Retiring here on income alone takes €50,000 a year — per person. But if a parent or grandparent was born in Ireland, citizenship may already be yours for €278. English-speaking, EU passport, severe housing shortage. Here's the whole picture — from official sources, checked and dated.
Stamp 0 for retirees (€50k/person — we're honest about it), citizenship by descent, and why ancestry is the real unlock.
5 guides → Guide hub20%/40% income tax, USC on top, and the remittance basis for non-domiciled residents — a genuine planning tool.
Read → Guide hubNo automatic entitlement when you land. Public vs private, the over-70 medical card, and the age-loading trap on insurance.
Read → Guide hubThe shortage is real: median price €390k, new-tenancy rents €1,755. The March 2026 rent reform, explained.
Read → Guide hubIreland is not the cheap option. Real CSO and RTB data, and what a couple actually spends per month.
Read → Guide hubStamp 0 means no work. Employment permits, the totalization agreement, and why citizenship changes everything.
Read → Guide hubUS licences can't be exchanged (Canadian ones often can), bringing pets, and life outside Schengen.
Read → Guide hubDublin, Cork, Galway, the rural west — real prices and honest trade-offs, county by county.
Read →An Irish-born grandparent may entitle you to an Irish — and EU — passport. Who qualifies, the documents, and the 12-month wait.
Read the guide → Visas & Residency€50,000 a year per person, private health insurance, no work, no path to citizenship. The full honest picture.
Read the guide → HousingIreland has a genuine shortage. What rents and prices actually are, where the pressure is worst, and how to plan around it.
Read the guide →From first visa question to keys-in-hand — tell us where you are in the move to Ireland and we'll answer, or introduce a specialist we've independently vetted.