... a decision we don't WAnt to rush, but at the same time we are keen to go - so a dilema for us to resolve. My line of work is Project Management, and i've worked across many sectors (IT/Data/Healthcare/Software/Engine Diagnstics), so i'm not tied to one area. There are plenty of PM jobs in Dublin but that doesn't interest me - the whole idea is to have a quality of life. My wife is a Palliative Care Nurse (Macmillan) but i'd think a change of career is what she's after. If i can support us both then great, but that'll impact the mortgage application i gues ...

@aingeala20 Hello Angela Thank you for posting. May I ask how you arranged shipment of your belongings to IE? I, too, have been sorting/donating/tossing a LOT of stuff. Most is just accumulated stuff that I should discard anyway. After reading your post, I might just ship household items that I like and already have in hand. I also have three pieces of furniture and some framed posters/paintings to ship. I am in Roseville, very near Sacramento. If you were satisfied with your shipping arrangements, would you please share the name/contact information for the company that you used? This would be very helpful. With great thanks Pat Egan PS I am moving to Stillorgan, Co Dublin.

Hi John I reached out to a past contributor on the site. He is a Managing Director of a moving company based in Ireland. I think you will find his answer to your question quite useful. I'll post it below here. Let me know if you WAnt me to put you in touch. ~Liam --- Buying a container and shipping it as user owner is certainly possible. If he WAnts that option there should be no reason why he can’t find a mover or a freight company to co-ordinate that for him. After clearance on this side, we (potentially we) would arrange haulage from the port with a ...

... and one went missing. All others arrived fully in tact. 5-7 days is incredible! Most people WAit 4 to 6 months when shipping via freight. By the sounds of it, I actually think your WAy is a bit more expensive, but worth it for the speed, and also it saves you from having to rebuy anything to fill the gap while WAiting for a shipment. For moves where you're not bringing anything large (furniture etc) I definitely recommend your WAy. Far less stressful! Thanks for the update. Hope you're settling in well Liam

... mementos, and papers from my research career at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I thought I might explain the process for others who are shipping belongings from the US to Ireland. We booked a 20' FCL (full container load) that WAs actually only about half full, with UpakWeShip. This WAs about half the price quoted by Careline. We hired movers on each end to load the container and to unload it, to save our backs. It is especially difficult to get things in and out of shipping containers because there is no ramp or lift gate on their tractor-trailers. T ...

... furniture in storage, a house here that WAs having some legal points sorted out and a few other complications. so to finish the purchase over here I sorted a second mortgage on the UK house and fortunately we had a large touring caravan which we effectively lived in whilst the house finally sold and Chris could stop working which WAs paying a double mortgage UK side. All irrelevant except as a demonstration of a lesson learned. My Advice. Do not commit to anything over here until your house UK side is sold or if you have funds and consider Renting your U ...

... we will love it and stay). After looking at the international shipping costs and the time it takes to receive everything, we are thinking of just selling/donating everything aside from clothes, some books, some toys, and a few family heirlooms which can be packed in a suitcase. To us, it just makes more sense for us to buy new/used when we get there. Aside from our laptop, we would just buy our electronics new. Household furniture and supplies buy in Ireland. Has anyone else gone with a similar attitude, or WAs it best to actually ship everything over? ...

... the UK are cut or absolute minimum so that's a complication on other counts. Your wife is a nurse as is mine but we moved over just in time for the recruitment freeze in the HSE so the 5 new operating suites @ Portiuncula Hospital that should have been a prime employment opportunity for a theatre nurse didn't pan out that WAy. Chris is currently working in a nursery and worked in a national school as an intern last year. There are nursing opportunities but seeking them out before you move might be wise? To work in Ireland you need a PPS number which is a ...