IT Employment

I'm from Dublin..i'll try and answer best i can:

1. 40K well, yes, I guess thats a fair salary. All depends on you qualifications and experience. I mean, if you've got 20 years experience, then maybe not?

2. 40K is a good wage, of course you will live on it, depends on your lifestyle and what you want to do. Will your wife be working? Tax rate is 42% for those wages.

3. Ireland is big enough place sweety, by neighbourhoods do you mean towns? Where is the job, Dublin? There are several good and bad spots in Dublin, but having said that it all depends where you will be working and what type of place you are looking for. These days there is a huge property boom and even bad areas command high rents/ sale prices.

4. Dublin is big and busy, not as friendly as it once was, but thats life. You'll be ok being a forenier. As a canadian i make out allright.

If your wife will not be working, you aren't going to live lavishly on 40K, but you'll be ok. Dublin is very expensive. Most of us move out to the suburbs and commute in. Rents, pubs, restaraunts cheaper out of town.
Rent for 1 bed apt in Dublin, close to city centre, will cost you about 1000-1200 per month. Out where i live you will rent a 3 bed house for the same. Or a one bed apt for about 800. All depends how precious you are about living "on the right street"

Feel free to email me Rez, you can ask more specifics. As well, if you tell me where and who this job is with i can maybe give you some more specific info.

Its a great place to live..i'll give it that :)