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I would like to move to Dublin for a while. Where do i start?


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How do i find job/flat?

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I live in Dublin and property prices are very very high ...check out

www.myhome.ie or www.daft.ie

In terms of a job I dont know your qualifications etc so maybe look up www.jobs.ie or contact an agency...there are loads of jobs here at the moment so you shouldnt have too much trouble.

Good look and welcome to Dublin ....If you decide to move.

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newspapers, internet?
internet job and house looking should be loads
I lived in Dublin for 9 months in the year 2001. Until then I was a normal person, relatively well educated, reasonably fit and quite sociable.

During my time in Dublin I gained 30 kilos and developped terrible habits such as rocking up at work at midday literally stenching from the drink I'd consumed the night before.

I think any trip to Dublin, be it a weekend, a decision to reorientate one's life or simply a trip motivated by curiosity, should start at the doctor. Visiting Dublin is very much like surgery in terms of the fact that it is most certainly going to hurt but you'll come away better for the experience.

People are chirpy, friendly, ludicrously superficial and above all generous. You almost certainly don't need to look for a flat on the internet as I'm not sure they've discovered the internet yet. They hadn't when I was there - I got a flat by walking into the Yacht in Clontarf after my first day at work and simply drinking myself into a stupor until suchforth a time that the landlord was obliged to accomodate me. I lived in that pub for the remainder of my time in Dublin's fair city - where the girls are so petty.

Good luck with your move to Dublin but please do bear in mind the pain that you are about to inflict on your family and friends. Nothing will ever be the same - I reverted to drink and drugs like everyone else.
A good starting point is to understand that as soon as you move to Dublin, life as you know it is over for you. Once you have understood and accepted this concept then you will quickly realise that finding accomodation is the least of your concerns. I'm not sure when you plan on travelling there but I would seriously recommend following a very strict healthy diet for at least 2 months before departure. A liver cleansing diet isn't essential but it would certainly increase your chances of surviving more than a couple of weeks in the fair city.

When you arrive you will find that the people of Dublin are very freindly. This is because they can tell by the general state of your health that you have only just arrive and this probably means that you are at least to some extent solvent. This is to your advantage and you should make haste to fully reap the benefits of your new found popularity.

Pubs are a good place to start. You can find both a job and a house in a dublin pub. In fact the guy at the bar has probably just been evicted and his manager who is serving you is undoubtedly getting sick of the smell that lingers after he clears his sleeping bag from the hall-way.

There are also a large number of late night clubbing venues in Dublin. For the most part these venues seem to have particularly comfortable furniture. Simply equip yourself with a pair of ear plugs (I found these to be particularly effective : http://www.allearplugs.com/aep6/ear-seal... and take up residence on one of the comfy sofas.

The advantage of this housing solution is that it frees up cash for more critical uses. Taxis are very expensive in Dublin and you often have to travel far. The techno parties on the beach in the summer are definitely worth a trip but it will cost you 80 pounds return in a taxi. There are also hefty fines for urinating in the street but sometimes there's just nothing you can do and you have to take the fine on the chin.

Anyway I hope that you enjoy Dublin. I did for a while. The novelty wore off after about 4 months by which time I was a fully fledged alcoholic, my clothes stank of guiness vomit (it has a particularly heavy smell that you will experience walking along O'Connel street on a Saturday morning) and I didn't have a penny left to my name. It was a fantastic experience.

Enjoy the craic.
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Go to an Irish web site:

www.eircom.net

The jobs and property section is down the left hand side.
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