http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/ A Career in the Trucking Industry Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Best Advice 4 U.. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:13:58 +0000 http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/#comment-2059 £5.50 an hour. Fight for a job. Welcome, have a nice stay. £5.50 an hour. Fight for a job. Welcome, have a nice stay.

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 LOU Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:35:41 +0000 http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/#comment-2058 my husband has had his lgv 1 for 20 years now he gave it up 5 years ago as the money is s**t, long hours, and the roads and traffic in Uk are awful. We are also in a recession and jobs hard to find so I would stick with the job you've got . my husband has had his lgv 1 for 20 years now he gave it up 5 years ago as the money is s**t, long hours, and the roads and traffic in Uk are awful.
We are also in a recession and jobs hard to find so I would stick with the job you’ve got .

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-2057 I should be doing something else Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:06:09 +0000 http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/#comment-2057 I'm afraid Trust Me I am a Doctor is right. My parters father has been driving freight lorries for over 35 years and they are having an awful time of it at the moment. You will need to wait until things are better as their company has had to let a lot of people go, and the ones who got to stay have had their hours cut considerably. I’m afraid Trust Me I am a Doctor is right.
My parters father has been driving freight lorries for over 35 years and they are having an awful time of it at the moment. You will need to wait until things are better as their company has had to let a lot of people go, and the ones who got to stay have had their hours cut considerably.

]]> http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-2056 Trust me I'm a Doctor ♥ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:40:10 +0000 http://www.cdlbjobs.org/interested-in-truck-driving-in-ireland-and-europe/#comment-2056 Your greatest challenge would be to actually get a job I'm afraid. My boyfriend is a Class 1 HGV driver with 25 years experience driving in the UK, Europe and now we live in Ireland. He drives low loaders (delivering heavy plant), refrigerated lorries and cattle trucks. He also has excavator driver tickets to drive 360 degree machines and dumpers. He was made redundant last Spring and was out of work for 12 months, just started working 3 weeks ago. There are some driving jobs of course but they are mainly in the cities and pay is abismal. Around 10 Euro per hour for supposedly a 48 hour week but often you are expected to work longer hours. There is a 1% Government levy on all wages now as well as income tax and PRSI. Unemployment is soaring here so I wouldn't advise trying to get a job here at the moment. Also there are no motorway service stations in Ireland and very few petrol stations that stay open 24 hours so its impossible to get a shower or anything to eat even. He used to drive lorries with pigs but refused because there was nowhere to get a wash and freshen up. Not sure what the situation is in Europe, I can only speak from experience in Ireland and my advise would be don't come to Ireland. Your greatest challenge would be to actually get a job I’m afraid. My boyfriend is a Class 1 HGV driver with 25 years experience driving in the UK, Europe and now we live in Ireland. He drives low loaders (delivering heavy plant), refrigerated lorries and cattle trucks. He also has excavator driver tickets to drive 360 degree machines and dumpers.
He was made redundant last Spring and was out of work for 12 months, just started working 3 weeks ago. There are some driving jobs of course but they are mainly in the cities and pay is abismal. Around 10 Euro per hour for supposedly a 48 hour week but often you are expected to work longer hours. There is a 1% Government levy on all wages now as well as income tax and PRSI. Unemployment is soaring here so I wouldn’t advise trying to get a job here at the moment.
Also there are no motorway service stations in Ireland and very few petrol stations that stay open 24 hours so its impossible to get a shower or anything to eat even. He used to drive lorries with pigs but refused because there was nowhere to get a wash and freshen up.
Not sure what the situation is in Europe, I can only speak from experience in Ireland and my advise would be don’t come to Ireland.

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