Why No One Wants To Live in Europe's Richest Country

In theory, Ireland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The reality, however, might be a little bit different...
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0:00 - Intro
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01:55 - From rags to riches
04:47 - Something isn't right
07:02 - "Leprechaun economics"

[@ExplainedwithDom]

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[@donfalcon1495]

How many young people are actually leaving Ireland? The numbers are extremely low but go ahead and base a whole video on a poll instead of reality 😂 What a nonsense uneducated tabloid video. You really have no idea what is happening is Ireland. Where are you from by the way?

[@donfalcon1495]

The question is, who is going to explain to Dom😂

[@donfalcon1495]

I hope you make another follow up video in 5 years. Your doomsday predictions should have materialised by then. Will you have the balls!

[@aldozilli1293]

Celtic is pronounced 'Keltic' not 'Seltic' (unless you are referring to Glasgow Celtic football team)

[@Hrafnskald]

@@donfalcon1495 Plain Bagel did a great takedown of some of the many flaws in their business model. One of many options :)

[@Pushing_Pixels]

A billionaire walks into a bar. The average income of everyone in the bar multiplies tenfold. No one is better off.

[@Gos1234567]

Unless he keep buying drinks for the house!!! Which the tech companies are not doing.

[@kevinomalley8149]

good analogy

[@tobysamir3395]

well said

[@Pushing_Pixels]

@@Gos1234567 More likely the owner of the bar thinks to himself, "This place is getting classy! I should put the prices up, they can afford it".

[@featherbound8099]

Just tenfold?

[@destrozar]

I tried 3 times to settle in Ireland in 3 different cities and towns. I had good jobs, but simply could not afford to rent anywhere sensible. Ended up in house shares. Litterally I'd go to see somewhere and there would be 10 others looking at same room, in some grotty house. It's a scandal. I gave up, moved to France, now I have a lovely apartment in the middle of Lyon with large balcony, under ground garage, on a tree lined avenue, for half he price of a crap hole in Ireland.

[@magma2680]

lol what a story

[@paullynass4848]

Hmm France? You see the news about France?

[@destrozar]

@@paullynass4848 I lived through the riots in Lyon. My area was just fine thanks and only on the Friday did bus and tram services stop at 2000hrs. At least thr French do something unlike the British (I am British) who sit around, moan and wonder why Britain is the the shit hole it is today's where you only get 75 quid a week unemployment benefit and slum landlords exist etc etc.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

housing shortages are terrible in many countries. it's something that rich people and corporations are widely incentivised to lobby in favour of, since it inflates the prices they can demand for rent. and a lot of rich people are very invested in housing properties at any given time, and want to see prices rise in order to turn a profit. on the other hand, people who want to see property and rent prices fall have no lobbying power, as those are all the non-rich people.

[@mackan-kf4tg]

You are far, far from alone. Your experience is repeated everyday in ireland. I’ve heard so many stories of people not being able to settle there. And it’s not going to change anytime soon👎🏻👎🏻

[@deanrobertrobert167]

I left when I was 28.... breaks my heart going home and seeing how expensive it is .... its shocking. The politicians do nothing and line their pockets. I love my people and they deserve better.

[@CouncilofOneElectronic]

Where did you go? Same thing is happening in every western country atm.

[@gavinlew8273]

Same thing happening with politicians everywhere. The world needs less politicians and more leaders.

[@Chris-dc1hc]

Sounds like usa 🇺🇸

[@_jonjo]

the irish are finally copping on to whats happening. They say ireland is full, the government disagrees. They say no to the referedum, the government disagrees. I hope some of will wake up and start to realise that the Indian fella is corrupt and me hole is corrupt

[@casteretpollux]

Come home and change it

[@nathan2799]

as an irish person this guy hit the nail on the head, regular irish people are really struggling, its near impossible to find somewhere to live even if you can afford the extortionate prices, i myself am a college student and there is a surprising amount of students that are homeless, sleeping on couches or living in emergency housing, all this happens while the government fail to build new houses but never forget to give themselves pay rises every couple years. Last year alone i think the housing committee failed to spend a million euro of their budget, how does that happen during a housing crisis?

[@jaymcd8577]

Don't forget flooding the place with fakeugees and spending millions in hotel contracts to house them, while and aid package of 4.4BILLION has been made for Ukrainians..un f*cking believable

[@mikeahern3999]

Hi Nathan,yes it is so difficult for you students ,only two weeks ago at 10am here in Cork, it was 4 Degrees, and there was a queue of 100 yards outside of a pub waiting to get in from the cold .Accommodation is so expensive but drink costs almost nothing !

[@briankelleher2156]

I agree with a lot of what you said but when it comes to student accommodation they have no one to blame but the minority of students that give the rest a bad name. I lived near UCC. The immaturity of the students and their antics upset a broad area around the college. I now have accommodation to rent in that are but will never rent to students under any circumstances. The college needs to police this problem themselves as it is the college that suffers the reputational damage. I don’t believe they care enough as they are raking in the money.

[@nathan2799]

@@mikeahern3999 i mean i don’t engage with that sort of stuff but student drinking habits have nothing to do with housing? like what they binge drink so they don’t deserve accommodation?

[@nathan2799]

@@briankelleher2156 i don’t really get what you’re trying to say, i know a lot of places won’t rent out to students in fear of parties but that’s not what is causing the student homelessness problem, just because students party a lot doesn’t mean they don’t deserve houses and also the vast majority of students don’t party all the time. i do think there should maybe be more student bars or somethin so that regular pubs don’t get mobbed by them

[@antonioross9006]

A country is not rich/wealthy, if it's people are poor. Simple!

[@hedonaut]

Right, but Irish people are rich

[@donfalcon1495]

Take a tour through any city or town in Ireland today and you’ll see full restaurants and busy shops everywhere. Very surprising if everyone is poor!

[@vioreliachim5646]

When credit is easily available, people spend, when gets tight with the money, people plant gardens and eat at home.

[@donfalcon1495]

And the people have the highest savings rate in Europe, how does that work?

[@luisbarbosa8136]

irish people are not poor.. if you think they are poor, imagine the portuguese. Much worst. I garante you

[@peter2385]

I'm Irish and in my 70's. Back in the 80's and 90's, while we were not wealthy, people who had an average wage could at least afford a house and rear a family. That is no longer possible. I really feel for my children and grandchildren's futures.

[@vLegendz4]

It's the exact same in the UK.

[@seangorry]

I'm 28 and also from Ireland. A large portion of my friends have moved to Australia. The quality of life here is awful. You work hard but a house or even an apartment is just a dream and out of reach. Everything government wise just sems to be against us and makes everything more difficult. No future here.

[@tonyrichardson1140]

Ireland have almost the most billionaires per population than anywhere else in the world. Coupled with freemasonry makes it almost impossible for the average person to get a fair crack of the whip the odds are stacked against the people.

[@Sidewayzview]

​@@ems4884planing permission and listed buildings prevent new developments he said that at the start of the video Dublin is the hardest county to build in and its where the majority of the jobs are so most have to commute to it or pay extortionate rents

[@Sidewayzview]

​@@vLegendz4Not sure about mainland England obviously London is known for crazy rents but I have a few friends who live up the North of Ireland in the UK and the house prices are a good 30-40% cheaper

[@ReganSpor]

Left Ireland in 2017. Grew up there. But was spreading more than half my take home pay a month on rent. You couldn't really save toward anything. Felt trapped. Moved to the Netherlands. And had immediate improvement in quality of life. I earned less money than I did in Ireland. But I had more money to spend. In 2018 I moved to the UK and was amazed to find how much better off the UK was. How much cheaper every is. I never dreamt of owning a home in Ireland. But in the UK I can.

[@DeepWater-rm8vo]

I moved to Ireland in my teens. I’m from a wealthy family which is in the property business. One of the reasons we moved to Ireland was because the yield on rent here is much higher than elsewhere. For example in Germany, in a big city you can expect to pay around €300.000 for a small apartment and get 7-900€ rent every month. In Ireland on the other hand, you can buy a house for around €150.000 (not in Dublin of course) and rent it out for €1000-1200 monthly. So investing €300.000 in Ireland will get you a monthly rent income of up to €2400 as opposed to less than half for example in Germany. The reality of it is that the people who have to pay these rents are seriously hard done by. Irelands housing concept is ridiculous. It is extremely difficult to get the permission to build apartment buildings, that is true, while you find sprawling suburb estates with endless rows of identical looking houses, literally mazes, all of which could have been condensed into apartment buildings. Of course, these houses are far more expensive than apartments, and people even with a decent income cannot afford to buy or rent them. So as explained in the video, working professionals are often forced to move into terrible shared houses, which usually have a disgusting standard (I’ve seen houses with no heating, black mould, and furniture literally from the dump) when everywhere else in Europe they could afford a nice decent apartment. When I started managing my first property, I decided to make it a shared accommodation primarily for students. This was in a mid sized Irish university town on the west coast. Nice house, we had spend a good amount of money renovating it. I had three rooms to rent out, and in the first 24 hours we had over 90 enquiries. There were dozens of people at the viewings, and only about half of them students, the rest working professionals. I had people crying at the viewing, telling me they will be homeless if they don’t get this place, one came in a car he clearly lived in. It was a heartbreaking disaster. Ireland has failed its people miserably

[@HimWitDaHair98]

Couldn't you make the first move to knock even €50 off the rent per month?

[@DeepWater-rm8vo]

@@HimWitDaHair98 Believe me I did not ask for shark prices and stayed 30% below the average price of comparable shared accommodations in that area despite the house being newly refurbished which none of the other shared properties was. I‘ve also never evicted a tenant who had a genuine reason why they couldn’t pay yet, despite some having been over 3 months late with their rent. I try my best to be that one drop on the hot stone to make a difference.

[@q1q1q1q1q1q1q1q11]

Parasite.

[@seancooney7139]

Quite interesting to hear this side of the story - like you've explained, one of the biggest problems in Ireland is property being used by investors on a large scale. Many investors hoover up whatever property is available and rent it out for massive money. Also, the planning system and numerous objections to every development are a real issue. Anyway, you at least seem honest and decent and was interesting to see it from another perspective.

[@handle433]

@@HimWitDaHair98the reason no one will lower rent is because there is really no reason or incentive to bother. Galway is full of students who will live in any conditions, many of them receiving (governmental) grants to pay for their accomodation (SUSI, FAFSA, etc.) The OP doesn’t need to lower rent by €50 because someone will be there to pay it, likely a student who has ‘parental assistance’. The student who can’t pay simply disappears. Why would she shoot herself in the foot when someone will cough up? She could raise the rent by €100 and people will fill the space. There are many reasons why this has been a ‘crisis’ for years, yet nothing has happened. It is not a crisis if there are many people in the country who don’t even see it before them. The poorest have never had a voice in ireland because of our constant one upmanship of each other, just look at Sean Quinn. One of the greatest in our country, brought down by other Irish people. We have no national unity, no will to see the others succeed. You know exactly what I’m talking about, just mention Bono in any conversation. People immediately recoil and spout crap about him, despite being one of the most renowned and successful Irish people we have. If the citizens of our country truly wanted to fix this problem, we could address it in two years. Yet they make too much money off the back of competitive property rental pricing indexes. If you really wanted help, just get a passport from that Eastern European country. Then the government will help you.

[@MalleusSolum]

I'm Irish and wasn't even aware the country is perceived as wealthy. I just know the reality where the majority of the people here are struggling and our government is only making it worse.

[@TheSubpremeState]

Leo varadkar tried selling us his usual lies and one did go so well a while back while making us out to be in love with the EU that brought us....phuqall good like any empire ever did...he made a mistake of including our multimillionaires and billionaires in the the average wage of the average Irish person for which he was ridiculed 😂🤭🤭. Unfortunately it's this kind of cherry picking which has given us a false image as a wealthy country with those blind enough to believe it.

[@AntoniaKMoore]

How do you not know ireland is a wealthy country? It’s very wealthy, always has been. People struggle in every country. I agree the government arnt doing a great job but there is ample opportunity.

[@MalleusSolum]

@@AntoniaKMoore Good one

[@TheSubpremeState]

@@AntoniaKMoore " Ireland has always been wealthy " that's hilarious. The craziest part is........how do you know ?? If you ask that question then you are not Irish and don't know what it's like to live amongst us. Tell me when was our wealthiest time period? Even a foreigner should know by driving tru our miserable towns where the only shops that consistently look like they're making money are the pharmacies that the government are footing the bill for. Drug companies selling drugs to make us sicker. Doctors getting paid a fortune to see hypochondriacs a lot of the time. Ireland is a country that someone somewhere doesn't want to succeed. When were we wealthy?

