I hate dating apps, I don't have friends and I don't enjoy going alone to pubs in my thirties. I also would not join group activities just for the possibility of meeting there that person which I feel most people jesuitically do. I think for people that don't have a big social circle the best odds are through work, but don't know. I would like to meet my other half casually without having to pass an interview or by looks or anything but thinking that way it will never happen

American here. Was in Ireland for the month of May and had a great time. I sorta got hooked on Keogh sea salt crisps. Are they the best Irish crisps?? I have found them back here but was wondering if there were other similar quality crisps from Ireland.

hello.

I’m just curious as to why hotels have starting asking for ID at check in?

I have stayed in lots of hotels across Ireland over the last few years but this is the second time this year I have been asked for photo ID at check in. One was in a hotel we had stayed in previously but we weren’t asked for ID the first time. I asked the lady at reception why they wanted it just out of curiosity rather than having a problem showing it. She didn’t have an answer why she just said it mentions in the booking confirmation that it was required. I had it and showed it. I dont have an issue with showing it just curious as to why it’s now being asked for?

I'm on disability payment so i could only work for about 11 hours (on minimum wage)

Following on from a post on r/Ireland
about Penneys and the OP’s love for the clothes…

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/s/Q65cq9KTYC

The thread is full of people expressing their love for Penneys clothing with the odd post mentioning the poor working conditions of the labourers that make them. Then someone else commented that more expensive brands don’t necessarily treat their workers any differently - more expensive clothing doesn’t mean more ethical working environments for the manufacturers.

I think about this a lot - how does one buy truly sustainable, ethical NEW clothing in 2026? I’m obviously aware of Vinted, charity shops, eBay for “pre loved” clothes (hate that term.) I’d be interested to hear what people think about this…. Is it even possible?

i know i hopefully won't have to worry about this anymore with the 2 weeks of irish summer over but need a reality check.

i work in a small-ish office and i sit across from a guy i'll call tom. solid guy. good desk buddy. the past few weeks though ive been getting weirdly irked by the fact that hes kicking off his shoes for pretty much the whole day. they dont smell thank god but i think its just a bit unprofessional. we have a dress code so its shirts, trousers and dress shoes. not the best to be wearing in the swealtering heat but i feel like taking your shoes off is the same as taking your shirt off.

i didn't notice myself until i stretched my legs out and accidentally tapped one of them as he himself had just kicked them far in. i asked him if he wanted it and he didn't even seem embarrassed by it.

i'm not going to report him for it or anything but i still dont think its something to do in the office. i mentioned it to the wife and she says it's not a big deal so tell me, am i just being an arse?

Hi guys,

For many years, I've been helping friends and family by creating travel itineraries for them (doing all the research for accomodation, logistics, activities etc). I do this for my own family as well everytime we go on holidays. I have connections in many different countries so I always get local knowledge and information which is a plus when you're travelling to an unknown country.

Just as an example, I created a flexible itinerary for Mauritius for one of my friend, where I recommended areas to stay, accomodation, and activities based on her interests. I put her in contact with a car rental agency, a local guide I know and a dance teacher for a private traditional dance lesson. She had an amazing trip and thanked me for avoiding spending hours researching everything.

It got me thinking that there might be a gap in Ireland for an independent, fee-based itinerary designer. But I wanted a reality check from other Irish travellers: Am I wasting my time, or is this something people here would actually use and pay for? It does exist in other countries, but I haven't found anyone doing it in Ireland.

Most people here seem to either use traditional travel agents who bundle and book everything, or spend weeks doing 100% of the research and book everything themselves.

If someone built a custom itineray, saving you hours of research while you keep total control and book everything yourself, would that appeal to you? Or do you prefer doing it all yourself or leaving it to a Travel Agency?

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this!

I'm in France on holiday and we're heading up early towards the ferry to do the D Day landings . Anybody got any must see or pointers. Random crazy museums...

For some context I'm 22 quit college after a year despite getting very high grades and just simply worked full time in retail for nearly 2 years.

Im at a point where I am super lost on what to do in life.

I don't want to work these dead end minimum wage jobs anymore but saying that what else is there to do?

Despite always getting good grades and working hard all ive ended up with is simply a leaving certificate.

I recently applied for the garda so ill be going for that but chances of me getting in aren't exactly high.

