You say you don't know this family personally. I'd be very wary of supporting anything I'm not fully informed about. Just a general comment, not targeting this particular appeal.
Thanks Bronwyn. I needed a balanced view of what the basics can cost in Ireland. One month to go and I leave the 30 degree sunshine 🇿🇦behind for my new life in Ireland🇮🇪
Well, as an Irishman, I've got to say you're name is more Irish than mine ! I've met lots of sapers here, they seem hard working and skilled and not a burden on the state.. Best of luck.
Great video! Our family is thinking about moving to Ireland and I found your video very helpful. Thanks for explaining some of the hidden cost and budgeting in Ireland. We live in Asheville NC USA.
Happy Christmas to your family. Its very interesting as an Irish person hearing the perspective of someone choosing to come and live in Ireland. I think more Irish people would benefit from seeing your videos.
Well done on another informative video.... God bless that poor young boy❤ Wishing you and your family a fantastic Christmas and prosperous and healthy New year. I love that you love our beautiful country 🤗
Hi! We are Irish but moved to Australia for 7 years and are now back in Ireland. We loved Australia but also love Ireland and I really like your perspective on it. I had to comment to ask you to reconsider the income protection. I am of the opinion that it is a waste of money. I work in finance and am very careful about what we spend our money on. Absolutely agree to life insurance and health insurance if you can afford it but health insurance is not an absolute necessity in Ireland it's a luxury. Back to income protection, we saved up a 6 month emergency fund to cover our expenses if anything happened. The disability cover here is also pretty okay so that would offset some of your expenses if your income stopped. I would stop the income protection and start saving that money. You would be surprised how quickly you will get a good emergency fund and then you can keep saving it for deposit for house or kids college etc. Just my two cent but I think insurance companies always push the income protection and yes it covers if you get sick but you guys are young and healthy and in my opinion you are better off saving that money, I am assuming income protection is a big chunk of the €200. Happy new year love the videos
Hi Bronwyn, I am in New Zealand and I enjoy watching and listening to your videos. I'm not even sure how I happened upon you, but I like hearing about living in Ireland, my husband had an Irish Mother and we have been over twice, the last time was in 2015. I enjoy seeing the Irish countryside and the beautiful historical buildings. So thank you, your videos are peaceful which I enjoy. Love your Christmas tree :) Groceries are very expensive in NZ as well, lots of people are struggling, we also have a shortage of housing, so share some similar problems. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Hi Wendy! Lovely hearing from you! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. This is our first year having a 'fake' tree. We usually get a real one but I just knew that Eibhlin would be constantly fiddling with it and we'd have pine needles everywhere... and I am so glad we did as no mess, no fuss! I do miss that pine tree smell though. Wishing you a very blessed Christmas x
I really enjoyed listening again to how the cost of living has influenced your lifestyle. It really makes one think twice about how we spend our pennies. Even here, back in South Africa, the cost of living has escalated. Fortunately living here in Richmond on the farm, we are able to get our vegetables fresh after harvest, so that helps a little. May you and your beautiful family have an awesome Christmas, and a Blessed New Year. See you in 6 months 🥰
Hi Bronwyn , Trevor of Retreat Cape Town South Africa. Thanks for the insight of cost of living in Ireland. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a wonderful happy new year.
🎄Merry Christmas and a happy new year from Flagstaff, Arizona (where it snows). We are 7000 feet in Northern, AZ. Our highest peak is 12,000. Thank you for the great video.
Hi Bronwyn, I am a SAFFA living in NZ since November '22. I appreciate your videos. My advice is that as soon as you are able to purchase a property go for it. Rent is also very high in NZ. Here rent is paid on a weekly basis.
That is the goal! We would love to buy a place of our own... need a substantial deposit so we have a lot of saving to do!! Wishing you a blessed Christmas x
Heya!! The fuel costs would have a major effect of what shopping centres charge for groceries,the artic i drive gets 1 fill per week at approx 1100 euro and this company has 8 trucks running all the time so the cost had to be passed on unfortunately
Very true!! James has just gotten his truck license... next step is artic license. How long have you been driving? Would be interesting to hear if you would recommend this as a career change for him?
Hi watching from Saudi .. home base is Melrose, Jhb..will be moving to Ireland in May 2024. Your Journey and channel is so informative. Thank you, have a Blessed Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
hi thanks for sharing your experience with us, this is my first time watching and its supper amazing the way in which you break down the cost of living in the Ireland. I am Emmanuel from Ghana but living and working Dubai and considering to move to Ireland, hope you can now understand why I am supper impressed with your videos.
Hi Bronwyn! I am watching from Canada. I am a third generation Canadian. My Gran came here from Northampton England in 1900. Canada is very expensive right now. A one bedroom apartment in my small city in Ontario will cost between 1700.00 to over 3000.00 a month to rent. Our doctor visits and hospital visits are free but the state of the healthcare system here is dire. You can easily wait all day to see a doctor in the emergency room. People are dying while waiting to be seen. It can take a month to see your family doctor. The weather is very very cold in the winter. Electricity is very expensive as well. I love my country with all my heart but I would not recommend anyone trying to emigrate to Canada right now. Have a happy holiday season and a safe, prosperous and happy new year.
