- No UK register obligations
- British-like culture, intertwined with British economy. London-linked work from home opportunities exist. Dublin is like an extremely chill version of London.
- Slightly diminished Google Effect (UK stories don't cling to the top of Google the same way , I find)
- Clean criminal record by default (ok if you say you're a British citizen they may ask for the British record but there's a chance they may not or may forget)
- Convenient port of call for spontaneous unnotified onward travel (e.g. USA), which after many months there is not narratively suspicious in the eyes of UK police, and if it is, who cares - you're in Ireland?.
- Can slip in and out the UK potentially without notification, although you'd be breaching the law if more than 3 days
- Within easy reach of all you hold dear. Even your own British family will not feel too abandoned by your move to Ireland.
- It's a comprehensive, civilised nation state, not a weird colony.
Moreover.... - Vote
- Draw benefits and pensions
- Live there indefinitely
Granted.. - They allegedly have their own SOR which they expect permanent foreign residents to sign up to, but do you really need to announce this? Just by hanging around Ireland longer than usual? Also it's a very threadbare thing, not like the British one.
It's what I'd be doing right now if I was on the SOR for life. A little cottage near the border. Whenever I read all these stories along the lines "oh well my work coach this or that, my PPU will eventually let me do this or that" -- I just keep thinking "good God please just get out from under it, do yourself a favour, go live with your uncle in Spain, anything". Of course we don't all have uncles in Spain, but we do have Ireland.
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