A Yank Survives Ireland

  One of the downsides - and the only one I can think of - is the 'high' price of almost everything. Buying or leasing a home or apartment in any Large Irish City or large town (think Dublin, Galway, Killarney or Cork) has become PROHIBITIVELY expensive. Renting or buying in Rural Ireland (a village such as Eyeries) is almost Impossible! In Eyeries, as one example, Planning Laws along the coast of Southwest Ireland prohibit almost anyone from building new homes, apartment blocks or any 'tall' structure that might change the coastline or coastal view. The average price to rent a small cottage with a sea view (like mine) is well over $1000 per month. Which isn't much compared to what you'd pay in the United States.     As another example: if I rented the house I'm in right now in Crystal Lake, Illinois, the price would be $2,200 or a little more. This rental would be fully furnished (as mine is) but would not have the views or the scenery of a coastal home in ...

Whoa Be to Toyota Who Now Manufactures Tesla Pickups? Not too long ago in my small village of Eyereis, County Cork, Ireland, my friends and I were having a pint in our local Pub. Looking up at the TV, we all saw Musk take a stage brandishing a chainsaw. All of us laughed at his wild antics.   "Sure, there be a Leprachaun with a Chainsaw!" one shouted as he downed his pint. "God above us, lads! That Musk Man wants to saw my brand new Tesla in half!" Running out the door, we saw him climb in that very Modern electric car and try to start to Electric Engine. After a moment, he ran back into the Pub again. "There be anyone here who has a long extension lead?" he asked us as we sat back and smirked into our Pints. "That wonderful, expensive car of mine hasn't a bit of electric juice left!" Which is a lesson for those living in Rural Areas. In Eyeries, we have only one charging station, and that's in Castletownbere, about 8 km from where we all...