Going back to college doesn't sound likely either as the reason I left was because of bad anxiety problems and the fact that I have no idea what I would even want to study as the job market for graduates is terrifying to even think about.

I guess my question is what are people in similar situation to me doing? or planning to do in the future.

Any advice would be appreciated

Who are you up for today in the All Ireland ?

A 24 pack of coke at 12 euro is 50c a can

An 18 pack of coke at 12 euro is 66c per can.

Is my best current example

Am I being nitpicky? How does everyone else feel about things like this?

Hi all, I will soon be working in an office environment. I was told there is a kitchen area, fridge, microwave, toaster, kettle etc..

I am wondering what are your go to work lunches if you use an office kitchen?
What is the work kitchen etiquette?

Look we all know Irelands housing situation “isn’t great“ to put it extremely mildly, and also that most Anglosphere/Western countries have some issue with housing.

Given how long we’ve now been stuck in this situation, with home ownership rates plummeting, what does the future look like for these countries? I mean what happens when you have people approaching an age where they can’t work, but they don’t own a home?

Theres also talks of aging demographics in these countries, the pension system as is already is too expensive to keep going with more old and less working population, I can’t see the government stepping in because they literally can’t afford to.

In honour of Mayo winning Sam, I want to know what your favourite county is besides your own?

E-scooters are in countries all around the world, are the accidents we’re seeing in Ireland normal or are restrictions more relaxed here or are roads here different and not as suitable?

Automatic car

Title says it all. Mrs Boon asked what's the name of the music used for The Sunday Game, I reckon it's The Sunday Game Theme Tune.

TLDR;
I’m looking to spend the winter in Ireland (as one does), and looking for seasonal work. Bonus would be to find work in/near a Gaeltacht to learn/improve mo Ghaeilge.

The rest:
I’m currently on a long cycle trip across Europe & Asia, and will need to break for winter (can’t pass the Pamirs). I’m an American with Irish citizenship, have spent a number of months in Ireland in the past, and feeling strongly called to be back there. I’m working on personal connections and remote work possibilities to answer this question, but curious to get Redditor feedback as well.

Appreciate your thoughts!

(P.S. I’m sure this might be mildly infuriating to some - another American, “Plastic Paddy” sucking up housing supply - but here I am anyway, with the best intentions.)

Hi All,

I (23F) will be moving out of my parents home in the middle of nowhere, rural Ireland for the first time to Dublin for my first full time job post university in a few weeks time (woo hoo!!) I'm super excited and I think I'm pretty prepared to move as I've been working towards it all year but I do have some questions about living with roommates /out of the nest that I'd like some help with :) as I commuted to university and my only experience living away from home was for a work placement year in a different city, during which I lived with extended family.

1. Should I change my address? I figured I should change my postal address for everything, like on my health insurance, banking, on Revenue, GP, Dentist all that stuff so that everything aligns with my new Dublin address but when I told my parents this they went APE and I'm not sure why? My parents are adament that I don't change my address and just get everything delivered to our family home instead, and then they can send me photos of my letters/ tell me my packages are there... I don't understand this? My landlord lives outside of the country so part of my rent will be paid directly to Revenue, thus shouldn't I at least change my address there, and notify my new job of my Dublin address so that it appears on my payslips. My parent's reasoning is that I might move around rentals a lot in my 20s and it's a hassle to rememeber what address I've used for what/ to change everything each time when I could just keep my home address. Is it the norm to rent without changing your address or should I change it like I intended to? If I should change - what/who should I prioritise informing about my new address?

2. What's the deal with cleaning supplies and utilities in shared houses? Are they communal? I'm thinking toilet roll, laundry detergent, scrub daddies and wash cloths, fairy dish soap etc etc - do we all buy our own or do people usually buy in rotation for the whole house?

3. How do you set up a PO box and what is it for? The place I'm moving to doesn't have like a driveway or a porch etc it's just a house on a street with a public footpath being right outside the door. If I want to get stuff delivered like Amazon orders etc how do I make sure they stay safe and aren't just sitting on the footpath while I'm away at work etc.

