Sick of this country

I hear the Australian Border Force now have cocker spaniels that can sniff out whingers, you might need to be careful!

I liked Australia but personally prefer Ireland / Europe.

But I think people should go live in other countries for a time to experience them. Life is too short to be so annoyed with where you are living.

I've got my own place fully paid off... ;) Taking fifty percent of your income over 40k, which is asswipe money in this country. Surprised at how much support the tax regime here has, you must all be on elite incomes and using tax avoidance schemes...

The young don't benefit from the rigged system here, just expected to provide dirt cheap labour for rip off prices... They'd be mad to stay here, unless they see themselves as martyrs...

What's the roll eyes for ? Read the papers ? This is now a common theme... Landlords selling up on their droves.. the government created the housing crisis and make the rules... They reap what they sow...

And housing, health, infrastructure, law and order and every other failing here . " Tis grand" I suppose ?

For all its faults, Ireland is by no means the worst place to live and rear a family compared to the likes of US, UK or Oz.....spent some time abroad myself years ago but thoughts of home were never far away.

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Used to think like this, bought into all the populist sentiment, got myself all wound up, convinced myself Ireland was terrible, then went abroad and lived in several countries. Took time, but eventually realized that every country has it's own issues and problems. Relatively speaking, Ireland isn't so bad. In fact it's actually pretty good (by living metrics we are often near the top of countries globally to live in)

I remember leaving when we had poor country problems, I came back when we had rich country problems. The latter is considerably better than the former.

Many of my friends also left at the same time I did, almost all of them are either back here or thinking of coming back. Many of those went to Aus, the US, Canada. That speaks volumes.

First of all the money is not "way better ". I think you're confusing Australian $ with US $ ! Also you appear to have an issue with immigration policy in Ireland. Well don't forget you will be an immigrant in Australia a country which is ,thankfully, one of the most diverse societies in the world.

Nonsense. Anyone who believes Ireland is third world should be sent to live in the real thing for six months. Then return back here and report on their findings.

My parents leave one of their properties in dublin vacant,

So your parents have multiple properties, at least one in Dublin?

Sounds like they were the grafting type, not so much the whinging type.

Good for them.

“The weather is one massive downside to Ireland (though not much anyone can do about that).”

I’m sure somebody will blame RTE before the thread is out.

I've spoken to quite a few Ukrainians in the past year. SOME intend to go back, some have gone to other places (US etc. for work - all paperwork handled for them as they're assets). But, the majority i've spoken to have no plans on moving while the gravy train is running. They have no issues saying they are getting so much more here for doing absolutely nothing. And no shame in that, they're simply taking what they're being offered.

I'm also shocked at the amount of mid-30's (approx.), healthy men that have fled from the Ukraine... how they managed it is a mystery. Well, not so much actually as most of them were happy to share how they wingled their way out (completely dishonest).

• An example one guy gave me. Family with 2 kids. Father takes 1 kid, mother takes the other. Father arrives at border (or airport, in this case), "No mother, I am the only parent, cannot leave my child on their own" ... on the plane they go only to be re-united in Ireland. They didn't go into the details of how they managed to land in the same accommodation in Galway, but it happened.

For sitting on the beach, certainly. But with all things considered, we have a pretty good climate here. We don't get heatwaves or proper freezing weather. We don't get heavy snow or hail. We don't get massive flooding or droughts, we don't get destructive wildfires. We don't get tornados or hurricanes. We get year-round mild, damp weather that doesn't need excessive heating, cooling or air conditioning. It allows grass to grow most of the year, giving us our beautiful green fields. There might be days that you don't want to go outside, but there's never really days that you have to take major precautions to do so.

Basically, while the weather here is something we complain about, it's never anything we have to really worry about.