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Welcome To Brits in Ireland.
I came over to Ireland with my fiancée in February 2004 as a contractor. The contract started in the UK and I was asked to follow it up over in Ireland. Neither of us had been to Ireland before and were not really sure what to expect. The early days most of our time was taken up with work, finding work for my fiancée and finding accommodation that was more homely than the hotel we were put up in. Once we started to settle we realised what a great place Ireland is. The people for a start a much more friendly than they are back in the UK. The county is very much up and coming unlike the UK which seems to be self destructing. Football fans find watching the match more important than trying to beat each other up. You can have the excitement of Dublin City or enjoy the fantastic surrounding country side . Ireland is just a great place to be. I am putting this site together with the chat group as a place for Brits, Irish and anybody else interested in Ireland to hang out. I hope to provide information for people looking to visit or move to Ireland based on our experience and information already available on the web. We also hope to build up a community through the Yahoo group which you can sub scribe to here. Because we like it so much we are now in the process of moving here permanently Ireland is named 'best country'
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I reland is the best place to live in the world, according to a "quality of life" assessment by Economist magazine.The country's combination of increasing wealth and traditional values gives it the conditions most likely to make its people happy, the survey found. Ireland was followed by Switzerland, Norway and Luxembourg. All but one of the top 10 were European countries. The USA languished in 13th, while Britain was 29th - the lowest of the pre-expansion EU nations.
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Dubliners have reason to be cheerful,
the survey finds TOP TEN COUNTRIES'
1 Ireland
2 Switzerland
3 Norway
4 Luxembourg
5 Sweden
6 Australia
7 Iceland
8 Italy
9 Denmark
10 Spain
| The survey was prepared for the Economist's "World in 2005" publication, with the remit: "Where will be the best place to live in 2005?" Researchers took into account not just income, but other factors considered important to people's satisfaction and well-being. They included health, freedom, unemployment, family life, climate, political stability and security, gender equality and family and community life. The Economist said: "Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new, such as low unemployment and political liberties, with the preservation of certain cosy elements of the old, such as stable family and community life." The magazine admits that measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do, and that its findings will have their critics - "except, of course, in Ireland". Breakdown in Britain The Republic has made significant gains from its membership of the EU, earning the soubriquet Celtic Tiger for its economic progress. Commentators say it is widely admired by the EU's newest members, and has become a model for what they hope to achieve. Although European nations generally do well in the survey, the continent's major industrial powers of France, Germany and Britain finish 25th, 26th and 29th respectively. The researchers said although the UK achieved high income per head, it had high levels of social and family breakdown. The worst of the 111 countries to live in was considered to be Zimbabwe, "where things have gone from bad to worse under [President] Robert Mugabe".
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