• Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Lucky for you, you can get around with English in most places.

    Ireland didn’t leave the EU, so that’s an option.

    In most big cities you can get around just fine. In some you can actually live very comfortably.

    As far as laws go, as an EU citizen one is entitled to communication with any public institutions one may come across in their preferred “official language”. Stuff like paying your utility bills, registering health insurance, similar bureaucratic stuff, as well as getting stopped by the police. You can insist on doing it in any one of 28 languages, including English.

    Usually that’s a bit overkill, and whoever you’re dealing with will be happy to speak to you in English or find someone else who does if they don’t. I assume the same goes for non-citizens. German and French are also quite popular, but English is by far the most ubiquitous.