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Retiring to ROI

oreillybill

I am a fair-skinned 60year-old Australian male who is interested in retiring to Ireland.  Firstly, to address the main question of "Why would I leave 'sunny Oz'?" well, being fair-skinned I am actually looking forward to Irish weather after a life-time of skin cancers and uncomfortable humidity.   But my main questions are (a) Where should I live?(Dublin too expensive) (2) Will language be a problem? (3) Is there anything in particular that I should be aware of before moving?  Thank You.

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JohnNAnya

Recent ROI law has changed to make it much harder to immigrate to Ireland, especially retire there. In order to get a long term visa you need to have 250K euros in savings and you are not allowed to spend that money on anything, including real estate - it much just sit in a liquid account. you must also have an indefinite time income of 60K Euros.

Ximon

Also, Ireland is soon going to institute 1) quotas, 2) age restrictions and 3) requirement to prove a "connection" to Ireland.