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Wheres cheaper to live, Ireland or England (excluding the capitals)?
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My relatives in UK say they find it very expensive in Ireland. On the other hand, when I visit there, i don't find a huge difference in prices, especially now as the euro and pound sterling are so close in value. And there are hundreds of people who go to Northern Ireland for shopping, saying they save so substantially to more than make the journey worthwhile.
In UK they have council tax, poll tax, water bills which we don't have here. Their council tax includes refuse collection. Here we have to pay for a private service as the councils no longer do it. At the moment (ever since an election promise years ago) water is free in town areas, though rural people on group water schemes have to pay. And it doesn't cost anything like UK water prices ever since water was privatised. Tax on residential properties was abolished years ago - another election promise, although if you have a second home there is now a €200 annual tax. It is probably only a matter of time until domestic house rates and water rates are reintroduced.
If you are a pensioner, the Irish pension is higher and includes free TV licence, credit allowance on electricity and phone bills, free travel on trains and buses. The UK system is not as generous.
Education is "free" right through third level, though with "voluntary" registration fees and contributions required, many would say it is not free at all. In UK, it is different. At third level, students are mainly financed by loans which they have to repay later.
Swings and roundabouts. Each place is strong in one area and weaker in another.
In UK they have council tax, poll tax, water bills which we don't have here. Their council tax includes refuse collection. Here we have to pay for a private service as the councils no longer do it. At the moment (ever since an election promise years ago) water is free in town areas, though rural people on group water schemes have to pay. And it doesn't cost anything like UK water prices ever since water was privatised. Tax on residential properties was abolished years ago - another election promise, although if you have a second home there is now a €200 annual tax. It is probably only a matter of time until domestic house rates and water rates are reintroduced.
If you are a pensioner, the Irish pension is higher and includes free TV licence, credit allowance on electricity and phone bills, free travel on trains and buses. The UK system is not as generous.
Education is "free" right through third level, though with "voluntary" registration fees and contributions required, many would say it is not free at all. In UK, it is different. At third level, students are mainly financed by loans which they have to repay later.
Swings and roundabouts. Each place is strong in one area and weaker in another.
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