I actually think I might teleport into another dimension or something I am so angry after reading this. I may need to transcend my earthly form simply because no human body can contain the fury I feel at this incredibly weak, insulting effort at spin.
It’s probably not the worst thing he’s said or done but for some reason I really think this might be the one that drives me round the fucking bend.
Uh no, made the choice to leave last month. Found cheaper rent. Found apartment first week. Better quality of life already. Nicer weather. Friendlier than Dublin. No fucking teenage scumbags running the mil on the cops. This is a load of bollocks. Ireland is for the dogs now.
Much better quality accommodation for the money, better quality of life, better transport. Ignorant prick. He makes my blood boil
I’ve immigrated and absolutely found cheaper rent. This guy is the definition of smarmy. Rent is absolutely cheaper abroad. I am renting abroad something that would be 2-3k at home for about 800 euros. What he is really saying is all those nice taxable innovative young people won’t fund the older generations pensions.
Imagine they are robbing us twofold. Rent and tax for pensions.
Does this guy not have the internet? Where does he get his information from?
Narrator: “they did”
Yes they will Leo, I’m in Germany and rents are lower here!
€1400 in Dublin gets you a mouldy converted studio in a 150 year old building phibsboro, with single glazed with black mould in the bathroom. No link for Dublin because I don’t want to depress myself by going on daft
Literally untrue. I’ve just moved to Brixton in London. I live in a gated apartment block, built in the last 10 years in zone 2. My rent is about 400€ pm cheaper than I’d be paying in Dublin, my cost of living is significantly less and my average daily commute has gone from about 45 minutes to about 25.
But you’ll find better; transport, weather, pay, restaurants, cars, events,
Might be true but the house quality is about 7 times better in any other first world country than it is in Ireland, so the high rent elsewhere seems better in proportion
This is a demonstrable lie and it’s worrying that Varadkar would be so blatant.
Quality of life too. The little things all add up to make Ireland suck balls.
I just googled average rents in Europe. Ireland is no 1 in high rents, could literally move to any other European city and you’ll find lower rents.
I’ve lived abroad since 2016 and every visit home since then I’m always asked if/when I will move back. Honestly my answer is how things are going never.
This prick doesn’t live in the same world as the rest of us. His face annoys me.
Totally untrue – I emigrated to European capital city during the pandemic.
I can afford to live alone in the city center. One bedroom apartment (new build), I enjoy a high quality of life, socialize a lot (food and drink a fraction of price compared to Dublin) and can afford to travel abroad frequently by bus, train or air. My health insurance is totally covered by the state and I haven’t had to pay for either a doctors or dentist visit – all covered.
This is after years of house sharing in Dublin. Sharing one bathroom with other adults, skrimping to keep my car taxed and insured and tank filled with petrol (which I don’t need over here with stellar public transport). Even trying to park my car in Dublin city was a nightmare. Doctors appointment was a minimum €65 regardless of the issue. My health insurance covered 50% of the regular visits, but not a lot else.
I love Ireland and am proud of our culture, history, arts and landscape. However it’s not feasible for anyone earning under 6 figures to enjoy a high quality of life there right now. Particularly single, young people.
Difference is I was paying 1200 for a tiny room in Dublin
Now In Boston city 2k 2 bed apartment with parking and utilities included
Who does he think he’s fooling. My almost 26 year old daughter has been living in Edinburgh the last few years, renting a lovely two bed in the equivalent of Rathmines with a friend for £550 each pm. Excellent, free, efficient health care, great public transport and she doesn’t need a mortgage to have a night out with her friends on a regular basis.
She could never have that here.
Lies. I live in Germany and my city center apt costs me 700 a month including bills.
We moved from Dublin to Frankfurt back in 2017, our rent did increase when we moved but we had a great deal on an apartment in dublin that we wouldn’t get now. We also moved because of a significant salary increase.
When we moved we gained access to better medical care, ridiculously good and cheap childcare (180 per month for our 2 year old), a city with more than a dozen underground/train routes, trams and buses. We had multiple clean and safe parks and playgrounds on our doorstep.
We weren’t driven out by the cost of living but we’re not going back because it’s just too expensive. And Leo Varadkar needs to take a good hard look at himself and cop on.
Exudes “let them eat cake” energy
My cousin rented an apartment in Maastricht by himself on a customer service call centre salary.
You may get fucked, Leo.
Moved to the states 5 years ago. Can confirm Leo is talking out of his hole.
A friend of mine just moved to Belfast. 10 minute bus ride (multiple buses pass by her house and shockingly they run on time and never disappear from the schedule) to the heart of the city. £650 a month (€748). 2 bed property, huge bathroom, small-ish kitchen and sitting room but considering it’s only 2 of them it’s perfect. Fall out of her front door and you’re in a park, with playground, basketball/football/cycle path/ and it was spotless. 5 minutes walk to a shopping centre with a B&M, Tesco, Lidl, KFC, McDonalds, a huge free carpark and more.
I visited for two nights and I’ve thought about moving there more times than I can count since. Not my first visit to Belfast, but everything just felt better than it does in Dublin.