[@IosaJ]

Spot on pal

[@TheRC78]

I'm Irish and the state of the country is infuriating. Lots of politicians are landlords so make a lot of money through property rentals, meaning there is no incentive for them to actually tackle the housing crisis.

[@DinkyDiTruBlu]

Same thing here in Australia

[@theloniuspunk383]

stop inviting the world here

[@dinar7082]

@@theloniuspunk383 irish are notorious for shitty work ethic, so if not for foreigners, or investment from the world, Ireland would be much poorer

[@HermanWillems]

So why did you vote on these politicians. Doesn't make that you guilty ?

[@TheRC78]

@@HermanWillems, did I say I had voted for politicians who are landlords? No, I didn't. Because I haven't.

[@rosalacroix6447]

I came to ireland for my partner who is irish, and started to work at a big tech company. All the revenue i bring in is not for ireland but for other european countries like France, Italy, Netherlands & Belgium. i thought moving from here to ireland would be not this expensive but renting is insane, there are no rules or regulations on what the rent prices are. i got very lucky with finding an apartment in a very nice area for not that much money (dublin terms) . What maybe frustrates me the most is the horrible road systems, and public transport, and not only that but all the jobs are located in big cities, so even when u live further outside of the city u have to travel which is horrible. I really hope that stuff changes because its a huge mess.

[@rosalacroix6447]

@@johnnybee69 Oh yeah i bet alot has changed. Personally if things wont change or get better i will go back to my own country. And if my boyfriend wants to stay in ireland i can also understand that, but it would mean the end of our relationship, just because ireland cant get his shit right. :/

[@s1.m511]

There’s loads of jobs outside Dublin. We’re not in the 1980s anymore. Dubs just live in their own bubble.

[@s1.m511]

@@johnnybee69 I wasn’t replying to you. And you should really travel a bit more and get out of Dublin for a while if you actually think that nonsense.

[@s1.m511]

@@johnnybee69 sure buddy.

[@mariebrady7491]

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[@miguels.b.2749]

South American living in Ireland here. There's so much potential for this country, but the housing crisis and the socioeconomic issues that affect the young and old alike are really depressing. I see them struggling in the following years.

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

Where are you living? Dublin I bet You're part of the cause of our housing problem, btw. Just so you know.

[@miguels.b.2749]

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 no, not Dublin. And no, I'm here because I won a scholarship, I work part time and also pay taxes. I speak English fluently, and I'm really grateful to this country for giving me an opportunity in life. Try again, come on.

[@EIRE55]

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 Your profile name is appropriate. Don't point your finger at an individual, point it where it belongs.

[@aimxdy8680]

@@wolfthequarrelsome504Ireland is centered around dublin and that’s where the jobs are.

[@filippintar8533]

There's no potential in this country at all lol no resources, no good weather, horrible food, all places look the same, no significant historical events or monuments, tourism would be completely dead if it wasn't for americans and Irish people which moved abroad. Literally the only thing that's keeping this country alive are those big companies, once they vanish, so will the people.

[@pedromaziluprata6712]

"Why No One Wants To Live in Europe's Richest Country", the answer is, people do want to live there but there are no houses. Not just affordable, but almost any houses. You can make a ton of money working for tech in Dublin but it doesn't really matter if housing takes it all away.

[@ImmortalTatewari]

i guess bringing *a lot* of feral migrants doesn't help also. lol

[@jmo8934]

And yet net migration keeps on going up despite the lack of housing. So what it should read is that a lot of people want to live in Ireland despite the fact it is very hard to do so.

[@ConsultColin-fv6rc]

Jmo it's a foolish strategy though and driving out young Irish adults

[@69Phuket]

Don't tell me all them Irish jokes were true?

[@vmoses1979]

​@@jmo8934What does migration have to do with Irish ability to build homes based on demand? Ireland is very sparsely populated - you have plenty of land and access to to construction labour from the rest of the EU. Stop blaming migration for the policy choices of your governments. More than a bit rich to hear Irish whinging about migration.

[@FromPanictoParis]

As an Irish man i can't believe what has happened our beautiful little nation. We were happier with less. Everything was better. Its extremely hard to believe that Ireland is the richest country in the EU. It makes absolutely no sense. The poverty , homelessness, housing crisis and many other problems. It doesn't take much for irish people to feel happy we live off helping eachother and our compassion for one abother not our wealth as none of us ever had it. We are happier with less. I think that goes for most of humanity.

[@stelladonnelly2832]

hi, my family is Irish and I grew up in Kells, Co Meath in 50s and 60s, the family were small farmers in Co Cavan, poor, but at least they owned the bit of land. I was back living there 1998 - 2011, now in Scotland. Luckily I inherited a very old decrepit house but was able to exchange for a new one in 2005 when there was a bit of a "boom" which then collapsed. So I was lucky really. But I agree, perhaps it was better in the past, so built up where I grew up. Pity - my heart is there although I love Scotland. Difficult to believe though that it is considered one of the wealthiest - I do go back regularly. Too much wealth seems to make people cynical.

[@OpeningSalvo]

Jesus enough with the wirra wirra wirra bollocks please.

[@SalesGalvin]

Ignorance was bliss, wasn't it? I grew up in Limerick in the 80's and it was far from perfect in some ways but it was amazing looking back. An estate full of 20-30 children playing together, no real focus on commercialism etc

[@nickstone3113]

It's called neo- liberalism. Wealth for the 1%.

[@MeehalMyers]

Well people for some reason keep voting absolute gobshites into government and they go on to make ridiculous deals and decisions that benefit literally no one but themselves and the private investors crippling the country. They continue to fail up and get pay rises have multiple advisors each on 6 figures and they still purposely make things worse. We have a childrens hospital being built that is the most expensive in the world and by the time its built (which was supposed to be already finished) it will have faimilies with kids who needed to be seen no longer able to go to the childrens hospital. Its already cost more than 2.2 Billion and they dont know when it will be done. You can imagine how bad the housing and hospitals are. Ireland is in a state of crisis across the board.

[@KT-tp7dk]

I live in Ireland and visited Dublin city recently. What a kip the approach to it is. I'd be highly embarrassed if I was in government or local authority there. On my previous visit with friends who are from another country, there were used needles, smashed beer bottles and lots of litter on streets. I waited 10 hours in A&E a couple of years ago. It takes weeks to get a GP appointment these days. €60 a visit. I live close to a county town and every single GP surgery has closed it's books to new patient registrations. Waiting for a driving test is taking far too long. It just goes on.

[@joeoconnor8791]

But the craic is great, best in world. You don't understand Dublin. Go somewhere else that is nice and quiet. Enjoy.

[@KT-tp7dk]

@@joeoconnor8791 The craic is great in the whole of Ireland, no doubts about that. But Dublin city does need a bit of a face lift.

[@diegocanale1124]

​@@joeoconnor8791🤣🤣🤣

[@s.jjoyce8018]

You should go home to your poorer more beautiful country and top of the fecking morning to ye

[@KonanTheBarbarian]

@@joeoconnor8791thats pure ignorance

[@MatthewGonzalesTech]

Having lived in Ireland for the past decade, I can confidently say that it may not be the best place for everyone. The cost of living can be quite high, and the weather can leave something to be desired. Additionally, there may be concerns surrounding border control. However, it's worth noting that everyone has their own unique experiences and opinions. While Ireland may not be the ideal location for some, others may find it to be a wonderful place to call home. Ultimately, it's important to weigh the pros and cons and make a decision that's best for you.

[@mikeahern3999]

What concerns surrounding border control ? get out of Dublin ,it will solve half of your problems.

[@agnesbowecampion780]

It cannot be really 'home', home is the country were ur parents, granparents, etc. Were born and reared in, paper work, or passports given to foreign nationals, inc colour, makes no difference, ur either fully irish, or ur not, irish 4 irish

[@gav240z]

I live in Dublin from 2007 to 2013 and through the 2008 financial crisis. I was working for Google at the time. We were definitely paid well, compared to many of the locals and you had a sense that you were doing better than most others at the time. I thoroughly enjoyed living there and the people. It was just the weather that I couldn't handle and the fact that the country in many ways still feels quite poor, the lack of infrastructure the sub-standard housing and certain ghettos with kids out of control etc.. I've never been a huge fan of the idea of running an economy as a massive tax shelter for large corporations. I think it hollows out the working class.

[@casteretpollux]

Balanced and fair

[@patrickkelly5609]

You got it in a nut shell! 100% correct. I returned to Ireland in 2003 .. housing was in high demand and over priced, rents were high. It’s not 2023 and housing is still in high demand, most people can’t afford a home and rents are astronomical!

[@xgtwb6473]

​​@@patrickkelly5609can you name a country on planet earth where that is not the case.

[@cjmllvv]

Whats balanced and fair about it. Its a single point of view. There's not juxtaposition being made. No complex argument.... your comment is not a relevant description of the original post

[@airhabairhab]

@@xgtwb6473Ukraine 😂😂

[@hercules6380]

I live in Ireland and the housing situation is horrible here. You can forget living alone or living comfortable. Saying that the houses are poorly made is an understatement. Also for the price of a room here you could rent a whole apartment in Germany!!! Not to mention cheaper countries. I am planning to move myself. The quality of life is extremely poor.

[@bramesque]

I am sorry to hear you have to leave your country to start a better life. hope you will find a nice place to live a happy life!

[@joelkaben]

Germany 🇩🇪 has its own problems but yes it way better than Ireland. Make that move ASAP. Good luck.

[@Lilly-hh9es]

Its so boring in here omg l can't wait to leave + the weather. Imagine having kids here

[@dairet1945]

@@Lilly-hh9es What are you waiting for? Ireland is a fantastic place to have kids. Where are you from?

[@bramesque]

@@Lilly-hh9es Boring to some Beautiful to others! If rain makes you sad it's not your country!

[@fionakiely3505]

I'm Irish, and I left there 6 years ago. I am glad every day that I did.

[@mohammadsaqlain2917]

Hey Man, really? I am planning to come Ireland?

[@dks13827]

@@mohammadsaqlain2917 stay out

[@maria01412]

Woah this video exactly tells what my aunt told me. My aunt used to live in ireland, (she still lives there and it’s been around 17 years but she’s going to move to another country now, even her sons don’t want to live in that country and prefer other EU countries) and I remember how often she used to tell about housing problems. She always had to change apartments and it was really hard to find any. Not to mention her Husband was a doctor and eventually he moved to another country for job as they paid a lot more than compared to what he was getting paid in Ireland. So what was said in this video is 100% true. Well spoken👏🏼

[@TFIrff]

Irish person here, 26 years old, can confirm most of my mates have left the country , mate was paying 1200 euro a month for a shared house in Dublin with a freezing property, emigrated to Melbourne to share with one of his other mates living out there working out to 1000 per month in Melbourne city centre in an apartment over AC Merriot hotel with cleaning and washing facilities included and a standard of care, Ireland may be rich, but it’s not a place for young people, it is just depressing

[@gummypuss69]

For a European country there seem to be a lot of young adult immigrants from there in Canada these days and it makes me wonder if there's a second potato famine or something. I guess this video answers my question.

[@Roger_Ramjet]

I left Dublin for Boston in 1987 at age 24. I'm still here and have a decent lifestyle. I loved growing up in Dublin (it was different then but still not a place to stay) and visit often. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@TheSubpremeState]

@@gummypuss69 I live in Ireland and the powers that......made the potato famine worse have refined their tactics. I fought a British vulture fund from evicting me from my house. They bought it for a figure so low they weren't going to tell me because obviously they are there to make as much money as possible from a property that has been paid for by the Irish taxpayer, the taxpayer's who pay the wages of the government who are supposed to protect to people of Ireland. So on behalf of the government the bank asked me to pay them a second time as they had already been paid but I couldn't or wouldn't so instead of selling it to me for what they sold it to a British company who had bought an old Irish finance company so they could use the name and start kicking people. I told the durty qunce there was an issue with the right of way. Turns out there wasn't but at the time I thought there was 🤣. Still the traitors in Allied Irish Bank robbed me by basically using a British Bank as a debt collector who forced me to pay at least double what they bought the debt for. Approx 40k and made me pay 100k. House was valued by sympathetic valuers at 160k with right of way( non issue) fixed 🤭. Vultures were looking for 170k period. The court gave me one last adjournment after the vultures tried to sneak the repossession order through. Disgusting fockers. I got an insolvency practitioner to freeze the legal proceedings for a year. Some laws came in that allowed you a chance to get it frozen to arrange an insolvency...... something..I dunno what they call it but all my other debts were included ( not that I was going to pay them as they are covered by the criminals at the central bank.......past my bedtime. I'm not finished with you vultures tho. I'm waiting for my health to recover. Illegal refugees are first in line for a deportation to make way for a Ukrainian women and children. Send 95% of the money to Africa and Pakistan........

