Moving to Dublin

If you are relocating to Dublin, you’re in for a great surprise. As one of the youngest populations of the main cities in Europe, Dublin has a vitality and buzz about it that can’t help to motivate you.

Relocating to Dublin with Interdean

If you are relocating to Dublin, Interdean’s Dublin office provides all the services you need to help you and your family to find the right home, in the right neighbourhood and get you settled-in. Our local relocation experts will make sure that you and your family feel at home almost immediately.

Interdean’s Dublin office provides the full range of relocation services for foreign nationals relocating to the Dublin area and families repatriating back to Ireland. To speak to one of Interdean’s local relocation experts located in Dublin:

Dublin Moving to Dublin Interdean Dublin
Damastown Industrial Park
Mulhuddart, Dublin 15
Ireland
T: +353 1 8097032
dublin@interdean.com

Memberships: FIDI, ERC, BAR, IAM
Accreditations: FAIM ISO, NQA ISO 9001

A Guide to Relocating to Dublin

Interdean provides detailed destination guides for everyone that it relocates to Dublin, but in the meantime here is a brief overview to give you an idea of what you can expect from Dublin and some practical information.

Immigration
Interdean offers immigration advice to ensure that you and your partner have the necessary permits to live and work in Ireland. Interdean offers assistance with securing all the right documentation prior to you arriving.

Relocating to Dublin outside EU
All non-EU nationals need work permits to take up paid employment within Ireland. You cannot obtain this yourself but employers must make the application before you arrive in Ireland. However you do not require a work permit if you have a historic entitlement to Irish or any other EU citizenship.

Citizens of the US will not need a visa to enter Ireland. However, unless you’re claiming dual Irish nationality, all non-EU citizens planning to stay in Ireland for longer than three months need to register with the authorities. You must obtain what is known as “Permission to Remain.” This can be done by calling on your local police office in the district where you’re living. “Permission to Remain” is affixed by way of a stamp in your passport. You will also be issued a residency document. There is no fee for registering. You need to supply the following documentation with your application for Permission to Remain:
• A valid passport
• evidence (bank statements) that you have sufficient funds with which to support yourself and any dependents
• Any information requested in connection with the purpose of your being in the state

Relocating to Dublin Familiarisation

As part of a relocation, your Interdean guide will provide a personalised introduction to the region and your neighbourhood as part of an orientation tour – also known as a familarisation tour.

Dublin is considered by many as the social centre of Ireland. The area around St. Stephen’s Green, especially Harcourt Street, Camden Street, Wexford Street and Leeson Street, has some of the most popular places to eat out and drink in Dublin.

Shopping

Dublin city centre offers a good mix of shopping centres and high street shops, including the Ilac Shopping Centre, Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Jervis Shopping Centre, Grafton Street and Henry Street. Grafton Street shops include Brown Thomas which has designer boutiques such as Hermès, Tiffany’s, Chanel and Louis Vuitton. The city is the location of large department stores, such as Clerys on O’Connell Street, Arnotts on Henry Street, Brown Thomas on Grafton Street and Debenham’s on Henry Street. Grafton Street is nearly as renowned for its buskers and street-performers as for its fine shopping.

Since the mid 1990s, suburban Dublin has seen the completion of several modern retail centres. These include Dundrum Town Centre, the largest commercial centre in Europe (on the Luas Green Line), Blanchardstown Centre, The Square, which has recently undergone a major refurbishment, in Tallaght (on the Luas Red Line), Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in Clondalkin, Northside Shopping Centre in Coolock, and Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords.

Lively Markets
Dublin has a plethora of local farmers’ markets offering a great deal of locally sourced organic produce. Whilst the Dublin Food Co-op, located in The Liberties area, is home to many market and community events.

Guinness & Traditional Pubs
Visit the Guinness Storehouse to find out about the 250 year history of Guinness. A complimentary drink at the Gravity bar – the highest bar in Ireland.

As you can imagine, Guinness is served in pubs throughout the region we suggest you give the following pubs a go, offering a good mix of atmosphere and decent food.

