'Why stay in Ireland and have a poorer quality of life?': Cost of living the push factor for Tiernan

'I knew that basically any job in America was going to pay better than Ireland and I have the same costs of bills,' says Tiernan Yates.

When Tiernan Yeates compares his rent to that of his Irish friends, there’s not much difference — but when he gets his pay packet, that’s when he sees the real benefits of living in the US.

Tiernan, who is 22 and from Dublin, decided to move to Seattle in 2019 when he realised he could earn almost three times more money doing the same job as a bartender there.