Grass was definitely greener.
I mean, they will, I lived in Dublin for two years payed €1350 a month for a fucking room, moved back to Scotland, got a house for less per month, cheers.
Edit: I pay £800 a month.
It’s not as much about the rent either, it’s availability. So many of my peers are just stuck in their current stage of life even with being open to paying high rents. People stuck at in their family houses, couples who want to live together but can’t find anywhere.
My brother lives in Australia, was trying to explain to him how bad renting has got and I said to look on daft and try find somewhere for he would deem a decent price. He couldn’t. There’s just nothing there.
The absolute kicker is too, say you decide fuck it, I really like it here. I want to pay 60% + of my wages on rent. You’ll still end up with some mouldy, cold apartment off dorset street or something.
I’d honestly love to see Vadakar trying to find an apartment on average salary + give him 2 months to find it. I think there’s a belief that ‘it’s not that bad’ but it is. If my current landlord decided to sell, I’d probably have to emigrate too or end up living back at home with my parents. It’s bleak.
I’ve lived around the world and Dublin is the worst. Even pals in New York have nicer gaffs for the sameish rent. Also, it’s Manhattan and not Swords.
He’s Defending the price of high prices of rent, as a landlord. What an absolute top tier piece of shit
The grass is very much greener in Canada. More activities for young people. In the winter you can actually go snowboarding, sledding, ice skating. In the summer you can go sunbathing, hiking, camping. And a million other things I don’t have space to mention. €1300 gets me a one bedroom apartment in a brand new apartment complex downtown. No mould, no infestations, no falling apart. I’d rather pay that little bit extra to be happy abroad than broke *and* miserable back in Ireland.
This couldn’t be further from the truth, I moved to Melbourne 2 months ago and I’m paying 800 Aud (€515) a month on rent that I split with my gf. Im in a nice suburb about 25 minutes by tram (which is relatively timely something that would never ever be the case in Ireland) from work. I worked in security before I left getting paid €12.50 an hour and now I’m getting paid 35Aud (€22.50) per hour in a job I love which is pretty much non-existent back home. I can’t see myself moving home anytime soon so I’ll need to find a way to extend my visa beyond 3 years or hop between New Zealand, Canada etc until I can find somewhere to settle
I save €7,000 on rent a year compared to Ireland.
That is my housing deposit by next may.
Oh an also the grass *is* greener in 90% of everything, but I guess I’m not a spoilt rich kid like Leo so 🤷♂️
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I actually think I might teleport into another dimension or something I am so angry after reading this. I may need to transcend my earthly form simply because no human body can contain the fury I feel at this incredibly weak, insulting effort at spin.
It’s probably not the worst thing he’s said or done but for some reason I really think this might be the one that drives me round the fucking bend.
Uh no, made the choice to leave last month. Found cheaper rent. Found apartment first week. Better quality of life already. Nicer weather. Friendlier than Dublin. No fucking teenage scumbags running the mil on the cops. This is a load of bollocks. Ireland is for the dogs now.
Much better quality accommodation for the money, better quality of life, better transport. Ignorant prick. He makes my blood boil
I’ve immigrated and absolutely found cheaper rent. This guy is the definition of smarmy. Rent is absolutely cheaper abroad. I am renting abroad something that would be 2-3k at home for about 800 euros. What he is really saying is all those nice taxable innovative young people won’t fund the older generations pensions.
Imagine they are robbing us twofold. Rent and tax for pensions.
Does this guy not have the internet? Where does he get his information from?
Narrator: “they did”
Yes they will Leo, I’m in Germany and rents are lower here!
People move for quality of life.
€1400 gets you a good quality 2 bed in the CBD of Melbourne. [link](https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-melbourne-431471578)
€1400 in Dublin gets you a mouldy converted studio in a 150 year old building phibsboro, with single glazed with black mould in the bathroom. No link for Dublin because I don’t want to depress myself by going on daft
Literally untrue. I’ve just moved to Brixton in London. I live in a gated apartment block, built in the last 10 years in zone 2. My rent is about 400€ pm cheaper than I’d be paying in Dublin, my cost of living is significantly less and my average daily commute has gone from about 45 minutes to about 25.
But you’ll find better; transport, weather, pay, restaurants, cars, events,
Might be true but the house quality is about 7 times better in any other first world country than it is in Ireland, so the high rent elsewhere seems better in proportion
This is a demonstrable lie and it’s worrying that Varadkar would be so blatant.
Quality of life too. The little things all add up to make Ireland suck balls.
I just googled average rents in Europe. Ireland is no 1 in high rents, could literally move to any other European city and you’ll find lower rents.
I’ve lived abroad since 2016 and every visit home since then I’m always asked if/when I will move back. Honestly my answer is how things are going never.
This prick doesn’t live in the same world as the rest of us. His face annoys me.
Totally untrue – I emigrated to European capital city during the pandemic.
I can afford to live alone in the city center. One bedroom apartment (new build), I enjoy a high quality of life, socialize a lot (food and drink a fraction of price compared to Dublin) and can afford to travel abroad frequently by bus, train or air. My health insurance is totally covered by the state and I haven’t had to pay for either a doctors or dentist visit – all covered.