• The Brazen Head
• Brogans
• The Dame Tavern
• The Firestone
• The Foggy
• The Ha’penny Bridge Inn
• Messrs Maguires

Restaurants
Recommended Restaurant is Tiger Bec’s on Dawson Street in the city-centre. This is an excellent restaurant with great food and great service.

La Gondola is a lovely little restaurant located in Temple Bar, and facing onto the quays. It is a small restaurant, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in charm.

Culture
The Temple Bar was developed as Dublin’s cultural quarter, with regular arts productions, photographic and artists’ studios, and in the form of street performers and intimate small music venues.

Live Music
It is difficult to avoid the regular references to the internationally famed mega pop/rock group U2 and Dublin has been a place that has a history of nurturing musical talent. There are plenty of opprtunities to enjoy live music and see possible future big bands playing at the various venues around Dublin such as Whelan’s on Wexford Street and The Twisted Pepper on Middle Abbey Street which also offers a great place for coffee during the day.

Film
The two best known cinemas in the city centre are the Savoy Cinema and the Cineworld Cinema, both north of the Liffey. Alternative and special-interest cinema can be found in the Irish Film Institute in Temple Bar, in the Screen Cinema on d’Olier Street and in the Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield. Across suburban Dublin are located large modern multiscreen cinemas. Situated on the Liffey at the Eastlink tollbridge, The O2, has played host to many world renowned performers.

Dublin’s Cultural Quarter
Located in the heart of Dublin’s City Centre, some of Dublin’s best night spots, restaurants and unusual shops line these narrow, cobbled streets running between the Bank of Ireland and Christ Church Cathedral.

Trinity College
Once the educator of the elite of Irish society, Trinity College is now open to all. See the Old Library and the Book of Kells.

Dublinia
Dublinia traces the story of Medieval Dublin from the English Invasion through the Black Death to the closure of the Monasteries in the 1540s. http://www.dublinia.ie/

Kilmainham Gaol
Europe’s largest disused and Ireland’s most famous prison. The leaders of the 1916 Rebellion were executed here by the English. http://www.kilmainham-gaol.com/

Dublin Castle
The centre of English oppression and misrule in Ireland for 700 years. See the Old Walls of Dublin, State Apartments, and the treasury http://www.thedublincastle.com/

Relocating to Dublin Finding A Home

Interdean has experienced local area property experts. We offer full home finding assistance in the Dublin region to help you select the best home in the right neighbourhood at the right price.

Dublin Schooling Systems
By law any child in Dublin can attend public school despite their parent’s visa status. Even if the expat parents are newly arrived, no registration is needed before the student can attend school. However, when a school has reached its capacity no more students are admitted for the year and then a waiting list system is set up. A number of variables such as age and siblings in the same school can fast track a wait listed student to an available spot even before the wait list has been compiled.

If no place becomes available the student is relegated to other public schools farther away, which can end up being quite far from their house. Some expats parents need to try several schools before finding one with space. This is particularly difficult for students that arrive after the school year has begun after all the available spots are taken. It is advisable to try to contact the public school before arrival if you know the Dublin area in which you intend to live.

International Schools
Expatriate communities living in Dublin are interested in international schools.These offer a range of qualifications like International Baccalaureate or American SAT. It’s interesting to consider this type of school for your children, especially if you intend to go back to your own country or you a thinking about moving to different countries in the near future.
You can consult:
• Lycée Français d’Irlande: www.lfi.ie
• The American College: www.amcd.ie/
• The St Kilian’s German School: www.kilians.com/

Relocating to Dublin with Interdean

Interdean Dublin
Damastown Industrial Park
Mulhuddart, Dublin 15
Ireland
T: +353 1 8097032
dublin@interdean.com

Memberships: FIDI, ERC, BAR, IAM
Accreditations: FAIM ISO, NQA ISO 9001

Services Available for Relocating to Dublin:
Relocation Insurances
Visa & Immigration
Area Orientation
Temporary Housing
Home Finding
School Search
Settling-in Assistance
Tenancy Management
Household Goods Moving
Intercultural & Language Training
Relocation Expense Management

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