... flight out of the country. It WAs chaos. - Our goods sat in the New Jersey port for several weeks. We contacted them at week six to ask for an update and only then did we find out. The reason WAs they required $500 for a change of address fee. They had our goods scheduled to ship to Dublin, UK, rather than Dublin, Ireland. All paperwork, all correspondence, stated Dublin, Ireland. They said someone on their end had entered UK and we were still to pay for their mistake. We did, because essentially our goods were being held hostage. - Two months ago ou ...

Can I suggest that the links Open in a new tab, so that you don't lose the user of your site. Maybe there is a forum setting I haven't found yet. Love the site, very informative.

I have been checking around. An offset smoker like I am looking for is pretty unique to the US. They were invented in the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma. It WAs originally made out of old pipe or propane tanks. Steel thick enough to insulate. It has a smaller fire chamber to one side, and smoke is drawn into the larger chamber and around the meat. The doors are relatively small to prevent loss of heat. There are a lot of cheap ones on the market in the US, and that seems to be the only ones I found on UK or Ireland websites. The cheap ones are th ...

... platform to allow you to get involved on the site. You'll find the link to the forum under the 'Community' menu item above. I have restricted use of the forum to members-only, purely because I WAnt it to be used in a positive WAy to help people who are serious about moving to Ireland, or who have moved here already. I don't have the time to moderate a full blown public forum, so I think/hope by restricting it, I won't have any issues with spam/trolling/etc. Membership remains Open to anyone with an interest in the site. I will post some general guidelines ...

... here, listen to those people and still love it, then theirs no question. Now we moved up to the most beautiful county, Donegal and are loving life. The free pre school, is brilliant and works perfectly well. And Now under 6s get free gp health care. My employer also gives us free private insurance. Schools are also great here. We picked up and left because we were sick of planning. If you love Ireland, if Ireland is compatible with your situation and if the U.S Is not, then that's all there is to it. Maybe look at relocating somewhere cheap like Donegal fo ...

... and would love to continue that work once we are in Ireland. Because of the WAy I am immigrating, many of the “foreigners WAnting to move to Ireland and start a business” details I find online don’t apply to me. Has anyone else done this or have any guidance? I suppose I could have him Open the business, but it’s my baby, and I’d love to do it myself if possible. ☺️I’d love to get started right away as building up a business takes time and I would like this to be my source of income, so don’t WAnt to WAit until I can finally apply for citiz ...

Hi, Without reading through everything above can I assure that there is no problem making friends in Rural Ireland, provided you move in with an Open friendly attitude yourself. Within a couple of weeks of moving into our cottage we were invited to Communion/Confirmations, Birthday parties, Barbies and a Station. We attended a couple of functions at the school although our kids are grown and back in the UK anyway but the school is our closest neighbour so it made sense to go and offer support.. I know there are folk who have moved in and not been made as welcome but then they are hardly ever seen out and about other than passing cars on the lane.

Hi do you have to first move to ireland before you can Open an irish bank account? how long does that take because im retired and have my pensions payed into my uk account, this is all new to me lol, just need to sort what comes first, the move or Opening an irish bank account and how when i live in the uk

Irish people LOVE credit unions for savings, but for day to day banking needs they are not as efficient as banks. They are still very much catching up in terms of ATM access, online banking etc. for savings though, and small loans, then be sure to Open an account with your local CU. Regarding banks, there a few big ones (AIB, BOI, PTSB...). This site, is invaluable in helping choose a bank. It'll help you get a good idea of what's on offer, and what their various rates are.

Thanks Liam, I just read the blog post you linked to, and I found a discussion on the matter at another website. Thank you, it has been helpful. I think for the moment our best plan going forward will be to continue to save and research, and we will have to keep ourselves Open to the idea of retiring to another country if the current rules do not change, or if we are unable to save the amount of money required in time.