[@truthadvocacy]

"Why No One Wants To Live in Europe's Richest Country" Only massive US foreign investment made it so , otherwise hillbilly Ireland won't be the "richest", in macro economic terms, of course, and measured in $.😂😂

[@ajdoshka]

Bruh in bosnia you could live several years with this money 😂

[@vinnysmith4748]

Great video. I am irish and live on the island. I run a small business here and it's tough to meet all the financial demands. It's tough when the government portrays a narrative that we are all doing well. 2 tier society. Multinationals corporations, government, civil servants, As the RULERS And then theirs the rest of us used against each other, to be divided and conquered. They rulers create a problem and then blame the citizens for it .

[@benlotus2703]

"We're all Doomed'' --private Frazer (Dads Army)

[@benlotus2703]

Eire is $inking!

[@MrAdriancooke]

Doesn't that happen in most countries? A small elite exploiting the common people?

[@gloin10]

@@benlotus2703 Surprisingly, Ireland, the island of, is actually NOT sinking....

[@benlotus2703]

@@gloin10 ''C'Mon Man'' J0e Biden

[@danielmurphy1034]

I left Ireland 18 years ago, I have friends earning similar money now to what I was earning then. My sister and her husband work full time and are raising two kids and have to budget every penny, a holiday is not always possible. Ireland is absolutely a difficult place to get ahead.

[@gerthebearbrady]

Reluctantly moved back to Ireland at the start of this year after living in Canada for 12 years to be with family and find it to be a deeply depressing place. Health care sucks. Although I love Irish people most are just miserable due to how life beats them down here.

[@Julina-yh6qs]

Is it worse than Canada? I haven't heard the best about Canada either.

[@williamcaldwell-smith3865]

Canada is so gross 😝 now with that evil woke "prime minister" gone down hill for the last 10 years

[@user-ow2ro2ev8u]

I have lived here all my life and I have never been miserable neither have friends or family. Love this place and the people. It's not perfect but then where is.

[@chriswilliams6568]

@@Julina-yh6qsan ex pat from the UK here, emigrated to Canada 47 years ago and thank goodness every day that we did. Canada is a huge country, 2 nd biggest in the world, so where one lives can be vastly different to another province. We live in the metro Vancouver area, and yes house prices are huge now, some of the highest in the world. We have a house as we bought it decades ago, but we have taken in millions of immigrants and refugees the last few years because we are compassionate but it has put a strain on demand for housing in cities. But smaller places the houses are still cheapest. We chose Vancouver because it is beautiful with mountains and the sea here. Plus the climate is great, temperate, similar to the south of England but with better summers. Every country is struggling now with post pandemic shortages of staff, products and housing. Our housing standard is better than Ireland as we have much newer housing that they do. Our houses are insulated and windows are always double thermopained. Good wishes.

[@szymonpifczyk]

I'm Polish and I'm one of these people who moved to Ireland to work in big tech. Before accepting the job, I've never been to Ireland. You can imagine my surprise when I've arrived in Dublin and realized that the infrastructure of the capital of the wealthiest country in Europe is pretty subpar even compared to the regional city I studied in in Poland, not to mention Warsaw. I was particularly shocked at the quality of housing and public transportation. Housing is very expensive but even if it wasn't, it's also just really, really bad (cold, often moldy, with no insulation). Then comes public transportation. Dublin is definitely not made for cars (not even a single boulevard in a city of over 1 million people), yet the public transportation is also very lacking. At that time, the Luas lines were still disconnected and I was just amused to find out that the official guidance for transferring from one line to another is to just walk :D I loved the Irish people, though. Such a great bunch of folks, with their amazing songs and pub culture. And the landscapes in the west of the country are truly breathtaking. I've since moved to America but will always remember Irish people fondly.

[@OscarOSullivan]

The boulevards are the Georgian wide streets as fir scenery I think the Wicklow mountains are nicer

[@Th1sIsMyLegacy]

We miss you brother, I’ve lived in Ireland my entire life and love our Polish citizens. Come back to visit, do zobaczenia!

[@erroll5814]

@@Th1sIsMyLegacy the polish are some hard working bunch and have earned their keep in our lovely little country, no matter how fucked the government is 🤣

[@adamw7340]

Dublin is a kip

[@mikeahern3999]

No housing ?that was due in part to the 122,000 Poles and 100,000 Ukrainians who came here ,add to that all those from the eastern EU and Africa and you might get some idea of what has happened ,why did you come ? ,of course for the big money ,Ireland is a very small country ,Poland is the opposite.You guys piss me off ,you expect the best of what you have at home ,I have had Poles working in my house tell me that they get more free money here than they got for a working week at home ,think of the prices that the locals have to pay because of so many immigrants ,you might begin to understand the situation.If Poland is so great why are you living abroad, I'll bet Eastern Poland is experiencing exactly what we are due to the influx of Ukrainians.We welcomed the Poles and are doing our best for those displaced by war ,if everybody wants to come here please don't blame us or the pressure it puts on the system.

[@janmoyen]

I’m Irish and have lived here my whole life and your video hits the nail on the head. Housing, health and infrastructure are appallingly bad for a so called rich country.

[@rajagohar4319]

If I may ask you, why is that it is so expensive to live in Ireland? Like who are those people paying that high rent? I got a job offer in Limerick, and for an engineer, they were offering me 2900 euro per month, and the rent alone in Limerick starts from 2000 euro per month. I really don't understand this thing about Ireland.

[@julianevans9548]

Ireland's problem would appear to be that it's too like the UK when it comes to politics.

[@niamhbrunell]

Please don't forget our disgraceful healthcare system! Free GP visit cards should be mandatory to start with. We are building too many unwanted and surplus hotels instead of investing in and promoting the unique things about our culture that make us attractive to tourists and ourselves. We have a legacy of exporting our talent because we don't nurture it at home. Greed is another issue. There are some that exploit and bend the rules to their advantage, making financial profit out of moral bankruptcy. They're usually the folks in charge. By messing up our own policies, we recreated absentee landlordism. We have dreadful 'boom bust' approach to finances. The money we have does not go (by in large) to the right places. There is also chronic addiction, particularly in the city centre. We criminalise rather than rehabilitate. It seems you can commit a premeditated murder and get away with a manslaughter charge. We have soft gardai in comparison to other countries. A lack of sufficient funding of our gardai (amongst other needed but cut back services) has meant that there are not enough boots on the ground and teenagers are let terrorise and intimidate. To put it bluntly, the average Irish citizen is in a toxic relationship with its homeland.😂

[@GunnerRDS]

@@rajagohar4319 Immigrants get put in housing for free which decreases the supply while the demand increases, hence the high price

[@rajagohar4319]

@@GunnerRDS does Ireland offer free housing for immigrants? Where do I sign up? Can you please explain your answer. Nobody offered me free accomodation.

[@LucaInsanguine]

This video is spot on, only thing I would like to address, it says building permission are difficult, that's only applicable to the city centre because is very old but outside of Dublin they are building new proprieties everywhere. I have lived in many countries (US, Italy, Brazil, England, Slovakia); now I am in Ireland and is the least developed of them all; I am shocked how behind it is from the rest of Europe. Nature and coastline is incredible but that's all, otherwise is old and late.

[@DeirdreMcNamara]

The properties that they are building are specifically for moslem invaders. Covert armies of single aggressive men.

[@robotbob1860]

As an Irishman, this is a very accurate video. Currently I am 20 and I don't know a single person in my entire family or social circle who is staying, and why would we? Currently, we have about a third as many train lines as we had under the British Empire (the Irish government decided to rip most of them up to build motorways and as such Ireland is almost as car-dependant as the US), moreover, we have the highest cost of cars in europe along with the most expensive car insurance on Earth. Also, currently, to afford the absolute cheapest houses in Ireland, someone has to earn at least €150,000, which puts them in the top 1% of earners. Ireland is a highly corrupt country and the general consensus is that it is still highly undeveloped. I could mention a lot more (such as our failed judicial, medical, social, educational, governmental, banking, retail, industrial, residential, municipal, cultural, etc institutions), but sufficed to say, Ireland is by far the least developed country in the OECD and is the least developed country in western Europe, frankly, many more impoverished countries are in a significantly better state than Ireland. Do not believe the lie that we are in any way a first world country.

[@bodonova6]

Perfect explanation of the dire situation. Couldn't have said it better my self.

[@PixelsInMySoup]

What a unsubstantiated, exaggerated rant. Every country ripped out a portion of their rail network with the arrival of cars and building motorways was a positive to Ireland, despite want you say. And Ireland is not a highly corrupt country and there is not general consensus that it's 'highly undeveloped', in fact that's a ludicrous thing to say. It's nothing but your skewed and bitter opinion. And to somehow imply that Ireland was better whilst in the British Empire just highlights how twisted your thinking is.

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

I read a statistic last year and I was amazed at how 'wealthy' Ireland was. I visit Eire on a regular basis, and I couldn't quite get my head around the wealth on paper vs. the wealth on the street. This video hits the nail on the head. Naturally the Irish Government will deny all this, as admitting failure would be like admitting mistakes in their economic manifesto.

[@zoso7889]

The Government no longer uses the GDP metric because the multi nationals skew the stats. They instead use a metric called GNI which more accurately reflects the relative wealth of the population, which while not as high as GDP suggests, still has a comfortably better standard of living than those in the neighbouring UK (outside London)

[@m.m.7514]

I happen to go to Europe every now and then for business, and I'll never forget the first time I went to Dublin. I went there from Madrid, it felt like going from a very wealthy european city as Madrid is, to... Eastern Europe, it didn't even make sense, Ireland is supposed to be way richer, but I looked deeper into that, and even salaries are higher in Madrid, and the cost of living is much lower.. Ireland is doing something VERY wrong.

[@donfalcon1495]

@@m.m.7514 Spain with youth employment of 28%! And every village destroyed with graffiti. High salaries, really!

[@donfalcon1495]

There are some that really hate the idea that Ireland is prosperous. So they choose to believe a Russian AI generated video instead trusting real facts. Where are you from and let's compare?

[@igorpupkinable]

Indeed, Ireland is relatively poor. You can see it on the streets of Dublin and job offerings. They have not renovated anything in city centre since financial crisis. Everything is so run down.

[@rashikatasnim2335]

I live in Ireland and want to live in Ireland. But most of the things you mentioned here are true, the housing situation is unbelievable and pathetic, the imbalance of salary structure and always rainy.

[@mm669]

Better rain then the horrific wildfires seen in other parts of the world.

[@GunnerRDS]

Also way too many Africans now

[@magma2680]

​@@mm669what wildfires are hitting the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Norway? 😂

[@user-pf5xq3lq8i]

You knew it was rainy before you moved there for work. I call BS.

[@MrTubeYouTheif]

If you're not built for the rain you're not built for Ireland.

[@capybara6810]

Living in Ireland over a decade now. I was able to buy a house 100kms south of Dublin 6 years ago, if it wasn't for that for sure I would't be here now, we couldn't aford the rent. The situation is really THAT BAD folks!!!

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Ireland isn’t alone with this. All over the world in the intricacies of life you will find a normal distribution bell curve. It’s very rare to find a data set that doesn’t fit into a normal distribution bell curve. What happens when you look at the control of wealth in the world? There’s a reason that the middle class is so important. It represents where the bulk of wealth needs to be held to keep a civilization healthy. These days, all across the world you will find that all of the wealth is held by a very small group. This is only possible because of technology.

[@younghanrahan]

Pretty well paraphrases it capybara6810. You had to go 100 kms. out of Dublin to do it. I've ended up in south Wales - across the pond.

