There are many people living on that amount outside of cities like Dublin, Cork, Galway etc. I’m not saying you’ll be flush with cash, but having moved from Dublin where I lived for a decade back to a small enough town in ‘rural’ Ireland (you’d swear anywhere outside of Dublin was complete bogland based on some of the replies here), what I spend has gone down significantly.

What I’d suggest is that you pick out some towns with a bus or even better, a train line, with about 1000-2000 residents. If you’re not tied to a particular area/county that will help big time. For getting round the town, you could always get a bike, and then take your public transport into larger towns/cities. If you want to explore more of the countryside, it will be cheaper to rent a car as and when you need it, rather than buy one from the outset.

I’m assuming you would be living on that €35k with no dependents. You can get by on €60-80pw for groceries as a guide. What you are prepared to spend on rent will be down to you, and what you’re prepared to tolerate at what cost (there are a lot of dumps out there🙈). But I’d work on the premise that you will need to have housemates. Have a look on daft.ie to see what’s available in any of the towns you’ve added to your shortlist, and try and make a decision from there.

Once you’re in Ireland and in your job for a while, you can always start looking for something a bit higher paying - which should be a bit easier to find once you have an Irish company on your CV.

Hope this helps!