Hello,
My husband and I have been trying to move out of the US while our children are young enough to appreciate it. We have been promised by his employer for almost 2 years that we will be in Spain this year. The Spainish economic crisis has made it impossible for us to go there. His company told us "no" last week.
We can look into Germany and Ireland as European possibilities. I have conducted some google searched and spoke with a few job recruiters, so now I wonder why there are so many software engineer jobs available in Dublin/Galway. It seems strange to me with such unemployment that the Irish should train and hire the Irish and not hire outside the country. I am sure it is a supply/demand issue.. but wonder if it could be some other reason..