Ireland: Pros and Cons?

Question

Hello everyone!

Please explain to me the good and bad of living in Ireland in your opinion, give reasons why you feel this way as well.

Please remain respectful, and give logical reasons of why something is a good or bad aspect, not "just because".

Thank you for all your answers, I appreciate your time.

Answer 1

as a visitor there many times:

Pros:

Lovely people

Spectacularly beautiful countryside

Good golf courses

Wonderful beaches (but too cold for much swimming!)

Good food

Guinness

Rich heritage and history

Great sports country

Cons:

Too expensive now

Dublin can be a bit dangerous at night

I love Ireland but it's just too dear for the visitor these days.

Answer 2

pros

friendly people

relaxed attitude

great place to raise kids... excellent schools and universities

relatively low crime

great pubs & clubs

loads of sport to go to

beautiful countryside

cons

too many immigrants

too religious

awful healthcare system

you need a car to get anywhere and the roads are terrible

work options on many careers are limited or only in dublin

Answer 3

Pros:

People

Country

Sheep

Warm welcomes

Donegal

Cons:

The way people presume we're all alcoholics.

= )

Answer 4

-Good education system, which is also free

-Lovely countryside

-Relatively safe country to live in

-Awful health system - you could be waiting over a year for tests

-Extremely expensive - for example the Apple iPhone costs twice as much here as in the UK

-Very bad public transport

-Media and government are very Dublin-centred, meaning the rest of the country is often neglected, especially the west.