I'm Irish, I did my training in Florida almost two years ago. I cannot find work as a pilot. I have applied for hundreds of jobs and exchanged 1000's of emails in the last 2 years with employers. The jobs simply are not there not with my level of experience anyway (270tt).
I read a thread on here that RYR have stopped hiring Irish pilots since last May.
3000 people applied to Aer Lingus in Dec 2010 for 20 FO jobs.
Aer Arann want you to pay 17000euro to do an ATR type rating and after that you may not be offered employment.
This is the reality, it should be an easy choice!
If you want my advice go to Australia and do the JAA training in Perth or Adelaide. There are many opportunities out there bush flying and charter flying. You may pick up a job a lot faster than here. You may then apply for the visa for residency. The money flying in Oz is also better than the US.
I hope this was of some help and Good luck!
P.S The weather is crap most of the time here in Ireland.