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Ireland: Purchasing a car and getting an Irish driver's license under a short-term visa:

Did you have any difficulty regarding insurance when you purchased your car?

Ireland: 2 Driver Licenses?:

We are residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands, thinking of buying a vacation home in Ireland. Per Homeland Security, at least in the U.S.(we are part of U.S. as a territory), you cannot hold 2 driver licenses (licenses in 2 separate addresses). We're hitting a wall finding out if we can purchase/insure a car in Ireland without an Irish license - at least not for a sane price. Are there any of you out there who have a second home in Ireland with a car in Ireland? How did you do it - how did you get insurance on it? Any info appreciated as we will NOT purchase a home without knowing we can also have a car. WE've checked on long term car rental (we would hope to spend close to half the year there) and the price is completely prohibitive, particularly the rental company insurance! Thanks for any help!

Ireland: Americans- UGH:

My husband and I (U.S. citizens) have travelled pretty widely throughout Europe, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, and all UK, and we feel NOWHERE are we more welcomed and comfortable than Ireland. I wouldn't ever worry about not being accepted. We feel a much warmer and cozier relationship with Irish than with the majority of Americans!!

Ireland: Can American Retirees live in Ireland?:

dave8408e: A few questions: Did you move to a city or to rural area? (we love an area in Mayo but pretty far out there and worry about being isolated) Any experience with medical services? We are 70 and worry about any emergency (like heart attack....) in the future and have read that Ireland's medical system is pretty far behind the U.S. and long waits for tests, etc... Any info would be appreciated as we LOVE Ireland, have spent many visits there but concerned about a few things before making the leap!

Ireland: Requirements to live in Ireland?:

My husband has a US and an Irish passport. I only have US. We're thinking of retiring in Ireland - love it there. But now i see posts that say you have to have an income of 50K Euro EACH per year of passive (non-earned) income to be allowed to reside there??? Is this a fact? I know of people who moved there where this is definitley not the case! Thanks - any information will be appreciated. Also pretty worried about the home purchase process after reading other people's experiences with basically false statements about properties, etc. Is this often the case?

Ireland: Great time to purchase property in Ireland:

We're not so negative on the Irish themselves, but do find their real estate "professionals" reminiscent of practices 100 yrs ago before that field became regulated and accountable here in the U.S. There was a house we loved and were seriously interested in buying and when we looked at it with the realtor, she sat on the porch and never moved, and to every question we had (like, where is the septic tank, how large is the parcel, how many square feet under roof) told us we'd have to research the information for ourselves at the various building and government agencies!!! Wow! We simply assumed she was NOT interested in making a sale! Do the homeowners who hire these people know what a horrendous job the realtors are doing? By the way, we had this experience witih many realtors in Irleand, with the exception of one terrific, hard working woman in Clonbur who knew all about how property is marketed and sold in the U.S. and should we decide to buy, we may hire her to be a Buyer's Broker. The lack of MLS and the TOTAL lack of professionalism in the majority of the market is a huge disincentive for people retiring (and bringing lots of money to just spend, not to earn) to Ireland. What don't people in Ireland get about losing GOOD business. Retirees, especially wealthy ones, spend, spend and spend and take nothing from the community. Seems like a no-brainer....

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