[@Doom_VVitch]

I've lived in Ireland since 1997. I love this country and growing up in the countryside was a really safe and wholesome experience. The experience for my own children is a world away from my experience. The cost of living is utter hell. There isn't an area of life that isn't impacted. High rents, car insurance, fuel prices, extortionate childcare prices with too few available placements which results in unregulated private childcare, food prices are high, housing is non-existent and those that are available have queues for miles to view them. Our transport infrastructure is terrible. Ireland is mainly rural but we have few reliable buses and affordable transport options. School costs are crazy, getting kids back to school in September is pure heartache. The health care system is practically non-existent. Running on the bare minimum staff levels, A&E can have you waiting in triage for days, waiting lists are crazy and trying to book a GP visit can take weeks. Our elderly are forgotten and people with disabilities are not supported in any way, not to mention the lack of funding for community day care services and special needs assistants. Pair all this with low wages and it makes for quite the miserable living experience. I hope Ireland recovers at some stage. We've all worked hard for our country with nothing in return.

[@agnesbowecampion780]

Our country??????

[@Doom_VVitch]

Yes, our country. Believe it or not i am a naturalised citizen, ive been here since 1997, i'm married to an irish man, with 4 irish children. Irish nationals can call their country 'ours' when talking about the country they grew up and take part in. Ireland belongs to whoever loves her, lives as an active and contributing citizen and treats her land and people with respect.@@agnesbowecampion780

[@Joeblogs263]

@@agnesbowecampion780 The Irish have a lot of gal to be complaining about immigrants. When there are so many Irish living in "other peoples countries". All you Irish people ever do is tell British people, how much you hate us. Victimise yourself to the point of absurdity. While whitewashing all of the unflattering parts of your own history. I have never know people of any other nationality, to behave like that. In terms of blaming people alive today, for things that happened centuries ago. Yet we have allowed millions of Irish people, to come here for a better life. As you have done such a bad job of running your own country since independence.

[@JM-wx4wi]

Went to Dublin a few months ago. Was fairly shocked by the lack of infrastructure - public transport a decade out of date, lots of cash changing hands, city centre seemed a bit rough around the edges compared to other major cities. Prices of housing and general cost of living was very high too, so not sure where the money goes?

[@lirazdemasure936]

I was in Dublin 2 months ago for a few days and I have to say that I didn't like the city. It was ok for a one time visit. But it was simnifically more dirty than other big cities, tones of drug-addicts in the streets, and the prices were high. A friend that lives there for a long time told me that the housing situation is horrendous. Because of tourism the actual residents can't afford to live in the city. People who work for the tourism industry are not able to live in the city. The people, on the other hand- were super lovely and kind!

[@frankie._.4167]

I visited Dublin must be about a year ago now and i noticed the exact same things especially with the public transport system infrastructure for a major "wealthy" capital city like Dublin the public transport system there was pretty bad for getting around the city compared to when i visited London a couple of months ago the public transport system there is honestly night and day when compared to Dublin

[@user-pf5xq3lq8i]

I went to Dublin and got raped by a pint of Guinness. ..and it rained.

[@Prodrive1]

Dublin is a dangerous kip

[@shrabster6633]

If you think the infrastructure is bad in Dublin wait until you see the rest of the country 😂. The roughness and drug addiction is much more native to areas in Dublin then the rest of the country. A lot of people who live outside of Dublin usually hate it, in my experience

[@joemahony4198]

As Fintan OToole would say, the incompetence of the Irish government is an old tradition.

[@LowerMiddleClassUselessEater]

They are not incompetent at all.They are winners.They are on big salaries.they are on the winning team.The Irish people can never seem to be able to get rid of them either.

[@jack-xz7px]

Fintan who?

[@peterincork3121]

@@jack-xz7px Fintan "Very well paid himself" O'Toole ;)

[@artawhirler]

Funny you should mention Fintan O'Toole! I just bought his new book about Ireland, "We Don't Know Ourselves". Haven't read it yet.

[@ragnar9578]

Im Irish born and bred, I’m currently renting a property at a modest price compared to what I was paying before I live comfortably as me and my partner have decent enough jobs but we have no option to save for anything and when I say modest I say that in comparison to other pricing I’ve seen for places to rent, in the renting market private landlords do not benefit at all as their taxed 52% on any properties they rent so they bump the price to try and recover that money, It’s the multinational corporations that are getting away with murder with rental properties as they pay much less tax on properties but keep the pricing high. And don’t even get me started on the cost of living in the rip off republic, diesel was just below €1.50 last month and now I’ve seen it at €1.80 to €1.90 per litre in certain places. We are getting fleeced by the government from every angle. We have oil and gas reserves of our coast that the government “Sold” to private companies and we import our oil from elsewhere if I could go on and on with this but I’d exhaust myself. Op thanks for the great video.

[@TheRealestJetfire]

As an Irish citizen. VOTE FOR AFFORDABLE AND GOOD HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE.

[@adamkennedyripon]

It’s more than just voting. Governments don’t act. So doesn’t matter who or what you vote.

[@rawt3n315]

@@adamkennedyripon What governments? FF FG that have been in power for decades? Ofcourse there wont be change if you keep voting em. Vote for SF or Greens.

[@leedwyer161]

@@rawt3n315 Greens are rubbish, theyve proven that twice now. Look at whats happening with the environment in Ireland

[@Evative]

@@rawt3n315 vote greens? So they can tax you up to your teeth on that diesel car you drive because you can’t afford an electric

[@s1.m511]

@@rawt3n315half the housing issues at the moment are massive increases in building costs caused by regulations around the environment.

[@DaGleese]

I left Ireland and moved to Germany in 2020. I almost doubled my wage in just the move alone, and since then I have climbed the ladder and earn almost 3X what my wage was in Ireland in 2019. I must also admit, work here is way more laid back than it was in Ireland, and I have way more rights. - I don't have limited sick days (in Ireland you get 3, after that they stop paying you... so try not to get too sick). - I get 30 paid days off a year (in Ireland that was 20, and 4 of them HAD to be allocated to Christmas time at the companies choice). - There are also more bank holidays here. In Ireland, if things got quiet at work, the company could send us home without pay, starting from the very first hour we were not able to clock on to a "job" (yeah, we had to log and clock every hour of everything we did). Here in Germany, we don't clock anything, just turn up for a bit and do approximately 8 hours work each day, give or take. Go for a coffee break when we fancy, do a bit, tip away... Oh! Time for another coffee break again! No need to be a soldier! If the company can't afford to pay us, they shouldn't have employed us. They have an agreement with the government to keep full-time employees in gainful employment, and to suddenly stop paying people just because they have an unorganized workflow would be completely illegal. But that's not all. Things are cheaper in Germany. Rent is cheaper, food and drink is cheaper. To recap: In Ireland wages are low, work is hard, goods cost more. The high GDP is a complete and utter scam, If you want to see how a countries wealth really might reflect on your quality of life, look into GNI instead. Ireland benefits greatly from basically having one city reflect the majority of the population. It's pretty easy to make a house look tidy if you only ever show your guests one room. Basically, Ireland is a big sock puppet for the politicians to stick their hand in the arse of and come out smelling like roses at the expense of the population. And the most annoying thing? Irish people will read this, and instead of realizing they are getting screwed, they'll instead leave resentful smart comments like "good riddance". The people allow this type of thing to happen to themselves through their own ignorance, stubbornness and "ah shar" attitude, unfortunately.

[@wynbrown5985]

Totally agree with you. I'm Irish by the way. Most of the problems are caused by the unelected musical chairs corrupt government in Ireland 🇮🇪.

[@drunkfood3275]

I was born in Germany and I am thanking you for comparising those two countries but as a native I want to say to all the people reading this comment: Germany has its own problems and germany is far beyond from being perfect

[@DaGleese]

@@drunkfood3275 I also agree with you. Economically it's better for sure. But socially Ireland is way better.

[@Chatboy_GPT]

Really think you destroyed your own argument with the extremely petty last paragraph. Additionally you paint a pretty picture of Germany but I wonder what the German people themselves would say about you coming over "drinking coffee and tipping away a bit" likely not speaking or learning their language whilst meanwhile cities like Berlin become increasingly expensive as people continue to flood in.

[@DaGleese]

@@Chatboy_GPT I'm seeing a lot of assumptions and very little substance in this comment.

[@davidoh14]

I'm Irish. The "7 out of 10" quote isn't a once-off statistic: emigration has been expected, almost encouraged, for centuries. Out of 10 friends I've kept in contact with the longest, 6 live outside of Ireland and 3 left Dublin due to the cost of living/housing. Within my wider family, it would be around half have emigrated (some coming back after a while building a career elsewhere) Similar to the housing bubble crash in 2008( based on skimming slivers of profit off the top of a wider service industry), the current tax haven economic approach has little positive impact on Irish people, only clarifying sharp class distinction, enforcing further resistance to change (even if necessary, like attitude to housing and public transport). Without a doubt, it will inevitably lead to another crushing collapse.

[@jjbiggmann5576]

O, CHEER UP.

[@atix50]

Almost everyone I know including myself came back. The problem in Ireland is taxes. Ludicrous. The services a tax payers gets for their roughly 50% contribution is diabolical and entirely monopolised by those who will never work to contribute.

[@davidoh14]

@@atix50 unfortunately, that's "leprechaun economics" stated in the video. I didn't plan to come back, myself. My siblings will likely never return. One now feels more comfortable telling me to feck off in Portuguese. Passing the halls of James's Hospital Dublin was used as a visual example here (stock footage,). Tax the people staying here to enable monetary flow from opportunistic third parties: that'll definitely end well.

[@atix50]

@davidoh14 lol, my brothers Mrs is Brazilian. My niece and her colourful Portuguese language is EVERYTHING 🤣. How are you finding Oz? I seriously don't envy folks starting out now. The competition is insane. If you're skilled and willing to settle somewhere that hasn't already 'taken off' you've a chance. As an old fart (40s) I can impart some wisdom. My brother listened to me and he's thriving. (Nice house beside me. South Dublin city). Live lean. Save your ass off. Don't buy into the bullsh!t. IPhones, cars, designer crap. You don't need it - and get mortgage free. Buy small n cheap first, get rid of your mortgages, and by the time you're ready to settle down, you can breathe. Buy what you want. Go where you want. If you have children, there's less stress. Your 40s brain is also chill as f compared to your young noggin so even if you can buy the expensive crap guilt free - you won't want it.

[@siewheilou399]

I thought tax haven laws are changed? Like now Ireland must tax like Europe continent? Closing the loopholes?

[@CooneyTheGamer]

One of the biggest problems here in Ireland is that this guys has talked more about the core issues in Ireland than the government has in thee last year they are completely useless, Im glad someone is talking about what is so obvious to me here that im pretty much shocked it never gets talked about not even the people know why we are failing because they just quietly dont talk about it anywhere.

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Ireland isn’t alone with this. All over the world in the intricacies of life you will find a normal distribution bell curve. It’s very rare to find a data set that doesn’t fit into a normal distribution bell curve. What happens when you look at the control of wealth in the world? There’s a reason that the middle class is so important. It represents where the bulk of wealth needs to be held to keep a civilization healthy. These days, all across the world you will find that all of the wealth is held by a very small group. This is only possible because of technology.

[@outoforbit-]

Bringing in American companies who don't want to pay taxes and the Irish government allowing them to park up in the country, then these same countries importing their own workers. I'm no economist but it's like inviting a family to live in your home rent free while you live in the box room and also pay for their utility bills. Surely a 3 year old could calculate the absurdity of that.

[@badrinair]

Been here fifteen years. Mismanagement is an understatement. There's so much potential but incompetent politicians ruined it all. They say Ireland is least corrupt, but that's not true.

[@Fan-zx1lz]

Good to see a Malayali commentor.

[@sandrashane677]

The bankers pull all the strings here. They are deliberately destroying our country.

[@kieran9349]

I work as a programmer and even my 55k a year salary would never allow me to live a deserved, comfotable life in Ireland. Renting is extortionate, buying a house is almost impossible, weekly living costs is through the roof. Ireland is badly managed country from a goverenment that has little care for the improvment of our beautiful island

[@alexdetrojan4534]

You've just described my country Canada.

[@PARK-sy3tf]

@@alexdetrojan4534I left for a reason lol. Wife did the same thing, but from Denmark. The US is much better in my humble opinion.

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@PARK-sy3tfIn what way?

