I am a 20 year old female college student that will be spending 3 months in Dublin over the summer on a work holiday. Does anyone have any suggestions on what areas I should look for living accomatdations or just anyother advice on Ireland in general, I've never been before.
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An area very popular with students and young people is Rathmines. Generally I would advise spending as little time as possible in Dublin, and heading out of it when you get the chance. It's just too expensive to be any fun anymore.
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don't mind him or her its great and its getting cheaper im studying tv at the mo anywhere near the city is good rathmines is shit and pricier try crumlin its grand these day good luck and enjoy
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Consider the north side as well for accommodation, which is often cheaper than the south side of the Liffey, just a historical thing. North Strand/Fairview and Marino are close to the city centre(15min walk) for the night life etc, while close to the strand road, which goes out to Howth, for lovely walks. It also has all the facilities you need, video shop, Centra, bottle store etc.
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Good areas are away from the city center. Unfortunately the 70 pc of the city is bad than good. The west south is a ghetto, the west North could be dodgy sometimes with extremely deprived areas. The East side is good but there are bad areas there as well. I would say have a look at www.daft.ie and there you can make up your mind. My favorite areas are Clontarf, South East (except Dun Laoghaire), Casteknock, Howth, Dalkey, Dundrum, Rathmines could be dodgy sometimes. Anyway have a look at the website and then you can ask me individually about the properties you like regarding the areas. Be careful, Dublin is a rough city and you can be killed in a bad place in a wrong time. Ireland is a very racist country. You will get racist comments and people will always look at you as a foreigner, outsider, an invader, a person responsible for the economic collapse, no matter where are you from. I live here for 3 years and I can't wait to leave. But for 3 months, this is not even an issue. 3 months can fly quickly. Regarding holiday work...the Irish economy has collapsed, there is no job at all, and even in the good times, the employers were giving priority to the locals. 3 years here and I haven't seen any foreigner working in a good job. Therefore you can put yourself in the sea of unemployed, but always as a second choice employee.
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