Why do we settle for this?

Why did you come back the first time?

We need more positive people, not whingers.

Theres crime and poverty and corrupt politicians and high house prices and social welfare scroungers and unemployment and junkies and homeless in Canada too. Enjoy your trip.

Because young people here it seems are infected by the ATW ( all things woke ) virus… they don’t care, they are educated, no sorry, groomed now not to believe that their birthright citizenship owes them anything or entitles them to anything…they’d rather have a dubious future, difficult to access healthcare system, no public transport system improvements to speak of, an increasing and deterrent-less lawlessness, increasing Q’s and waiting lists for EVERYTHING, falling or stagnant wages and the inability to get on the property ladder… but, “what are we doing to help xyz….?” They eat, sleep and drink woke….these are all fine questions to ask if living under a bridge… which in one guise or another a few in years to come will…

if it’s any consolation I’ve never met a Canadian I disliked and count one as a longtime friend another a friendly acquaintance …. They speak highly of their homeland and quality of life, I think healthcare is getting challenging im told but that aside… Canada seems sweet. The two I mention are from Trois Rivières and the other Toronto.

It’s going to take a hell of a mindset change to get this country back on track. It’s certainly along with many of the population.. left the rails.

This is the first time I've seen someone complain that the youngsters today aren't acting entitled enough! <shakes fist/>

What a mess of a post. Your pathological obsession with the woke bogyman has led you to believing irrational generalisations of both Irish and Canadian people that are beyond parody.

Settle for what?

Everyone's fate is in their own hands. This Country offers cheap high quality education and rewards hard work with well paid jobs and a pretty safe environment, compared to hundreds of other nations.

If people take responsibility for themselves and take advantage of opportunity, they'll be rewarded.

And let me clear, the smart person does not study IT and work 20 hours a day for Google while living in a box room in suburban Dublin. The smart person learns a transferable skill, a trade like plumbing or electrics and builds a beautiful house on the outskirts of a mid size town where the quality of life will beat anywhere in the World.

canada is on the brink of a banking/housing crash, so.....

Lots of smart people use their heads to work remotely. Otherwise I agree with your post.

Grand, off you go.

This seems to be another post where the OP disappears. I was going to let them know about a radio phone in from Canada which I happened to hear yesterday. Callers were raging against high fuel costs, and wanted to have their politicians put in jail.

Ireland's problems arent unique to Ireland. They are the problems of most developed, first world countries where profit is put before people. Now, in the big scheme of things, Ireland isnt even that bad because a lot of the cons of this economic model are offset by governments which do a reasonably good job of redistributing the wealth in society. There are plenty of places that have Ireland's issues plus deep, embedded inequality and winner takes all capitalism.

Are there "better" places to live in? Sure, we could be one of those fabled Scandi states with natural resource wealth on top of vibrant high wage economy where citizens are motivated and largely happy to pay inflated taxes for the greater good.......... but we aren't. But we aren't too bad either and we could be a fúcking hell of a lot worse.

i read about the canadian property market , house prices are high .it attracts a lot of foreign investors who need a safe place to spend their money.ireland is suffering from success , plenty of jobs, a safe place to live, but a housing crisis and a shortage of rental units at a reasonable price .canada gets very cold during the winter, energy costs are rising in most countrys right now. i agree with most of the comments above, but our government needs a 10 year plan, build x amount of houses per year, give more money to local authoritys , don,t just build in dublin.

i think canada has many of the problems that ireland has .At least we are part of the eu, the uk is in a state of chaos due to brexit.it turns out leaving the eu is a bad idea for a country that depends on acess to international markets and exports to many eu countrys.

i think you could just google country x news and get bad news about most countrys considering oil, gas,energy prices are rising ,there are still problems with supply chain even if we are in the closing stages of the pandemic. these issues effect canada as much as any other country.

they call it doomscrolling, if you read the news everyday alot of it is bad ,its hard to be optimistic

but i prefer not to give in to all the negative storys.

Hate to break it to you Op, but Canada is way more woke than Ireland, in fact it's even worse than California.

I don't think you understand what I mean.

I'm not exaggerating.

On a national level the availability of housing, to rent, is probably the worst in the world of any functioning country.

Go on daft.ie and check yourself how many rentals are available across the entire country and in each county.

Cork City Popn 220k, rentals 35 units

Limerick County Popn 205k, rentals 25 units

Kildare County Popn 247k, rentals 41 units

Ireland Popn 5,065k, rentals 1079 units

It's completely broken on a national level. That is definitely an achievement others will find hard to match.

The irony is that while there have never been more jobs available in certain sectors, getting employees to fill them is becoming impossible when they have nowhere decent to live.

https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2022/1028/1331821-teacher-shortage/

no thanks ;) I’ll stay put, seemingly discernible democratic machinations might be less prevalent here now but I apparently have that choice to stay where I am 🤪

Ireland is not going to where I’d like it anytime soon yes… but the future roadmap is often drawn courtesy of the evident mistakes / problems of the past. What’s happening now…

we don’t have to look very far to see what can happen when people say ‘enough’… rightly or wrongly. That’s our choice.

Canada wont be taxing you fifty percent over a pittance of an income. It's far more vast, cosmopolitan and open minded...

Amazes me how the young folk of Ireland reacted to the death of George Floyd but not a peep out of them when actual issues are affecting them personally. Protests for some criminal thousands of miles away but nothing when they essentially are being screwed over by their government.

Strange.

Yiz are all bollixes. Don't mind them OP.

The streets of Canada are paved with gold. Canada has absolutely no social problems or any other kind of problems. It's unique in that it's the only perfect country in the world and doesn't have even one of the problems we have.

Sure everyone knows that the grass is always greener on the other side.