[@rebeccakstrain3324]

@@OscarOSullivanThere are still some reasonable places to live and you really can make an excellent living here in some beautiful places. If you own your own business you will do much better and very likely to become wealthy.

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@rebeccakstrain3324 Except it is a real sink or swim society with Ireland at the least an air pocket of sorts is there

[@Marta6347]

I moved in Ireland more than one year ago, attracted by job opportunities. The thing is that’s all they have and apart from that the quality of life is terrible, for more than one reason. If it’s true that you can have a very high salary working for multinational companies, this comes with a very high cost of living. Most of the time you won’t be able to live by yourself since rentals are insane, especially considering that houses here are awful. I pay 1600 euro to live in a small town 40 minutes by car from Cork, the same as Milan (I am italian). 300 less than a rent in Zurich, without getting a Swiss salary. Fortunately I live with my partner so we split expenses in two, but if I would have been alone I barely could afford to live alone. That’s why so many people share the apartment, which is not the best, especially when you pass 30s. Public services are terrible, so many time the bus doesn’t come and the next one is in one hour. They don’t even have shelters to protect yourself from rain when it’s the rainiest place in the world. Also you don’t have activities to do, because the weather doesn’t allow you to really plan anything outside and the only thing you can do here is going for a pint. Since we’re talking about an Island anytime you want to visite another country you must take a flight, when there are no many connections and every movement takes you an entire day. If it’s true that Irish people are very welcoming you will never be able to be their friend. They will never invite you out for a beer. To wrap up, I am grateful to Ireland for the job opportunities, but apart from that I have nothing. I didn’t even get the chance to choose my place to live, I got one interview in 3 months and I accepted. Fortunately my house is in good conditions, but my first one was the dirties thing I’ve ever seen in my whole life and it was rent for almost 2000 per month. Rental situation is criminal, once I saw a garage with a bed in it be rented for 1000. Insane.

[@Fan-zx1lz]

It is very awful we human beings are denied the basic survival necessities by the same humans.

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Ireland isn’t alone with this. All over the world in the intricacies of life you will find a normal distribution bell curve. It’s very rare to find a data set that doesn’t fit into a normal distribution bell curve. What happens when you look at the control of wealth in the world? There’s a reason that the middle class is so important. It represents where the bulk of wealth needs to be held to keep a civilization healthy. These days, all across the world you will find that all of the wealth is held by a very small group. This is only possible because of technology.

[@kayenta2664]

My son moved to Ireland 5 years ago for better job opportunities. He did find work right away but his salary is low when you take into consideration how much he pays for the roof over his head. It is becoming more and more common now to have two or four people not only sharing an apartment but the bedroom. But don't kid yourself into believing that you get a good deal when you share your bedroom with 4 people and the apartment with even more. You pay a lot of money for no privacy and being totally crowded 100% of the time.

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Ireland isn’t alone with this. All over the world in the intricacies of life you will find a normal distribution bell curve. It’s very rare to find a data set that doesn’t fit into a normal distribution bell curve. What happens when you look at the control of wealth in the world? There’s a reason that the middle class is so important. It represents where the bulk of wealth needs to be held to keep a civilization healthy. These days, all across the world you will find that all of the wealth is held by a very small group. This is only possible because of technology.

[@DougieBegg]

Very true, I live in Ireland and have been trying to explain this for years to deaf ears, I'm fortunate to have bought my home before the Celtic Tiger, and although my professional adult children all have better-paid jobs than I do, they see no future here because of the high cost of living and two out of four are already living abroad with another one following. I will also be retiring to Northern Spain later this year where my pension portfolio will go a lot further.

[@CarlosEduardo-rz5ww]

Why not southeast Spain? Valencia, Cataluña...

[@Hello-yn2dx]

It’s sad that Irish people are leaving and have to leave their country as they can’t afford to live there - whilst the government are bringing in migrants and housing them in a short space of time. How can anyone expect to be able to afford to live there?

[@user-pf5xq3lq8i]

You are subscribed to the BBC. 🤔🤔🤔

[@joaquincastello6174]

well... That´s s good decition... Even some parts in Northern Spain have a celtic culture like Galicia and Asturias , but the weather is similar to Ireland so if you like the rain you will be great here.

[@theloniuspunk383]

good for you man but uhh do you think you could advocate for your countrymen a bit? it's fine you're doing well but we are being replaced by foreigners I dont see how you can just make your little bit and jog on and leave your kin to rot and go extinct

[@flosset6070]

Crazy how most modern economies are struggling with housing problem

[@cormaccarroll]

By design

[@victormuckleston]

@@cormaccarroll not enough houses keeps the prices up.

[@flowerchild8450]

@@victormucklestonit’s more so the culture of everyone wanting to live in single/double-story bungalows or semi-detached housing which takes up a lot of space when you could easily build apartment style complexes like they have in Central Europe that accommodate hundreds of people. A big reason why these apartment style complexes aren’t being built more is because they have a bad reputation in Ireland for being associated with low-income crime ridden communities like in Ballymun.

[@mannyechaluce3814]

Regulation is causing that issue, not like there are no workers who wants to build homes :D

[@mannyechaluce3814]

The people wants homes built, the Governments are keeping them from being built :D no one listens to the citizens anymore, if the Government keep that up, Communism will take over.

[@andrejmihelic8526]

Living in Ireland for the last 10 years and this video is spot on! I'm lucky to rent an apartment alone but the vast majority of people need to share (sometimes up to 10+ people in a single property)! Seriously thinking about leaving, as 80m² property starts at 400k, not to mention that its 50 years old if not more.

[@ardocisamusementarcade9160]

Income doesn't equate to wealth distribution. I discovered in the 1980's when working for a major international company in the City of London when, after a particularly very successful year, it was presented by the chief at a board meeting, a pot of money (figuratively speaking) in the middle of the table for departmental distribution for salaries for the year ahead. Each of the heads took a makor chunk for themselves leaving the rest for the hoi polloi. Today, we see it everywhere.

[@jeanbrown8295]

It is more than possible,just because a country is making lots of money does not mean that the people living there are sharing that money,quite the opposite.Victorian Britain was rich,but a very large part of the population was living in abject poverty,read some books on it

[@ansionnachbeagrioga5260]

I keep saying, trickle down economics are bullshit. It's more like funnel up economics. Capitalism promotes wealth by taking, not giving.

[@anncoady7657]

Charles Dickens London 😂😂😂

[@jenniferjenkins1341]

Most British people have no knowledge of their own social history. Poor Laws, workhouses, children toiling in the mills etc. Mayhew's book on the lives of Londoners in the 1800s very informative. My father was born in 1916. His mother had given birth to ten children and at one time my dad didn't have any shoes. He was apprenticed to an iron foundry when he was 14 and lost an eye due to hot metal spark before he was 15. No compensation in those days.

[@stanleywoodison8699]

Just the usual dig about England. You never miss a chance ,pathetic.

[@TheAngrychipmunk96]

I am one of those young people who has recently left the country. 4 friends, my twin brother and myself all now live and work in Berlin. My gross salary in Berlin is 25% higher for essentially the same work - however after taxes come out to roughly the same net. However, the cost of living in Ireland is the real crux. Going out eating and drinking is half the price here, as it rent. Public transport is abundant and 49euro per month for the entire country at the moment. I lived in my family home in Bray, and could have theoretically rented a room in a houseshare - though to the detriment of everything else. Ireland minimum wage is less than Germanys €12 an hour. Its just far too unappealing to live in Ireland at the moment. That said, I do see myself moving back in the Future as I don't think there's anywhere else I'd rather live the rest of my life.

[@MrTangolizard]

Home is always home

[@WGK90]

What sort of visa did you get? was it difficult to move?

[@TheAngrychipmunk96]

@WGK90 Being from the EU you don't need a visa to live in any other EU country. It can be difficult enough but perfectly manageable - the big issue people have is getting their 'Anmeldung' (registration) sorted out in order to work. That and the copious amounts of paperwork make Germany a little more awkward to move to than say Italy where I also lived for a year!

[@josephdebri8941]

I said I'd go home too more than thirty years ago. I was only going to England for a few years. Now I'll never be going back. You'll meet a nice fraulein in Berlin and that will be the end of it. That's how it goes.

[@layalk.7782]

so interesting! I am German and I really dislike living in Germany currently and thought of moving to Ireland!

[@massimo_fustini]

I Live in Dublin since January, I literally escaped from my Country… in my opinion the only very big problem is rent, I am reading a lot of comments about inflation and costs of life increased…yeah that’s true and it’s a global issue that we are living, but I can say that buying food at supermarket, going out for dining or drinking, bills, transports ecc are more cheaper and efficient than Italy, especially if you compare them with the average salary… and now there also renting is growing up (Milan is a clear example), it’s a bubble guys, it has to explode sooner or later, but it’s worldwide! The positive thing is that if you are in the right sectors you can grow and make a carrier and be well paid, but like in all the major cities of the world, if you think that the average salary could allow to conduct a best lifestyle the problem it’s yours… I agree only for renting (even if I found a new room in an old house in Drumcondra for 470, I know that sounds crazy but if you search in daft everyday you can find them even if are few and difficult to visit) and healthcare, because the other things are really exaggerated and are due to a Global Crisis as well, if you go to Amsterdam, Milan, Lisbon, London, New York, Paris, you have to pay a lot for rent, and Compare it to the average salary please! in Europe only Dublin could give you a greater salary and greater prospective of career… Wake Up! I suggest you to live in Dublin/Ireland to make a career path and reach a very good position for your profession or company, and then if you want more sun and an affordable rent/mortgage (I think that in 3 years the bubble will be exploded in all the world) you can change… but please stop these bullshits, cause if you say that Ireland is a mess you have to see Spain, Italy, and the others of the “big table”… read more about microeconomics and macroeconomics Never Give Up!

[@simaancheno]

You are so wrong... you will face a "nice" reality check sooner or later.

[@seancooney7139]

This is just completely wrong, i spend a lot of time living between Italy and Ireland and there is no way that Ireland is cheaper in supermarkets, dining and drinking out etc. Of course wages and prospects of a job are much higher here but its all relative and doesnt really help when you pay a huge portion of salary on rent. Lower wages in Italy but also much cheaper cost of living and no point to even compare the difference in rental prices. Theres also quality of life issues to consider, im Irish but even i do not overly love the quality of life here for example obviously the weather is terrible, a lot of social activity revolves around alcohol, food quality is poor. On the other hand you may earn less in Italy but it is a beautiful climate, high quality of food and a more relaxed lifestyle.. what makes you more happy? This is just my opinion and maybe this is just my experience where i am in Italy (Rapallo). Also, i know Italy is far from perfect as well and has many issues of its own! Anyway good luck and enjoy Dublin!

[@CrookedSkew]

This is a very accurate video of my own experience. Thank you.

[@Nicebitoffishing]

As an Irish’s person I can confirm everything in this video is unfortunately very true.we are not rich ,we are not prosperous we are on our knees with no future no chance of buying a house or moving out of our parents houses .no wonder everyone young wants to leave 😏

[@theloniuspunk383]

the problem is everyone being invited here, the Irish have no sense of themselves they are easy prey for internationalist interests

[@DarraghM1]

I left 5 years ago and haven't looked back once

[@76steve76]

You mustn’t know your own country . 851 properties were available for rent in the whole year of 2022 ? Really ?

[@bigbangwillycasey]

@@DarraghM1to where

[@Cofarl]

Speak for yourself.

[@ivormectin515]

In addition to those issues mentioned in the video, one of the problems that the two-tier economy has produced is an inability for the government to provide basic infrastructure for communities like leisure centres, etc. some numbers to highlight this…a single leisure centre was built during the Celtic Tiger era at a cost of €36m. Construction costs currently exceed those when the centre was built, and yet the government budget in 2019 for capital expenditure on such facilities across the country was only €5m. The number of communities without any leisure infrastructure is frightening, that in a country which does not have a particularly outdoor-friendly climate.

[@noelpucarua2843]

"basic infrastructure for communities like LEISURE CENTRES" Did you really mean BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE?

[@adriankal]

Not outdoor friendly climate? Are you insane? When exactly Ireland Har temperatures below zero, over 30C etc? You only have wind and rain from time to time. Nothing major. Netherlands have similar climate and they're outside all the time.

