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[ChairmanPoo]

... about major cities, major hospitals, openness towards foreigners, etc...

[TheBiggerFish]

What, thinking about moving?

Good luck?

[Imic]

... about major cities, major hospitals, openness towards foreigners, etc...

I'm Irish. I'll tell ya what I can...
Major cities include:
1. Limerick
2. Cork
3. Galway
4. (The capital) Dublin.

All of the above have hospitals, usually more then one.

Galway is the smallest of the major cities, but is the main city in the province of Connacht. Connacht is the western province, and has the lowest population. It is on the opposite side of the island when compared to the capital.

Cork is the third most populous city on the Island. It is in Munster, my home province. To the south of the Country. I don't know all that much about the place, though, since...

Limerick is the second biggest City in Ireland, and a major trading hub for the EU and Ireland as a whole. It is (interesting fact) where my family originates. It is a bit to the south of Galway, in the west of Ireland. It is directly facing the US.

Dublin is the capital. Enough said.

We are quite friendly, where I live we have a large community farm which is part of the Woofer system and we have recently gained a lot of semi-permanant lodgers who are leaving the U.S for the next four years. Wow. We have lots of people from all around the world, I know an asian family that runs the local takeaway, a friend of mine was from new Zealand, some people from Spain, and I think that Owen O' Brollachán is from somewhere other then Ireland. My Granddad was from scotland a- never mind, you get the idea.

I am guessing that you want to live here, so I'll give you a few ideas.
Galway or Limerick would be nice choices, since the European apple branch is situated in Limerick, along with a lot of other things, and Galway is... Cool. Quote from several people. I wish that they could give me a better answer...

I live in an ecovillage, and we are always willing to accept people here, whether or not it's permanant. Although, the hostel we have is a bit... Not the best. We have an extra section of the house that we're renting out to people, but we already have a lodger, sorry 'bout that. Another place I highly reccomend visiting at some point, is the Dingle penninsula. It runs almost entirely off tourism and a bit of fishing. It is an amazing place. Beutiful, too!

That is all I vp an tell you. Have a lovely day.

[ChairmanPoo]

I got a call from some headhunters offering a very lucrative deal so I'm considering it. Havent started any paperwork yet however

It's not just a mattermof money however, I'm not about to fly  thousands of km if the potential of the workplace is not any better than the one I have here (even if they do pay  better). Hence I was considering reasonably large hospitals, and looking for population centers. So far the best looking ones are Dublin, Corck, and Limerick

[Imic]

Good to hear!

[Detoxicated]

Cork has a reputation as People's Republic, but I never found out why...
Generally what I can say about ireland is that it rocks. Beutiful landscapes, ancient culture spots, a nice english dialect, generally extroverted people willing to talk to strangers in the pub, affinity to live music, good beer, lots of pregnant women, a high density of pubs, amongst other things.
I only went there on vacation, but had a great time.
Here in europe it is said that dublin is the most expensive location flatwise, but i might be wrong on that...

[ChairmanPoo]

doesn't look all that expensive, tbh.

Wages are really good too. I'm seriously considering this

[ChairmanPoo]

PD: I suppose noone can provide info on physician workhours in Ireland right?

[ChairmanPoo]

Update: so far so good. I think I might actually get this offer... watch&wait now.

[Parsely]

-snip-

Really nice reading this! I'd have trouble coming up with a similar post about my own country.

Update: so far so good. I think I might actually get this offer... watch&wait now.

I wish you the best of luck.

[martinuzz]

good luck!

[Imic]

Sometime visit north tipperary, I'd be happy to have ye in for tea. The sugar is pure irish, made from powdered bog cotton, and distilled using guinness. Not really.

[ChairmanPoo]

good luck!

Thanks!

Updates:
- The interview went well. Barring something going very wrong with the Register (it shouldn't) or something else going heads up in an unforeseeable manner, this is going forward. We have an informal agreement.

- So now I have to prepare the paperwork, as was mentioned earlier.

- After that's done and everything is set to go, I'll look for a place to rent.

Sometime visit north tipperary, I'd be happy to have ye in for tea. The sugar is pure irish, made from powdered bog cotton, and distilled using guinness. Not really.

I'll probably hold you to it.  I've heard it's a long way to Tipperary, so it might take some time to find a timeslot :p

[George_Chickens]

If you want to impress an Irishman, you need to know the traditional Gaelic greeting, pronounced "Chocky Ar Lah.". It approximately means "greetings and best wishes", and is especially popular in Northern Ireland. 

[TheBiggerFish]

If you want to impress an Irishman, you need to know the traditional Gaelic greeting, pronounced "Chocky Ar Lah.". It approximately means "greetings and best wishes", and is especially popular in Northern Ireland. 

I don't think this means what it is stated to mean.