Yes exactly we here in Ireland are pretty much the same it's to expensive to live here now and our services are literally crumbling under the weight of overcrowding our rental has jumped considerable it can be from 1,000 to 1600 and more depending upon where you go and with very little accommodation now it's worse our hospital waiting lists are longer than ever before same with getting a doctor or dentist appointment your waiting weeks if not months to be seen our food petrol and diesel have all risen dramatically as have electricity and gas bills way out of proportion basically children's books might be free but they certainly aren't for older children going to secondary or college there hundreds including uniforms are also expensive there's no way of even getting into school's or crèches as there is no places available not for at least a year or more Ireland I'm afraid isn't what it is cracked up to be if your coming here you'll need a great deal of money because believe me you'll need it
Hi Diane, thank you so much for your comment. Canada has always been a country we want to visit one day. It's so interesting to hear how different countries all seem to be having the same problems with rent, health service and high food costs. Makes me want to go completely off grid and be self sustaining.... that's the dream anyway! Wishing you a very blessed Christmas x
Yippee ,you back had missed you guys....wow Ebelynn has grown from last time. Those short dark winter days are something else , your body just misses the daily dose of happy notes from the sun...in such cases for one need to be consistent taking supplements ,light therapy seems to be the most effective , make you environment sunnier and brighter. Open blinds, trim tree branches that block sunlight or add skylights to your home. Sit closer to bright windows while at home or in the office.Normalize sleep patterns Schedule reliable times to wake up and go to bed each day. Especially for fall-winter-onset , reduce or eliminate napping and oversleeping....and exercise regularly too.
Thanks Bronwyn ... subscribing from the Caribbean. My son is start his post-graduate studies in Ireland next year so this type of practical information is very insightful. Any advice for University students in general ?
Enjoy the sunshine for us!! We are missing it... it's been a very dull few weeks. The winter solstice has just passed so we are looking forward to slightly longer days now! Where will your son be studying? Dublin? Very exciting for him. I know that student accommodation, if staying off campus, can be quite pricey. Did a quick google search and found this webpage dublin.ie/study/student-life/ might have a few interesting pointers. I will have to educate myself on all these things in the coming years as Josh will be finishing school in 3 years!!
@@impromptuimmigrants He's still deciding between UCD (Dublin) or UCC (Cork). He likes TCD where I did my second masters degree but they are not offering the programme he wants to pursue. I think he may lean to UCC.
Hi Brownwyn, thanks for all the insight in Ireland. My family is about to migrate there early next year and Im a bit skeptical about moving there but this video makes me stop over thinking. By the way we are from UAE, and weve been living here for more than 10 yrs now but the tuitions for a good school here for my kids are getting pretty expensive and all our savings are going there so, thats why we decided to move to Ireland.
Thank you so much for watching! Wishing you all the best with your decision to move to Ireland! The weather will definitely be very different from what you are used to in the UAE.
we were in Ireland in 2022, can't wait to go back in 2025. We took a tour last time, this time we want to stay in the Killarney area that we loved the most. Loved to move there but it would be tough with leaving the grandkids and kids in the states. Still planning to work on my wife's dual citizenship since both her grandmothers were born in Ireland. One of her sisters already got her dual citizenship.
Killarney is a beautiful area. Unfortunately when we visited there it rained non stop so didnt see as much as we would've liked to... but a stunning area all the same
Hello and thanks for another pleasant video. The costs certainly don’t go down in Ireland, do they. It didn’t get its reputation for being the most expensive in Europe for this or that for nothing, lol but like, not lol….. Anyway, it’s worth it cuz it’s Ireland :o) ☘️🇮🇪 Happy Christmas and New Year, looking forward to your upcoming exciting videos :o)
Hi Bronwyn! Quick question the eir mobile plan you use does it have any international calls? I mean we can all use social media platforms to keep in touch with our family back home but a few minutes/hours of international calls won't hurt. Don't you agree? They don't give them anyway 😅.Thanks for the video I've enjoyed it. I think it was about time to have a cost of living video. Anyway, we're from Zimbabwe & Italy watching from Cyprus 🇨🇾. Definitely will share our story with you one of these days! Wishing you a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year!
Thank you so much for watching, looking forward to hearing your story one day 😊. I believe eir offers 10c/min to the UK and 15c/min to 45 other countries (not specified) including the USA. I just use whatsapp video call to speak to my family and that works brilliantly. Merry Christmas x
Thanks for the informative video, Bronwyn. I am coming to Ireland in March. Is it difficult to find an accommodation around Dublin? and what county do you suggest for us? We are a family with two kids. Thanks in advance.
Hey Bronwyn, thanks for the video! It’s actually really helpful. We are planning to move to Cork in 2025 with my boyfriend and I hope it will happen. We are from the Czech Republic and we want to try to live abroad and Ireland seems to be the best place in my opinion. Anyway, thank you! I can see it’s pricey but I guess it’s somehow pricey everywhere. For example we pay 1000€ a month for rent and we get altogether around 2600€ as salary, so it’s somehow hard everywhere I guess. What do you think about Cork city?? 😇😇😇
Cork city is lovely. I've been there twice and really liked it. I'm a small town girl so living in the city is not for me to be honest. I much prefer quiet country life!
@@impromptuimmigrants thank you 🙏😇 is it possible for you to stay in touch, for example on instagram etc. I may have some questions for you if you don’t mind. ❤️
the citizenship process is same for northern ireland & republic of ireland? And can both of them get the irish passport by naturalization through work permit visa
