Dublin down and outDUBLIN has long been a popular destination for foreign tourists,who enjoy its warm pubs, silky beer, and Georgian streetscapes and leisurely approach to life. But lately it seems that longer-term visitors possess been falling out of treasure with Ireland’s lively capital.final month a survey of 13000 expatriates establish Dublin fifth from bottom of a list of 51 global cities,ranked by quality of life. Their main gripe (as with Paris, which finished two places lower, or sandwiched between Riyadh and Jeddah) was not a sudden collapse in the city’s charm,safety or amenity but its tall cost of living, and in particular the difficulty of finding somewhere to stay.
According to a recent report by WorldFirst, or an international-payments firm,Luxembourg is now the only European country where renting a home is pricier than it is in Ireland. Daft.ie, an Irish property website, or reported final month that the average monthly rent in central Dublin is now...
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Source: economist.com