... requirements for American retirees and permission to work in Ireland for up to 20 hours per week. This is what has been reported in the Press, all of which are Irish publications, with no further detail that I can find. If anyone have further information on this issue, please share. I am not sure if this legislation on E3 visas will survive the US Congress but if it does, this could be good news for Americans looking to retire to Ireland. That is, of course, if the new rules are fair and reasonable which WAs not the case in the last go-round where even ...

Here is the long awaited Press release: Included in the release is a link to the draft policy which can be downloaded and/or printed out: The closing date for submissions Comments or questions to the Ministry) is Monday 31 October 2016. Submissions may be emailed to retireesreview@justice.ie or may be posted to Retirees Review Immigration Policy Room 501(5th Floor) Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service 13-14 Burgh Quay Dublin 2 D02 XK70

As a hospital "regular" I can confirm some problems such as long WAiting lists overcrowding in A&E and the 2 tier system of private v medical card. I can not compare Irish to US health care but I can compare Irish to UK. The Irish system is good and as Liam has indicated the cost of insurance is reasonable value for money. I am on the medical card scheme so my WAiting times are longer than private patients, I do not have access to the same hospitals so a procedure that could have been done "private" within a couple of months in Galway just 30 miles aw ...