Dublin - Post Report Question and Answers
What do you wish you had known about this particular city/country before moving there?
That you can buy a brand new car from a local dealer, get 23% back in VAT and sell the car 3 years later for exactly what you paid for it.
An Irish person will ALWAYS offer to buy the drinks...no matter how much they insist, make sure you buy every second round. It's expected. They will protest, but that it just part of the process...do not think "Gee, these people are really nice and want to pay for everything."
Learn to like tea...it just makes thing easier.
Keep all your receipts...the VAT returns can be huge every month. - Jul 2016
Things you might want to consider: You don't really need a car. We lived here for almost 4 years without one. The only times we wished we had one was to do big grocery shops at some of the bigger supermarkets outside of the city center and to take weekend trips, but we rented cars for those and it worked out just fine. We walked or took the bus/train everywhere. Buy/bring all your bedding from them States as the quality will be better. Also, talking and complaining about the weather is a national pastime :-). My husband also felt that the apparent pessimism of the people there can be quite jarring, especially given how great life in Dublin really can be. - Jun 2014
