If the mountain won't come to Moe Hammond...etc.
The more I learn about moving to Ireland, the more I find I still need to learn. I'm ready to give up. Three years and thousands of bits of information and yet virtually no progress on moving to Ireland. My wife and I are both artists. The majority of our work is of things, and places Irish. We are both retired. Our retirement income isn't a lot, but after a dozen visits over 16 years, we find that we can manage to live well enough (dollar vs euro fluctuations notwithstanding). No one seems to know how much is enough to satisfy those who control entry. So we have decided, the next time we go over will be for 3 months, we will apply for an extension once we are there and attempt to address some of the other obstacles we've encountered. The worst that might happen is only being allowed in for a few weeks. Or we "only" get to spend 3 months there. The best that might happen??? I'll let you know. I'm going to do this now because I am about to turn 67 years of age and I don't know how many quality years I have left. All we want is a quiet life, time to paint, a few pints at Mary Tap's, a round or two of golf at Farrangalway and Skibbereen and maybe some visits from our children and our grandchildren. The most insurmountable problem seems to be proof of medical coverage. Most plans that we can afford in America, won't provide coverage in Ireland. So the plan is 3 months or bust.
