Moving home to Ireland after 4 years in Malta.

Apr 27, 2025 9:19 AM

DonkyDog

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Won't be able to get fresh Malteasers in Ireland

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Are you a systems developer in a bank?

1 year ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

Peace on you man!

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Why?

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Id give my left leg to live and work in malta

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Game of thrones done filming there?

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dude. Why? For god sake stay in Malta. Better sun. Better economy.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

.. why ?? i ask because i'm considering going the other direction.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Overcrowded, too much traffic, hot, dusty.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You're gonna miss the sun.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ireland gets sun! I think I saw it a couple of weeks ago!

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I bet it was on TV of something.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What? No pics?

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I visited Malta twice for work. I would gladly go back. Good luck to you on the move, may it go smoothly.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I hope you like poatoes

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 3

I give you 9 months

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Don't forget to pack your sunscreen.

1 year ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 2

Brutal

1 year ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Somebody has a thing for small island countries.

1 year ago | Likes 42 Dislikes 1

I mean, they might both be small but they aren't quite on the same scale...

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

And tax evasion!

1 year ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 3

Avoidance is not evasion...

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

They probably need to be in or near water. Like the aliens in Cocoon

1 year ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

ROI technically isn't an Island country since it has a land border with Northern Ireland

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 3

Ireland is not a small country lol

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 3

Have you ever seen a map? Ireland is very much a small country. It's smaller than many US states.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

70k km2? Pretty small on my books.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Look at Mr. 71km2 books here

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Of the 190ish countries in the world, Ireland is smaller than about 140 of them. That does feel small.

1 year ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

It's not small it's just that the water is cold up here ok?!

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You've had it with the British tourists?!

1 year ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

That's going to be an adjustment for sure. Good luck, OP - hopefully you already have some connections in place in Ireland to help smooth the transition.

1 year ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

@OP is moving _back_ to Ireland.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Yes, but I don't know if they are moving to the same area they are from, and I'm also not assuming that they left with contacts in place that they managed to maintain these past 4 years.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

From Ireland Originally, so should adapt.
I will miss the heat here in Malta, although.

1 year ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

And the Popeye village! (And the food)

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Malta is a stunning country. were you there for work?

1 year ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Why is copilot making imgur comments?

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 13

Yes , I worked in HR and Hospitality there.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

What I like about this is that as an EU citizen, OP can simply move to Malta and start living and working there, and after four years simply move back to Ireland, and that's pretty much all there is to it. I think Malta has a requirement to get a local ID card after three months. I am so used to moving freely across borders in Europe that having to apply in advance for permission to enter a country always feels outrageous.

1 year ago | Likes 120 Dislikes 3

Fck brexit

1 year ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 2

How does health insurance work when you move countries in EU?

1 year ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

The coverage & standard are roughly the same across all countries. Visitors are covered like residents (i.e., home transport must usually be covered separately).
If you decide to take up residence, you're covered like other citizens from day one.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Look up EHIC

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Basically, you get yourself a European Health Card that sends any charges to your national Health system.

1 year ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

There's a European EHIC card for EU citizens for care in diff countries, alternatively have travel insurance or local private insurance

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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1 year ago (deleted Apr 27, 2025 4:16 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

The appeal is small distance with easy access to live/work in multiple countries with tonnes of history, culture, languages, way of life etc

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Europe is about 3,93M sq miles and US is about 3,8M sq miles how in which world is that 2x the size of Europe?

1 year ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

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1 year ago (deleted Apr 27, 2025 4:16 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Well the REAL freedom of movement is only Shengen countries which is part of EU.

1 year ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Okay?

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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1 year ago (deleted Apr 27, 2025 4:16 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

"Sinks in" isn't really the right term. Do people know that the US is one country? Yes. It's not really the kind of revelation that needs to sink in. The point isn't moving around inside one country; it's more about moving around between different countries.

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

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1 year ago (deleted Apr 27, 2025 4:17 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

what is there to "sink in"? Europeans are generally aware that the US is a big patch of land and well... yes, you can move within your own country. So can any citizen of most countries in the world. This was about the freedom to just move between 27 different countries. No point in comparing this, and its not a competition either.

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

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1 year ago (deleted Apr 27, 2025 4:17 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

That's nice. It's not really on the same topic, but it's good to see your enthusiasm to join in.

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