[@dojocho1894]

Infrastructure is for the regular people the elite dont need it and thus you see no govt wanting to put money into it......the issues are pretty simple but the govts are being told what to do by the elite which is nothing for the regular people...its going back to a feudal system.

[@neilmccabe172]

​@@adriankalwind and rain from time to time 🤣🤣

[@josephodoherty7864]

@@adriankal1) a lot of the time 2) SO MUCH WIND/RAIN

[@kent8280]

I'm living in Ireland for almost 2 years now ...i searched for an apartament to rent ... 3 months , and i found 2 bedroom one for 900euros / month 65Km away from Dublin :)))). Finding a space to live alone it's pretty difficult , when u finally find it , it's either an expensive dungeon , or too far from Dublin . if u dont mind sharing it then it's pretty easy to find but too expensive. A single room it's minimum 500e/ month . CRAZY!!

[@jbs9231]

Add on £300 / 800 for a single person to rent a Room and House Share. London region..

[@MTBSAX]

I live in Ireland. im only 12, but I was born and raised here, it's a beautiful nation, and its called the emerald isle for a reason. However, It is really dangerous. when its dark, you cant walk anywhere by yourself without the fear of getting jumped. Every time I hear the radio, there is almost always stories about people who got shot or stabbed or even beat to death. I'm not sure how it is in other counties, but I'm talking about dublin. Yes, I'm little compared to a lot of people, but I understand many things. The gas and electricity bills are rising insanely high. There have been many, MANY protests about the cost of living crisis, but the government does nothing. I'm genuinely scared for the future of this country.

[@erwinleen4321]

Here in Belgium its almost the same, a hellhole place.

[@s1.m511]

Outside of Dublin there’s not a place in Ireland where you’d be worried about being jumped.

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

I will share something with you that will make you smarter than 99% of adults. If you learn this lesson now, you can have a significantly different life experience - with hard work. Learn how the bell curve works and data sets. How the world works will be revealed to you. Ireland isn’t alone with this. All over the world in the intricacies of life you will find a normal distribution bell curve. It’s very rare to find a data set that doesn’t fit into a normal distribution bell curve. What happens when you look at the control of wealth in the world? There’s a reason that the middle class is so important. It represents where the bulk of wealth needs to be held to keep a civilization healthy. These days, all across the world you will find that all of the wealth is held by a very small group. This is only possible because of technology. By studying data and the use of the bell curve / six sigma, you can see things happen before the happen.

[@MTBSAX]

Thanks so much! @@NoOneToNoOne89

[@HalfLatinaJoy86]

As soon as you mentioned tech companies such as Microsoft invading Ireland, I immediately knew the next thing you were talking about was going to be something to do with a housing crisis. I live in Seattle, where Microsoft is from. Also, when Amazon came to Seattle, rents began skyrocketing and crime increased, and homelessness increased. I have a theory that many of the apartments and housing are being given to the tech employees and the building owners are probably getting a huge payday out of it to make sure that the tech workers have homes -- at the expense of the country folk.

[@kbezier7484]

I'd guess you only moved to Seattle recently. Amazon is a Seattle company. HQ in Seattle since the 1990's. And MS are over on the Eastside. Always an Eastside company. What destroyed Seattle was the huge South Lake Union and related developments in the last 15 years. And the extra 200K people it brought into the city. Who then voted for politicians like Sawant, Ed Murray etc who utterly destroyed the city with their insane politics. You would n't believe what a fanatic city Seattle was to live in 20/30 years ago. Not full of street people and street criminals. Best city of its size in the US. With reasonable property prices and rentals and a fantastic quality of life. Although around 2'nd / Pike was just as sketchy back then. All gone in the last ten years. Seattle is now a crime ridden cess pit just like Portland and San Francisco. And ruined by exactly the same people. Who moved to the city from elsewhere and then voted for the type of politicians who destroyed the place within a decade. Got nothing to do with "big business" or "greedy landlords".

[@Scriobh]

That is exactly what happened in Dublin when Microsoft, Google etc. showed up - real estate agents went straight to landlords and offered them 3x the normal rent if they'd evict their current tenant. This was done at the rest of the HR teams at those same Big Tech companies. Then a big tech employee would move in, and another family became homeless. So for all the bleating about "tax revenues" thousands of Irish families were made homeless to placate these companies. And this was done with the FULL knowledge of sitting Irish politicians, many of whom are landlords.

[@cocobean7519]

Most of the tech companies bought huge amounts of vacant apartments at knock-down prices during the recession in 2008-2011, got them really cheap! Then they rented those Apts out to their employees!!!! So the big tech companies were effectively getting their own money back that they paid out in salaries & also got their investment apartments paid off by the employees!

[@Scriobh]

@@cocobean7519 I didn't know that but it doesn't surprise me. So when they ran out of their own apartments they basically bribed landlords with 3x - 4x the rent, while also using Ireland as tax haven. And 95% of the politicians in this country were part of that entire scam.

[@Johnnymahon218]

Actually, Ireland took in a lot of people needing help the past few years and this caused a housing shortage , which the landlords saw as an opportunity to greatly increase rent, so everyone did it. Only partly true about tech companies.

[@thelovertunisia]

it is like here in Tunisia. Officially we have 40 percent of our GDP from industry but in reality most of it is just big corps producing low added values stuff here and not local companies.

[@carrisasteveinnes1596]

Great weather in Tunisia, though...

[@thelovertunisia]

@@carrisasteveinnes1596 Hi at the moment it is 45C and humidity around 60 percent this is hell unless you are at the beach but at work lol

[@waqasahmad8015]

I was in one of the hospitals in greater Manchester and i met a wonderful kind young irish nurse who told me how difficult it was living in ireland and how uk provided her more choice in her nursing career

[@eoin8156]

The wages are actually pretty good in Ireland but the housing situation is a reason to never move here. I was paying 800 a month including bills for a 1 bed apartment in Dublin 7 years ago while on 35k a year and was able to save for a house which I bought this year . Fast forward that apartment is now 1.8k a month and the wages are literally the exact same . I never would have been able to buy a house here if I was born 7 years later it’s shocking .

[@alabamaal225]

In other words, Ireland is a corporate money launderer. A lot of money flows through the country, but not much stays. It is an illustration of the contrast between riches and wealth -- having a lot of money does not necessarily make you wealthy. It is a lesson all too many lottery winners have learned.

[@jjbiggmann5576]

AHEM....HAVING LOTS OF MONEY.....DOES MAKE YOU RICH..!!

[@atix50]

Nah, honestly. I will be honest, though. If you're not qualified and you're broke, you're going to be miserable here. Probably not as miserable in other major Western cities, though. The taxes are insane and there's a lot of foreign owned property pushing prices up

[@roryoneill9444]

Beats being a Russian Oligarch's money launderer, while the Uk Government war profiteers by dumping old weapons to be decommissioned in Ukraine. IDA Ireland confirmed in December 2022 that employment by foreign direct investment companies now exceeds 300,000, which equates to around 12% of Ireland's total workforce of more than 2.5m people, with Multinationals enterprises (MNE) paid 33% of Irish wages in 2021...

[@Cassp0nk]

It’s a tax arb hole ripping off the rest of Europe. (Like Luxembourg etc)

[@jjbiggmann5576]

@@Cassp0nk LIKE UK, HOLLAND, DENMARK, AND EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH.

[@HB-lo8dj]

We stayed in Ireland in 2001 til 2003 during the Celtic Tiger era. We rented an apartment from an Irish man who was a bank manager. He lived in a big house and had two apartments he rented out. He told us he was able to buy repossessed properties at a reduced price. I was quite shocked at his greediness on the back of other people's misfortune.

[@corkboy4523]

Capitalism IS greed at the expense of others misfortune!

[@jameslee5237]

Sure, you yourself would never jump at a chance to own a cheap house out of principle. Eye-roll. He who is prepared gets the opportunity

[@HB-lo8dj]

@@jameslee5237 Does your comment apply to the residents of Lahaina in Maui too who is getting calls from people offering to buy their (burnt down) property at reduced rates. Can always suggest to him (and you it seems) there is a quick buck to be made.

[@rickmorty5215]

@@corkboy4523 Not always. Geez what an unfortunate oversimplification. Ireland has the potential to be a great place to live if people can just vote differently. The same cannot be said for a lot of developing countries. Quit the whining, and just vote out the inept sociopaths. Simple.

[@1Jason]

@@corkboy4523No other system has lifted so many people out of poverty as capitalism.

[@benkirimlidis]

Fun fact: The site where the photo of the Waterford tea and coffee van is about 200m from my house and i can see it out my bedroom window ❤

[@hughboyle7251]

Just to set things right. Multinational companies were granted subsidies for buildings and machinery that could be used to offset taxes. In actual fact, the profited just yo move here. On the books, they paid a nominal tax. But for the first 10 years they offset machinery and rent or building so no real tax paid. When these companies moved out, they took the machinery with them. Average Irish workers were taxed to pay these multinationals. The average professional wage hovers around 28k to 30k if you take off the 1% of the highest paid earners. That is about the same as it was 30 years ago. The cost of housing is way beyond the average wage, so you will not get the bank loans. Again speculators and Multinational fund companies will be accommodated and allowed to buy up the vast majority of the available housing. Rents are higher than the cost of buying and are kept that way by these multinationals. Add to this successive governments failed to build social housing. Now, ordinary workers are in crisis every day, living paycheck to paycheck .

[@RachLuvsParamore]

Thank you so much for raising this issue! From an Irish person who is losing many close friends to Emigration

[@geoffpoole483]

Emigration has been a fact of life for Irish people for a very long time. The last time I was in Ireland the papers were full of articles examining the phenomenon of people migrating to Ireland to work. In a short space of time Ireland transformed from an agrarian economy to a combination of high-tech and a tax haven.

[@Prodrive1]

All the while we are importing 1 million foreigners. Suicide.

[@cbucks95]

@@geoffpoole483agree. It doesn’t matter how Great Ireland becomes, emigration is just part of the culture. My parents always wanted me to travel and live abroad

[@thebzo]

​@@cbucks95I'd say it is less culture, and more the only option to the point it has become extremely common

[@cbucks95]

@@thebzo it's clearly not the only option. I know of loads of people who were doing extremely well here in Ireland. I have a friend who just moved to Oz from Dublin and his salary has gone from 80k to 60k and to add the rent in Sydney is more than it was in Dublin. His reasoning was he wanted a change in weather and to experience some travel....... Just because some leave for economic reasons does not mean we all do! Anyone working in private services in Dublin is doing well from what i have seen

[@beatenbytheclown]

I left Ireland in 2004 after graduating from university and now only go back for weddings and funerals. Of my college friends, the difference between those that stayed and those that went abroad with respect to where they are in life is pretty startling. A few who emigrated eventually moved back but only once they had earned enough to be able to live comfortably back in Ireland. From the sounds of this video nothing has changed.

[@liadhnifhalluin7665]

I'm 26, this makes me worried that maybe I should move. Could you tell me more about the difference between your college friends that stayed and went abroad?

[@Danny.r1]

@@liadhnifhalluin7665 I left 5 years ago so can probably give you some sort of an answer as well. A lot of my friends who stayed are basically just ‘getting by’. The salaries relative to living costs are low unless you’re in a few types of jobs (even then you could do better elsewhere). They pay high taxes and give the remainder over to rent, groceries, and going out. I often remember people’s card bouncing when trying to pay. Only a few have been able to buy a house. Most wait to receive their parent’s place when they pass. The ones who did buy managed to scrape together enough for some overpriced hovel. The jobs themselves are often very menial and, I believe, will be under threat in the coming AI/automation boom. Tons of back office and admin jobs there but this is low pay, low skill stuff. The place is essentially a back office to London/US. The ones who left did much better - better job opportunities, better pay, better ability to save. Although everyone misses home in a way. The government is seriously letting people down. There’s so much they can do to fix this but they don’t know how/won’t. Don’t get me wrong, Ireland has done well given where we came from but we have a relatively short window to capitalize on this tax haven boom by diversifying. However, we are quickly running out of time.

[@Chatboy_GPT]

But hang on - in 2004 the economy was *actually* booming? That was peak Celtic Tiger (hard c by the way guys). That was before the crash and also before we shifted our economy entirely to tailor to american corporations, especially tech companies. I knew people babysitting making 30 euro an hour then.