This is after years of house sharing in Dublin. Sharing one bathroom with other adults, skrimping to keep my car taxed and insured and tank filled with petrol (which I don’t need over here with stellar public transport). Even trying to park my car in Dublin city was a nightmare. Doctors appointment was a minimum €65 regardless of the issue. My health insurance covered 50% of the regular visits, but not a lot else.
I love Ireland and am proud of our culture, history, arts and landscape. However it’s not feasible for anyone earning under 6 figures to enjoy a high quality of life there right now. Particularly single, young people.
Difference is I was paying 1200 for a tiny room in Dublin
Now In Boston city 2k 2 bed apartment with parking and utilities included
Who does he think he’s fooling. My almost 26 year old daughter has been living in Edinburgh the last few years, renting a lovely two bed in the equivalent of Rathmines with a friend for £550 each pm. Excellent, free, efficient health care, great public transport and she doesn’t need a mortgage to have a night out with her friends on a regular basis.
She could never have that here.
Lies. I live in Germany and my city center apt costs me 700 a month including bills.
We moved from Dublin to Frankfurt back in 2017, our rent did increase when we moved but we had a great deal on an apartment in dublin that we wouldn’t get now. We also moved because of a significant salary increase.
When we moved we gained access to better medical care, ridiculously good and cheap childcare (180 per month for our 2 year old), a city with more than a dozen underground/train routes, trams and buses. We had multiple clean and safe parks and playgrounds on our doorstep.
We weren’t driven out by the cost of living but we’re not going back because it’s just too expensive. And Leo Varadkar needs to take a good hard look at himself and cop on.
Exudes “let them eat cake” energy
My cousin rented an apartment in Maastricht by himself on a customer service call centre salary.
You may get fucked, Leo.
Moved to the states 5 years ago. Can confirm Leo is talking out of his hole.
A friend of mine just moved to Belfast. 10 minute bus ride (multiple buses pass by her house and shockingly they run on time and never disappear from the schedule) to the heart of the city. £650 a month (€748). 2 bed property, huge bathroom, small-ish kitchen and sitting room but considering it’s only 2 of them it’s perfect. Fall out of her front door and you’re in a park, with playground, basketball/football/cycle path/ and it was spotless. 5 minutes walk to a shopping centre with a B&M, Tesco, Lidl, KFC, McDonalds, a huge free carpark and more.
I visited for two nights and I’ve thought about moving there more times than I can count since. Not my first visit to Belfast, but everything just felt better than it does in Dublin.
Grass was definitely greener.
I mean, they will, I lived in Dublin for two years payed €1350 a month for a fucking room, moved back to Scotland, got a house for less per month, cheers.
Edit: I pay £800 a month.
It’s not as much about the rent either, it’s availability. So many of my peers are just stuck in their current stage of life even with being open to paying high rents. People stuck at in their family houses, couples who want to live together but can’t find anywhere.
My brother lives in Australia, was trying to explain to him how bad renting has got and I said to look on daft and try find somewhere for he would deem a decent price. He couldn’t. There’s just nothing there.
The absolute kicker is too, say you decide fuck it, I really like it here. I want to pay 60% + of my wages on rent. You’ll still end up with some mouldy, cold apartment off dorset street or something.
I’d honestly love to see Vadakar trying to find an apartment on average salary + give him 2 months to find it. I think there’s a belief that ‘it’s not that bad’ but it is. If my current landlord decided to sell, I’d probably have to emigrate too or end up living back at home with my parents. It’s bleak.
I’ve lived around the world and Dublin is the worst. Even pals in New York have nicer gaffs for the sameish rent. Also, it’s Manhattan and not Swords.
He’s Defending the price of high prices of rent, as a landlord. What an absolute top tier piece of shit
The grass is very much greener in Canada. More activities for young people. In the winter you can actually go snowboarding, sledding, ice skating. In the summer you can go sunbathing, hiking, camping. And a million other things I don’t have space to mention. €1300 gets me a one bedroom apartment in a brand new apartment complex downtown. No mould, no infestations, no falling apart. I’d rather pay that little bit extra to be happy abroad than broke *and* miserable back in Ireland.
This couldn’t be further from the truth, I moved to Melbourne 2 months ago and I’m paying 800 Aud (€515) a month on rent that I split with my gf. Im in a nice suburb about 25 minutes by tram (which is relatively timely something that would never ever be the case in Ireland) from work. I worked in security before I left getting paid €12.50 an hour and now I’m getting paid 35Aud (€22.50) per hour in a job I love which is pretty much non-existent back home. I can’t see myself moving home anytime soon so I’ll need to find a way to extend my visa beyond 3 years or hop between New Zealand, Canada etc until I can find somewhere to settle
I save €7,000 on rent a year compared to Ireland.
That is my housing deposit by next may.
Oh an also the grass *is* greener in 90% of everything, but I guess I’m not a spoilt rich kid like Leo so 🤷♂️