Hi
My hubby works in NI and we live in the south, the wages are lower and you pay higher tax and national insurance up north but the wages you mention seem very good for the north. It does cause some complications with the tax end of things as you should be taxed through your payslip but will still have to submit a form 12 to the irish revenue we are currently waiting to hear back from revenue to see if we owe them anything for 2008. On the plus side you can register with doctor and dentist up north and I think you kids can also. With regards to the travelling end of things we have a good friend who took redundancy last year from a good paying job but he had to travel throughout europe and further afield on a weekly basis he hated living out of a suitcase it took him a while to get used to staying at home and being with the kids but after a couple of months loves the extra time at home with wife and kids and has no regrets. HTH