[@user-tt7op2gm9i]

I'm Irish and have lived abroad and appreciate my country much better. Salaries here are good but the cost of living in Dublin is high. It is almost impossible for people to buy a house unless you move outside of the city. Rents are also high. I know quite a few people who moved here from other countries and some have left and have come back to live here because you can live more comfortably here and earn a higher salary.

[@LS-fe4ob]

I want to leave too, to where is the question

[@Wild_west_84]

Irish citizen here 40yo male. The infrastructure is below par. The health care system is a joke they have run the public health care into the ground to the point where you just need to go private. Also our national debt per capita is huge post bank bail out in 2008. A lot of our problems come with transport, infrastructure, healthcare come from myopic government policies with 5/10 year plans when they need to be 50/100 year plans.

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Ireland isn’t alone with this. All over the world in the intricacies of life you will find a normal distribution bell curve. It’s very rare to find a data set that doesn’t fit into a normal distribution bell curve. What happens when you look at the control of wealth in the world? There’s a reason that the middle class is so important. It represents where the bulk of wealth needs to be held to keep a civilization healthy. These days, all across the world you will find that all of the wealth is held by a very small group. This is only possible because of technology.

[@autumncarolynnphotography]

Your drone shots are beautiful!!

[@JuksMaluks]

There is also a massive drug problem in Dublin and the government has been unable to handle it in the 10 years I've been living here, it's quite depressing to walk in some parts of the city

[@killakilla1038]

I wouldn't say unable and its not just Dublin. Unable makes it sound like they are making an effort. Id say incapable of handling it. They are incapable of handling anything

[@neilwaldron2464]

instead of "leprechaun economics" they should really term it "cocaine economics"- the amount of small hairdressers, beauticians, breakfast roll shops in prime retail rental areas in Dublin (with few clients) is how money is laundered . Drugs not so much a problem as the principal industry

[@scottbuckley823]

They don't care about Drug users. there was drugs for decades in working class areas and no one cared until Veronica Guerin was shot then there was a minor backlash.

[@SatumainenOlento]

It is a symptom of non-functional society, not the main target to tackle. The system needs a huge upgrade!

[@lorcster6694]

Yeah, people smoking crack in public.

[@Jackalaa101]

I live in the West of Ireland - and I work in tech. I make just enough to keep a roof over my head but crushed with exhorbidant rent, cost of living etc. I have no chance of ever owning my own home, and most of us are at the whim of greedy Landlords who charge ridiculous sums for little in return (I haven't had a working shower since 2020 and took a complaint to Residential Tenancies Board which were slow and incompetent and the issue is till unresolved.). I can't even afford to leave the country, as much as I want to. Problem here is given our history, we have the exact same class system as our former British ovelords with stupendously rich tax dodgers, and poorest of the poor. Our Government is inept, corrupt and we have nobody to replace them with. Even our own National Broadcasting service recently got caught up in a corruption scandal where they had been abusing Millions in taxpayer money, only for it to be swept under the rug.

[@blueodum]

If you work in tech, there are plenty of places in the EU you could live; you might even find a job that lets you do the digital nomad thing if you want. I don't quite get the idea of not being able to afford to leave Ireland, unless you are talking about non-financial issues.

[@GunnerRDS]

You should all stop paying taxes before the country is utterly destroyed.You'll have a bunch of Africans moving into your house before long

[@user-pf5xq3lq8i]

You work from home and can live anywhere, yet you cry about Dublin house prices. I call BS. A propaganda rant to deflect for the absolute financial mess in the UK. Liar.

[@camionerodebasura]

What’s this got to do with the UK?

[@PaulColclough47]

I don't buy it. I know plenty of people in tech who've bought a home by themselves in Dublin. Houses in the West are absolutely affordable. Either you're lying about something or you're terrible with your finances. That having been said, I work in tech too and I know many very well paid colleagues who bitch and moan about the cost of living as if they were on minimum wage.

[@kean4073]

As someone in their early 20s living in Ireland, what I tend to see with people I know is them taking advantage of the good job opportunities in the country but still living with their parents since the housing prices prevents young people living on their own, especially with college (I would know, I'm doing the same 😂)

[@sineadohickey6596]

I feel like this is one of the main reasons young people want to move away. I’m 20, and although I’m beyond grateful to have a roof over my head, I can’t see myself living at home much longer if I can help it. I believe that the chance to live away from your childhood home is really important for general growth and independence. We’re being stripped of this opportunity.

[@kean4073]

@@sineadohickey6596 Completely agree, I'm thinking of moving abroad once I'm done with college and have more experience in the field I work in but I think the option should be there for people who want to stay in Ireland to gain independence by living on their own without having to sell their kidneys

[@sineadohickey6596]

You’re dead right, I’m doing the exact same 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@guydublin]

Insightful and accurate. I know it's a nit, but I found some of your pronunciations distracting. To improve the already good quality of your video production, I recommend learning which syllables get accented (e.g., for "success" and "economics", accent the second and third syllables, respectively).

[@naiyomotion]

This video brings up valid points, and every country should always be able to recognise where it needs to improve. However, to counter balance it a little - as someone who left in the mid 80's, there is no comparison to what Ireland was then - the economic situation has improved immeasurably. Strive to improve, and don't take for granted the progress already made.

[@gplunk]

And wayyy feckin' better than the 18farties!

[@stumac869]

Same for England but now people can't afford to buy a home or rent. What does that tell you?

[@CosmicHyperborean]

‘Progress.’

[@matthewbarry376]

Did you come back ??, The economic progress and development that was made between the 80s and the late 90s early 2000s was destroyed by the 2007/2008 financial crisis. Indigenous industry has been on the decline for decades now.

[@donfalcon1495]

@@matthewbarry376 Total nonsense! Ireland has progressed at an incredible pace since the financial crisis!

[@lc86_65]

I moved to Ireland in 2012. I'm from Portugal and we were going through a crisis then. I had just qualified as a nurse and had no job prospects in my country. I moved here because the salary seemed good and I wanted to start a new life. Life has only gotten worse, because the cost of living have increased a lot while our salaries haven't... I am always surprised when I hear that Ireland is "rich". I don't see it. Quite the opposite actually! There is no investment in infrastructure, public services, health, education... it's all a farse, really! And I fear it will only get worse until it collapses.

[@V1kToo]

That is just not true. Portugal is far poorer than Ireland in almost every aspect. I love Portugal, but it is comparable to Spain: good weather, good food, cheap prices and high degree of enjoyment. When it comes to jobs it's a different story. Jobs are miserable in Spain and Portugal. Has it gone worse since 2012? No, not really, Ireland has become one of the richest countries in Europe, and that is evident in that getting a decently paid job is easier than ever. That allows you to cover well your basics and save money. Try that in Portugal, you have to be lucky.

[@Fan-zx1lz]

@lc86_65 : It is very Sad to go through this horrible situation in Ireland, I would suggest you to move to Australia, the place where nurses are paid well.

[@anthonyvasquezactor]

Ireland is now turning into America. 😑

[@justinianthegreat154]

@@V1kToothe fact is that she isn‘t comparing Portugal to Ireland. She‘s talking about the situation in Ireland my friend

[@V1kToo]

​@@justinianthegreat154 I am making that comparison, and it's a fair one to do, when you don't know how to make constructive criticism of the country that has welcomed you into opportunity. I arrived in 2018, I try to make criticism by stating what can get better and how I think it could get better, but trying to understand why it is the way it is. It will not do to speak ill of things that are far worse where I come from. Hopefully that makes sense now.

[@robertharrington703]

Recently, several of my friends moved to Canada simply for better lives. In the words of my mother (who was forced to emigrate to London in the 80's:) "What's changed? Things aren't as unstable now, but life is the same. Your friends are all emigrating abroad because they have no choice, just like we did 40 years ago." It's heartbreaking knowing that eventually, I'll be forced to do the same. There's simply nothing here for us right now

[@QuantumNetwork]

I went there too, it was no different really than ireland

[@BCSoHappy]

Yes. My kids are planning to leave Canada. Ironic they are also citizens of Ireland.

[@dipankarpal8054]

Ireland & Canada are both sides of the same coin, except few differences, the difficulty levels are same! Vancouver is worst for living!

[@ColtSievers1000]

Nothing has changed since 1845 people will always be going abroad from here to find a better life . Because we have the same type of robbing cxxts running our country an no different than the ones who starved us out of it 180 years ago there no better . There selling us out the Irish man has become the white negro in his own country and that's a fact . Hope life his good to you hope you do well abroad that's if you do take the plunge . There bringing in lots of none EU workers here as you know that will drive down the wages more I should think make slaves out of us all here .

[@danielkelsosmith]

Where is the best place to live in the EU? Genuine question as I’m planning to move after I’m finished with uni.

[@Testacabeza]

I've been in Ireland 23 years now. My salaray has not matched the inflation for at least 10 years. My rent has been increased again without getting nothing in return for the same property, because there is nowhere else to go. I have to consider myself lucky to pay the amount I pay. The public transport is a mess, infrastructure lacking everywhere, heatlh could be so much better. It is all for the rich and the greedy.

[@Prodrive1]

True. Failed State.

[@Testacabeza]

@@Prodrive1 In many ways, yes. In others is still much better than in other really failed states. But I do not see anybody trying to steer this ship.

[@1Jason]

@@Prodrive1Ireland is very far from perfect. When you say failed state though, countries like South Africa come to mind. Insane homicide rate. No security. Electricity cutting out every day. Infrastructure falling apart. No hope for future because of all the corruption. It’s hard to live in Ireland, but it is better than the vast amount of other countries.

[@OscarOSullivan]

It might be shit for a developed country but by god compared to most countries in the world it is paradise

[@davesr25]

Oh I love that more of these videos are getting traction.

[@vimalandrew2008]

Rent for one bed room apartment is 1600. Monthly income for a restaurant worker is 2300.

[@jameskilmeen]

Salary for a person who went to college for a degree isn't much more per month!

[@pedrovasconcelos3204]

Well in Portugal/Lisbon an apartment is about 600 euros and a restaurant worker earns about 730, so, it's still better

[@donfalcon1495]

@@jameskilmeen really!

[@jameskilmeen]

@@donfalcon1495 a tech degree too!

[@donfalcon1495]

@@jameskilmeen you really are doing something wrong!

[@phenomenonautumn9367]

Ireland is a country where the cost of living is similar to Norway but the wages and living standards are on par with Spain and Italy.

[@Paddy234]

Ireland has a standard of living similar to Scandinavia. Look at data and stop imagining what you think it might be

[@mynameisnobody3931]

​@Paddy234 the data says otherwise 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@Paddy234]

@mynameisnobody3931 What data? According to worldpopulation which comprises purchasing power, Healthcare, education, crime etc based on Numbeo's quality of life index Ireland is the 8th highest In the world for standard of living using the HDI. I don't understand the envy of this. I don't even live there, i'm just stating facts based on the data available. Does Ireland's success story make people feel bad? I don't get it? Lol. Anyway where is the data you are using that states otherwise?

[@Paddy234]

@tufinbizsustainabilityseri1314 Jealously gets you nowhere 🤣. All the migrants going there are proof of this 😉. It's still not comparable to the country I live in, Australia but I'm going to guess it's alot better than where you come from lol

[@mynameisnobody3931]

@@Paddy234 the data mentioned in the video

[@nova8747]

My parents moved to Ireland when I was 3 years old, after trying many, many times to find a home to buy it feels like a lost cause. For the price of our apartment in Lithuania, in a very beautiful spot in the capital, we could only get some absolute sh*thole of a home that would need the same figure to be restored. For me personally, even earning pretty good money, I feel like there's nothing to do with it. The main attractions here, seem to be bars, with the only thing to spend money on is getting sh*tfaced. Everything else fun around us has seemingly closed because of insurance costs. Driving a nice car while being under 25 is hopeless, I'm stuck with some complete sh*t-heap tiny nugget of a car, since I can insure nothing else under my name, going back home, I'm looking at buying an Audi A8L, with a 6.0L W12 engine, it produces 468 horsepower, and the insurance would be substantially cheaper than what I currently pay for a 1.5L 4-Banger producing only 125, that's a Hybrid. It's stupid. 17 years later, we're really close to calling it quits and going home, there's not much left to do. I've certainly had some fun here, and I'll fondly remember the actual people I've met, but things aren't looking great for the future if we stay.

