Irish Affairs

so no need for any visas, etc. I also have IT experience in oil/gas but the last 12 have been in banking IT.
We plan to pay cash for a home (after maybe one year of renting) so hopefully that will really cut down on day to day living expenses.
We lived in Slane, Ireland in 1999-2001 and I commuted to north Dublin for work. My wife is an RN and she worked at the hospital in Drogheda. She is now retired and will not be working.

We are in the very early stages, but wife is a real planner. We would prefer to be in the south/southwest part of the country- but are really open to anywhere except for Dublin and it's suburbs (mainly because of cost of living)

My family comes from Donegal, but that might be a little remote for said wife!
While living in Ireland we traveled around the country frequently. Loved Kerry/Killarney/Dingle. Galway was great. My wife fell in love with Kinsale (but wouldn't anyone??). Waterford was great, so was the Cork area. Really there was no where we went that was not nice. But we are aware that seeing places as a tourist is quite different than seeing them as a full-time resident.

Thanks for the advice