.  Most move-in-ready places we've been seeing in areas we're searching have been between €3 - 500,000.  These places have been far from tourist areas and the houses near the coast have all been relatively high on cliffs and far enough back where there's still an ocean view but the risk is lower.

    Here's a few that caught our eye, this is what we're looking for roughly

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-knockaveelish-dunmore-east-co-waterford/5667900

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-cloona-westport-co-mayo/5650084

    https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-kilkerrin-connemara/5360967


    Dunmore is a nice spot, nice house as well, shame about the pine interior. Im a big fan of Westport, its a lovely town and there's some gorgeous scenery both north and south, but it will be pretty wet and wild. Connemara would be the most isolated of those options. 

    If I was in your position id be putting aside an extra 50-100,000 to add solar panels, batteries and a heat pump, and enjoy (mostly) free heat and electricity for the duration.

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    Best place to live in Ireland?

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    Sure, Im just suggesting that you don't wanna get too close to the coast. Sea level rise is already affecting the south east quite badly. There's a lot of beautiful lakes in the north midlands if thats something you're into, it'll be a lot cheaper there as well. Wherever you go in Ireland its gonna be wet and dark half the year, and wet and sunny the other half.

    I heard recently of normal 3 bed houses in Kenmare going for €6-700,000 due to massive overbidding by foreigners looking for holiday homes, but if you stay away from the most well known tourist spots you should be able to find something reasonably priced. There's thousands of dilapidated cottages down hidden boreens if you wanted to refurbish as well.

    1 hour ago, EdamAnchorman said:

    Londonderry

    Ahem. Derry, just Derry. 😅

    Theres a good subreddit on this topic: moving to Ireland - might be worth checking out.

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    Best place to live in Ireland?

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    But in answer to the original questions. Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, all good. I wouldn't get too close to the coast. Johnstown in Wexford gets the most sunshine. Kerry does get a lot of rain, but it also milder all year round and gets the best of the sun, there's some strange little microclimates down there as well. General rule of thumb is that the west tends to be more barren and wild, with more unpredictable weather, the south and south east are lusher. One thing to bear in mind is that property is extremely expensive due to lack of supply and foreign investors buying up all the new houses. Even small regional towns have experienced insane price rises. The best advice would really be to take an extended trip and take a good look around in person.

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    NOT Coronavirus COVID-19

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    Yeah, it basically means that we have confirmed that these events exist, but are rare, in line with other studies.

    Considering in just the last two weeks we've had studies showing that covid infection causes brain bleeds and the breakdown of the blood brain barrier, degradation of mucosal immunity function, acts in symbiosis with TB and increases risk of new onset dementia, the risk/benefit calculation is clear. 

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    Now Reading

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    TBH, I think his shorts 'Last days of new Paris' was my favourite of his, very Ballardian in places. Quite liked the Census taker, and his book on the October revolution is pretty good as well. Generally find his long fiction a bit too kitsch, I think I liked Iron Council cos it was basically built around ideas from revolutionary politics.

    There was some minor scandal around him a few years back IIRC, I think he's become pretty reclusive since.

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