Perhaps no country invests as much in its youth as Ireland with all schooling right through to third level education either free or heavily subsidised by the Government.

Ireland`s has a strong reputation for having a very well-educated workforce, which is undoubtedly due to the investment in education from an early age. A very high proportion of secondary students go on to third level education.

In Dublin there are a wealth of excellent private schools, most costing less than 5,000 euros per child per annum.

The 2 major universities in Dublin are UCD and Trinity College, although in addition there are a large number of technical colleged.

For childrens activities, Dublin is more about social interaction than organised activities (although there are still sufficient of the latter for a major metropolis), so our advice is just bring your kids to one of the many parks in Dublin and get out the football and they`ll have a few new friends in no time!