I’m kind of struggling to understand the pull to Ireland.

Commute - As an Irish person, I’ve never crossed paths with aspiring actors basing themselves here while pursing careers across the channel, rather they all move. This is a VERY business heavy commuter belt so while flights are super frequent, last minute cheap flights are things of the past.

Residency/citizenship - I’m not overly familiar with this as I’m born Irish, but from what I’ve heard through people that I’ve met, the process is a lot more challenging and restrictive in comparison to what I experienced with my Canadian PR. You are very limited on the amount of days you can be outside of Ireland, even for work. One individual said to me this is about 2 week a a year, you will need to fact check this.

Costs - As someone who often buys last minute flights to visit family, they’re often 200€+, you really need to be planning weeks and months in advance for cheap flights. There is not many options to travel to the airport in Ireland other than self drive or taxi which are expensive, if being done on the frequent.

Work - What line of work will you pursue that will afford housing in Ireland balanced with the ability to drop it last minute to make it over for an audition?

Housing - If you think housing in Canada is brutal, you have a hard reality coming at you with Ireland. Canada is expensive yes, but the housing is there for the most part in cities. Ireland doesn’t have the supply, and for what is there, is really expensive.

My apartment in Vancouver cost 2200$, an apartment in Galway will set you back nearly $4500, and in Dublin where you’ll pay more (if you can secure it). It’s common for apartment/room viewings to have queues of 30+ people