Tips for living in Dublin!?!?

Hey everyone!!

Im looking at getting a working holiday visa and moving to Dublin around May next year till the end of the year! I was wondering if anyone could help out with a few questions i have!

Firstly I am hoping to be doing nanny work as that is what i do here in Australia, how much should i expect to earn a week? roughly.....

Also what area of dublin should i look at living in? i want somewhere that is kinda close to the city or cose to transport.

I was also wondering what i can expect the weekly cost of living to be?

Any other tips for living in Dublin would be very much apprciated

Thanks so much for your time

Xx Bec

Hi Bec_au,
I don´t have the exact information to hand which you asked for but I´ll look into it in detail (I have a friend from Spain who´s working as a nanny who´ll advise me) and get back to you in a day or so.
Hope that´s ok.
Zaksame

Hi again Bec_au
here´s a web site that will get you started with your search until I catch up with my friend - the au pair - and get the low down from her www.easyaupair.com/aupair_jobs/Ireland/Dublin/ hope it´s of some use to you. I´ll get back in contact when I see my friend.
Zaksame

Hi becs,

I don't know anything about working as an au pair but are you totally set on the idea of Dublin? I would really recommend you consider Galway instead, it's a much better city for nightlife and there are much more good spots for day trips close by. I'm from near Dublin and I really wouldn't recommend it as a place to live.

As the previous messenger said....

I would really recommend you consider Galway instead, it's a much better city for nightlife and there are much more good spots for day trips close by. I'm from near Dublin and I really wouldn't recommend it as a place to live.

I´d agree with that piece of information unless it really has to be Dublin. You´ll find it really difficult to make friends in a big invisible city like Dublin. Galway, Cork or even my home town of Carlow (it´s got a couple of thousand students so it´s kind of a lively place).
But, if has to be Dublin, it has to be Dublin.
Still haven´t heard from my friend, shouldn´t be long though.

Zaksame

Hey everyone!!!

Wow, thanks so much for all your help!!!

I guess it doesn't have to be Dublin but i would kinda perfer it was.....i will have two friends living in London at the same time and i was hoping to do a quite a few cheap trips over there during my time and it is much easier to get cheap flights from dubin! my brother has also just started dating an irish girl from dublin (she lives in australia now though) so i was going to talk to her about this also and see if i can maybe meet up with some of her frineds!
Is it really that hard to make friend? I thouht because it was a big city it wouldn' be that hard?!?

once again thanks so much for all your help it really is very appreciated

Xx Bec

hmmm ..... Dublin is quite a racist place to incomers....... the Irish guy above will know better than any.............

I've heard good reports about www.easyaupair.com you could also try www.greatnannies.com
Best of luck in Dublin - it's a great city.

Hey Bec!
To be honest I know nothing about how you'd go about getting an au pair job but I want to set the record straight about Dublin as I see it. The majority of people are extremely friendly and welcoming to visitors - just ask anyone on this forum that's been here! I don't care what anyone says, the nightlife in Dublin is very very good although it is expensive. There are so many different nationalities in dublin these days that I honestly don't think you'll have problems meeting friends, both Irish and foreign. I agree that Galway, Cork, etc are lovely places and possibly easier to live in but why not give Dublin a shot, as you had originally planned, and then see how you're feeling!
Ps. There are so many Irish people on Travellerspoint that you'll never be stuck for a drinking partner anyway!!
Best of luck,
Ian

First, yes Dublin is a great place, but it´s no fun if you´re a single girl trying to meet people.... what do you do? Go to a bar on your own, and let´s be honest, sure you can meet people in the gym or somewhere else but if you want to meet people in Ireland the pub is going to be where it happens.

Once you do meet people you´ll have the time of your life, and leaving the city is quite easy and the countryside close by and great restaurants and great people etc., but so has lots of other places.

All I was saying is if it doesn´t have to be Dublin, Galway is well worth looking at, and believe me if you have friends in Dublin they´ll be delighted to get a chance to skip over to the buzz that is Galway.

If you manage to get a job with a family that´s not near a central transport line... and there are more places without access to transport than not... then you´re relying on a car. Can you afford a car in Ireland? But look, whatever you decide you´ll enjoy the country, maybe not the job or the weather but there are lots and lots and lots of reasons to enjoy your visit.

As I said, if you have any really specific question just PM me and I´ll see can I help.

Zaksame