[@Trixless]

In the same boat as you. Parents move to Ireland from Latvia when I was 3 years old. Compared to Latvia , Ireland felt like an opportunity, then the recession happened and we lived in a sh!thole estate for a while. Then to a slightly nicer one but still barely making ends meet. Since then they divorced, my Dad with whom I live with luckly found a nice decent house 3 years ago on which we pay bellow average (1.1k) rent for but theres no prospects of moving or EVER buying a house even in the country side, due to the state of the housing crisis is and the inabilty for an new infrastructure to be built. Healthcare is still a joke. wait 4 months for an important appointment, they cancel it and say I didnt show up. later on they admitted they didn't send the letter or it got lost. Had to wait another year as I was pushed back on the waiting list. Finally went and they didn't even do the endoscopy that was required as xrays revealed problems in my intestines etc which they need to look into, instead they did a temporary fix. and now i've been waiting for another 5 months for a follow up. Will probably have to pay out of pocket to private practitioners to get it sorted properly or move abroad for better healthcare. My dad with 5+ years of driving experience at the time still had crazy high insureance premiums and now with over 15 years its still 1k+. I recently was planning on buying my own car and learning to drive and what not. The quote we got is 4.7k a year and 900 road tax. so more then the car I wanted (2005 Toyota Celica). 'Just use public transport', in my limited use of the bus system and hearsay. they are always late, due to traffic jams caused by typical bad irish drivers. (Not insulting my dad drives 100's of km a week he sees it all) So yeah I feel like theres nothing good/left here for me and im only now 18. Cant imagine having to put up with this much more, Family also been talking about going home to Latvia/Russia but personally with the political and economical situations there it isnt a good option, and because of the divorce I would have to leave half my family + siblings or leave alone so that siblings still are incontact with fathers side of the family.. Reading the comments Germany seems like a really good option or even France (once the protests are over and government pulls it together because QOL is pretty good there)

[@nova8747]

@@Trixless I feel you man, we ourselves have a decent enough home rented for a similar price, but they're hiking up the rent because they've become greedy. Personally, I gave up on healthcare in Ireland, simply went home to Lithuania for any medical problems, although I had few of those, and I understand it's definitely not an option for everybody. 2005 Celica's are fun things, I was looking into getting one myself, but I didn't even get a quote for it, they simply said no chance. (fucking clowns.) Public transport is a joke, as are a lot of the Sunday drivers. A lot of the people on the road here, who are in their 70's and get dirt cheap insurance are the biggest danger to everyone else. Come around a corner and bam, you have some geriatric idiot doing 35 in an 80 zone. There really isn't anything good left here, and I can only see things getting worse. Going back to Russia at this time would probably be a very bad idea, Latvia should be alright, I think. Although your situation complicates things, and I'm sorry to hear about it. Germany is an alright option, but is very restrictive and I cannot comment on France as I've personally never looked into living there. Cheers man. :)

[@Popopeony]

This tax haven has brought a lot of medical and pharmaceutical companies into Ireland which does employee a skilled Irish workforce on the west coast of Ireland. This is vital as many people in our communities have good lives due to the good salaries they get, the pride in the fact they have a good job and these companies actually invest in the local areas and build up the roads around them with lots of trees. Google isn’t doing much but on the west coast these med tech companies are making a huge difference.

[@s1.m511]

Yeah for all the talk about emigration in this video. There is significantly less emigration on the west coast than there has being since pre famine times.

[@stanthebamafan]

I work in medical devices. At both of the companies I’ve worked at, they did the final manufacturing step in Ireland for tax reasons. We would build the subcomponents in the US then ship them to Ireland. However, I also knew several Irish engineers at those plants who were attempting to move to the US because of high cost of living.

[@mick1406]

I have three children, late teens to young adults. All are now looking to leave Ireland to go to the UK for work and to buy a property. It is simply impossible for them to build a meaningful future here in Ireland as the housing situation is a disaster and the overall quality of life is poor! On average prices here - for everything- are around 48% higher than anywhere else in the EU!! The education system simply pushes everyone into the Universities - that's why drop out rates are enormous - and the apprenticeship system is still not properly functioning meaning a life for many of dull, low paid jobs and temporary contracts. Politicians can crow all day about GDP or GNI. It's all smoke and mirrors. For the ordinary person, life in Ireland is pretty dire and no chance of it getting better anytime soon!

[@samdavid9237]

Hate to burst your bubble but the grass is not always greener. Are you aware of housing in the UK at the moment?. Absolutley no different to Ireland mabey even worse in comparison - Interest rates have gone up again and landlords leaving the markets in their droves.

[@mick1406]

@@samdavid9237 Nope, totally wrong! My lad's already put in an offer on a 3 bed semi for £110k. Near to where he will work and good transport snd local services. Ireland simply can't match the UK for opportunities like this! Ireland now rapidly becoming a no go area for most young people who can't afford to rent, can't afford to buy so get 'stuck' at home with parents!! According to a new Euro study, Ireland has more young people still living at home thsn any other european country! Its an absolute disaster (not my words, but Irish President Michael D. Higgins') and will only mean, yet again, our young are being forced to leave Ireland for a better quality of life in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada etc! All the fault of incompetent Irish politicians and greedy (mainly) Irish landlords and land-owners! Disgraceful.

[@WaveRider1989]

​@@mick1406whats a semi? But that's cheap. In Miswest US I bought a house last year it was $400k 😅

[@mick1406]

@@WaveRider1989 'Semi' = semi detached house. Basically, two houses in one building 'joined' together by a shared joining wall. Thus keeping build costs low! Maybe its a uniquely UK concept? Whatever, nice house and great price!✌️

[@WaveRider1989]

@mick1406 oh I see. In US these type of houses are called townhouses. Those houses have an association who will do the lawn care and roof work maintenance.

[@Julian-mj4tb]

Yo that place at 0:38 is in Kilkenny, right behind the town hall. I use that alley all the time

[@homebuyershero]

We have a solution to housing supply. We are an Irish startup. It is extraordinarily difficult to get started here, even though we can solve for supply. This video is reasonably accurate, especially in the final thought; we need to move from foreign direct investment to a model of supporting business creation from within, especially when those businesses have solutions to national scale problems.

[@tonyhart97]

I'm 25 years old, have a physics degree and work full time. Renting a shitty little studio apartment isn't even on the cards for me, never mind saving for a mortgage and starting a family. My entire life is focused on building up enough money so I can leave to a real country that actually cares about its people, where a highly educated and hard working guy could make a life for himself. I'm in the exact same situation as friends I have from Lebanon and Turkey...

[@TheSapphire51]

I would imagine you would be better off looking for a job elsewhere. It sounds just like it was in the 70's and 80's when I was young and the most annoying part is the deceit about the reality for those not working for multinationals, the civil service, etc.

[@stevewapner9061]

I wonder if Ireland is the way it is bc Irish people are too quick to abandon it rather then stay and change it. I mean the number of young doctors who leave Ireland right after getting their degree is scandalous.

[@aedolahd3810]

Seeing the 25yo with a physics degree, I questioned if I knew the account holder. I do, from DIT science soc! Hope you're doing well Tony😁

[@KarlsLabReport]

When you find that “real country” I would like to hear from you.

[@tonyhart97]

@@aedolahd3810 likewise mate! Good to hear from you

[@Jacky9071]

I live in Ireland and I can confirm you are spot on! The inept government is responsible for most of the problems

[@carrisasteveinnes1596]

Socialist lunatics who love illegals "refugees" blacks, gypsies and insane religious types more than the Irish themselves. Yet, the Irish themselves are the only one most likely to be able to do something positive or productive in their own land. I was astounded by the number of beggars, Roma and pickpockets roaming in and around Dublin. That was in 2021, so not sure if it is the same now.

[@anthonybowers7571]

the UNVOTED " government " that is ..treasonous criminals

[@robertbrowne1084]

Hi Jacky, I see you have 2 replies excluding mine but I cannot see any replies?

[@Wolf_3125]

At least they aren't as bad as the US government. Consider yourself lucky.

[@mytmt1613]

Ireland has no functioning government which works for the good of the Irish people. They take their orders from the EU. The present influx of migrants into the country proves this. We have a serious housing problem, how do we fix it ? we will import thousands of people from who knows where, madness, and it will end in tears for the normal people, unlike the so called " leaders " who will have been well rewarded for their treachery.

[@Mr11ESSE111]

GDP per person are higher then in Swiss but salaries are 2-3x lower on average then in Swiss and prices are around same for renting or buying houses or apartments

[@jackwalsh1185]

has this been affected after the rte paying people under the table? i am irish but im an eejit with economics and all that stuff

[@StickBugger]

its nice to finally see someone who actually points out the problems with Ireland.

[@Prodrive1]

Gone to the dogs here. Nothing works here. No health care. No cops ever seen. Awful leniant judiciary. Crap councils. Poor transport. Mass immigration final nail in the coffin. Dead now here. Sad.

[@Mooke_Maykr]

Preach lad, preach.

[@laurensnieuwland4657]

I'm Dutch, yet I want to move to Ireland, ever since the first time I visited. The nature is beautiful, the people are the nicest and most fun folk I've ever come across, God, they know how to have a good craic. I know there's hope yet as long as the Irish people keep the Irish spirit alive. I just wish there was a way to help from overseas. Can't do much about Irish politics from here...

[@danwebb4418]

You can help us, send us dutch pancakes..send us lots of dutch clogs, we need dutch E bikes, some dutch cheese, and some of the stuff ye smoke in the cafes in Amsterdam, in exchange we will send you our political leaders, then we will be very very happy and smiley... Slainte ..

[@laurensnieuwland4657]

@@danwebb4418 I don't think you'll want our e-bikes, our most well known brand just went tits up. Can get you everything else though, but I'd rather ship your politicians off to let's say, Russia, as we've got our fair share of eejit politicians here as well.

[@1Jason]

Kind of funny. I am from Ireland but live in Australia now. I have been to the Netherlands twice. There is something about the place I love. I think it’s all the people passing through. Amsterdam is just such a busy vibrant place.

[@laurensnieuwland4657]

@@1Jason That's exactly the reason I want to move 😁 I love how peaceful the Irish countryside can be.

[@brianoshea1178]

Itsnot about our Irish spirit, we're being priced out of our own country cause we're a tax haven, a shit room in a shared house, that's falling apart and you'll have to commute for hours is about a 3rd or more of the average workers wage, on an ok wage, not to mention the cost of living, food/utilities.... one pint will cost you 7:50 euro, a n8ce bottle of wine costs 9/10 euro in the shops for context. This video nails it, our doctors leave, cantvget health care, education has gone to shite. We're not rich, our government is stealing everything, bunch of landlords, who have no interst in building new homes or reducing rents

[@johnfromwales6713]

Just to say; its not pronounced "Sell-tick", its pronounced "Kell-tick"

[@Hattonbank]

Unless its a football club!

[@Pheribe]

Things are crazy here with housing. I moved in like 6 months ago, in Killarney. As for the moment i'm stying in a staff house (which sucks hard), i'm looking up every single day for rentals but it is really impossible. Even if you find one or two, the price is so high that it makes it really impossible for you to pay the rent and then live peacefully. Have to pay around 1200 euros for just A SINGLE room is simply mental, that's without any utilities included, so the price is even higher than that. If you add your food, drinks and maybe some clothes some times, that's the full salary for a month. No way to put something aside for later, no way to save anything for a trip somewhere for holidays or something. I'm really thinking on leaving Ireland after maybe a year, going somewhere else where i can pay a decent rent and enjoy the life as everybody should do.

[@jeungyoo871]

The same problems are happening in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, NY, LA. The house/rent is too expensive to afford to average middle class workers, unless being high tech engineer, successful business man, or professions in medical field.

[@stevewapner9061]

Ireland has replaced its dependence on the old absentee landlords from England with dependence on foreign multinationals. This is how Irish politicians counterfeited a genuine Irish economy. Instead of having a people economy, they have a paper economy.

[@ferlandpetrus2157]

Very real, and welcome explanation

[@nieczerwony]

I am gettin pretty good working in tech. I am planning to move anyway, as there is one thing not berable to me, and it's weather. Always raining and windy.

[@Leerill]

I've visited Dublin a few times and the amount of dereliction / brownfield land in the city centre is a scandal given how acute the crisis is / how apparently wealthy the country is.

[@alanlawlor3134]

The country isnt wealthy! It's all propped up on fake data. A wealthy country is top heavy with natural resources. Ireland is the opposite of that