Quality of Life in Dublin, Ireland

lived in dublin all my life, the cost of living has spiked dramatically. can barley live here anymore. crime has increased too, people publically doing drugs on the streets and more attacks are happening.

I have lived in Dublin since 2004 and oh boy. The country was great and all before 2020 but since 2020 it's been really fucked up. Covid is most likely to blame.
- The average salary here for 1 person is €3000 per month while the average rent for 1 bedroom is €2000 per month. Yeah, not great.
- Public transport is terrible. I haven't really had any bad experiences with trains or the Luas but buses are not on time half of the time. There's not even a metro system.
- For healthcare you have 2 options, public healthcare or private healthcare. DO NOT get public healthcare because it is very very slow. There have been cases when people died because they didn't get the care they needed in time. This is especially the case with surgery.
- And finally, safety. I always thought Dublin was very safe before Covid but since covid it has really gone downhill. As a whole I still think it's generally safe and that you should take the same precautions as you would in other european cities but it's still been worse in recent times.
Dublin is still enjoyable as long as you make at least €75K per year and Ireland is still an enjoyable country but I would recommend you to live anywhere but Dublin.

We live in Dublin for more than 15 years, it always was expensive city but now its much worse, eating out is 25e for main course; electricity, gas, petrol prices raised; medical prices up again! GP visit is 70e, if you have private insurance you can claim 30e back.
No free childcare, quality of private childcare is not the best.
This is first year when they started giving school books for free in primary school, good move!
For secondary school books and ipad you still have to pay more than 1000e!
Public transport is not good. There are no buses to the airport from Dublin 15 - one of the biggest areas in Dublin.
So cost of leaving is high for Dublin, quality is different.

No joke, Dublin is out of control. Rent is insane and the people who think it's fine are seriously out of touch. I know multiple people in their 30s who have moved in with their family to save money for a deposit which they're likely not going to be eligible for unless they decide to buy with their partners. Theses people are not on a bad salary, they just know that paying mid 1000s for accommodation in Dublin is never going to be worth it. On top of that pints can easily scoot towards 8 euro and a meal out is never under 30 euro a head not including drink. Every single form of socialisation is trying to squeeze as much money out of you as you can. There is no future for anyone under 35 in Ireland at the moment unless their career is already established. There is no sign of improvement and there is no legislative action being put in place to prevent things from getting worse. Inflation is whittling away any disposable income that people would have had and the people getting hit hardest are the most vulnerable.

I'd avoid moving here unless you are getting a six figure salary. Rent is extortion, rent for a tiny box room (which will be moudly & no insulation so heating costs will bankrupt you) in a shared apartment is reaching 1100-1200 pm now. Lower income people are having to resort to living in slumlike conditions, paying 500-600pm to sleep in bunk beds of 3 or 4 to a small room. There is 2 bed apartments with 8 ppl inside. The Political & Landlord class are doing nothing to improve the situation. There is no future in this country for the young. A meagre existence, where you will never have your own place or afford to have a family.

Health care system is falling apart, the wealthy use private insurance so no incentive to care, the rest have to deal with waiting lists that stretch on for years, A&E is overflowing, people lined on corridors days without treatment. Recently a 16 year old girl was left for 16 hours without treatment & died in A&E.

Lots of people making ridiculous claims that you pay 'thousands' of euro to live in a shared room. Absolute waffle! No you don't. You pay hundreds and you are probably living very central. I've lived in Dublin for over 30 years and its gotten better and better. Yes, there are problems with housing but every city has that right now. There are loads of jobs, things to do and places to see. It's certainly not a 'slum'. Whoever said that has never seen a slum in their lives and probably works part time behind a deli while calling everyone else who lives here 'super rich'. Like any city, you have to work hard to find what you want! Dublin is no different. Lot of people don't make it in this city then blame the city when its them most of the time.. I've seen so much of it. Work hard, get where you want and you'll start seeing the reality.

rent is too high, violent teenagers, too many junkies, homelessness issues, cost of houses are very high considering they are row houses (300k to 500k in Dublin), high taxes, expensive electricity bill, needs to pay license to watch TV. I work as a nurse but half of income goes to rent.

I would really like to move to Sligo Dublin, and get out of Sheffield England. Especially with me, being asthmatic.

Dublin is costly city.it is difficult to live in, unless you have a good job,or you are a citizen having own home

Dublin is sad. You can pay thousands of euro for a bed in a shared room. Low grade accommodation at best, out of reach for most. Standards are just appalling, for such extreme rent, sharing a room. Nobody can defend this city, and pretend this is not happening. Let's just speak the truth, Dublin is an overpriced slum, with homelessness completely out of control. It's so bad, it's hard to believe that we are all putting up with this. It's so horrible, on such an enormous scale, how can anyone defend this city? Rent is about 50 times, what most people can afford. You need to be earning a huge income to live here. As for the low-paid, Dublin a living hell. It's extremely difficult to even find accommodation, of any kind, let alone the cost. Tourist, hotel or b&b, accommodation also difficult to find, and also very expensive. Don't even think of coming here, to be completely honest.