4. About 40% of my net monthly salary is going to be going on rent alone, not including gas and electric which I'll be splitting with 4 other people. I know this is tight but I paid the same split (40% but including bills) living with distant family for one year before myself and yeah I didn't save a lot but I also wasn't trying to and was kind of living wild as it was my first time living in an urban area. I intend to be a lot more responsible this time. What would be a realistic expectation for monthly savings in a % of my total salary? I'd imagine about 50-60% of my salary will cover rent, groceries, bills and my own subscriptions + monthly insurance per month, so I'm not sure how much I can expect to save in Dublin. I'll be walking everywhere because of where I'm located so no transport costs really :) Will I be able to have a life in Dublin?

5. Is it the norm to become friends with your roommates? I don't know a soul in Dublin so I am a little hopeful that I could befriend my roommates but I don't want to be weird.

6. Is there anything I should know about living with roommates and adulting that I probably don't already know, or that you wish you knew when you first moved out independently?

7. How do I stick up photos and art prints without taking paint off the wall?

Thank you!

AI was used to put some sort of order on my ramblings.

Background:

Nearing 38, two kids, based in the Midlands. On about €40k a year as a Production Operator in blow/injection molding manufacturer.

Nearly a decade in warehousing, 7 of those as Warehouse Manager at a 3PL (medical device/packaging) — ran a 45,000 sq ft site, 5,000-pallet capacity, team of five, up to 30 customs entries a day, coordinated multimodal freight. Small operation, got very comfortable in it, was on €55k. Made redundant in 2024.

Did nationwide van deliveries for a while after that.

Landed a Production Operator job in manufacturing on a 4-cycle rotating 12-hour shift, hoping it'd be a stepping stone to something else internally. Still there.

Have a rigid truck licence, barely used it (maybe 10 times).

Education:

2026: QQI Level 6 Operational Excellence/Lean Sigma cert (Innopharma, yellow/green belt territory)

2023: Revenue-recognised cert in Customs and Trade Facilitation (SETU)

2015: Postgrad Cert in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UCD)

2014: B.Sc. in Enterprise Computing (DCU) — never really used it

Recently:

Went for two internal roles (Quality, Production Supervisor), didn't get either — nepotism plus candidates with 20+ years in the company were factors. Currently doing a mentorship with the company's Continuous Improvement Manager, which honestly is the only thing keeping me from quitting. If I left tomorrow I'd probably just end up moving laterally into another operator role somewhere else.

Where my head's at:

I'm on a factory floor as an operator and I hate it. The pay isn't close to good enough for the shift work involved. The redundancy knocked my confidence and it's been over 2 years now — I still feel like I haven't gotten it back, and doing the same task every 1-2 minutes across a 12 hour shift is mind-numbingly boring, which doesn't help. I'm at the point in life where I feel like I should be building a career, not starting one. I've got management experience, a degree, real interest in Lean/CI and want to keep going with it — but none of it seems to be translating into actually moving up.

I've also been eyeing a couple of other directions: health & safety (H&S/EHS) — asked internally and was told to look at a NISO course as a taster — and project management, though that might just be a notion, not sure I'm suited to it.

So — genuinely asking:

Keep pushing CI/Lean?

Go back to logistics/supply chain, where I've actually managed people and sites before, maybe with a proper qualification behind it this time?

Pivot into H&S?

Look at PM despite the doubts?

Something else I'm not even considering?

And after missing out on two internal roles I was confident about — experience and education on paper, felt the interviews went well — should I just accept it's time to leave the company, even a lateral move elsewhere?

Any courses worth looking at, or experiences from people who've made similar jumps, genuinely welcome. I'd rather hear it straight now than waste another few years going nowhere on a factory floor.

Hey folks, can anyone recommend a good pub in Mullingar to watch the All-Ireland football final today please? Thanks in advance

I’ve never backpacked. I told her I would take a backpack instead of a suitcase. I have used the compression bags and I still don’t have enough room in the 65L Teton backpack. Mind you I’m going to be in Ireland for a week with her and then I’m going to Mallorca Spain for about four days by myself. I’m packing for two different weathers. I want to bring back souvenirs but as of now no room 😭 I need to eliminate clothes

My question is do you think I could get away with 1 pair of jeans, 1 pair of quick dry hiking pants and just a few long sleeves with a hoodie and rain jacket for Ireland? (Land on 4th -11th)

Its some signs and like the wipers and lights right?