Dublin
I am quite fortunate in that I earn a large salary, but that is because my job is very antisocial and requires multiple extended business trips per year meaning itâs hard to maintain a base/home in Ireland. Due to the amount of travelling I do, I spend a lot of time in many capital cities the world over, and am well aware of how far my salary would go and the value I would get in those cities. There are a handful of cities that are as expensive as Dublin, but really not many. and the fact of the matter is that I bought a tiny property that I have no intention of living in long term, and that isnât big enough to start a family in with my partner . . . simply because a suitable property for us would cost â¬600,000. I am absolutely not willing to commit to a life sentence that a mortgage on such a property would destine me to. For comparison, have a look online and see what â¬600k will buy you in Amsterdam or Barcelona, then ask why Dublin is so different? I fe
Netherlands brings forward next phase of reopening as infections tumble Amsterdam hospital announces closure of a coronavirus unit due to fall-off in admissions
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Dutch outgoing minister of health Hugo de Jonge: “All the figures that should be going down are going down, and those that should be going up are going up.” Photograph: Bart Maat
After a 15-month struggle with coronavirus that has cost more than 20,000 lives, the Netherlands is to bring forward the third phase of its reopening by four days – on foot of figures showing a significant fall in new infections and fatalities.
In advance of Friday’s cabinet meeting, acting health minister Hugo de Jonge said that, as of Saturday week, June 5th, the hard-pressed catering sector – which saw its biggest-ever fall in sales last year – can again serve food indoors, though only to a maximum of 30 socially distanced customers.
When Corry de Jongh moved to Ireland more than four decades ago she was young, adventurous and ready for a new challenge. Having lived in the Dominican Republic and worked with Chilean refugees in the Netherlands, the Dutch clinical psychologist moved to Dublin after falling in love with an Irish man. However, life on this small island as a woman in the mid-1970s was a harsh wake-up call.
âI didnât grow up as a Catholic, I came from a very liberal Lutheran family. I didnât even know there was no divorce in Ireland, I hadnât done my homework. I didnât know what Iâd let myself in for.