PublicJobs.ie Scraper: Irish Public Sector and Civil Service Jobs

PublicJobs.ie Scraper extracts vacancies from PublicJobs.ie, Ireland's official recruitment website for the public sector, covering the Civil Service, HSE and hospitals, local authorities (county councils), An Garda Síochána, the Prison Service, state boards and agencies. For every vacancy you get the title, vacancy ID, vacancy type, organisation, location, advertised date and closing date, plus (with Vacancy details) the county, grade, contract (permanent, temporary, specified purpose), working pattern, type of role, organisation website and links to the candidate information booklets (English and Irish). Search by keyword, filter by county, and export to CSV, Excel or JSON. Ideal for job seekers, recruiters, career services, job boards and Irish public sector labour-market research.

What does PublicJobs.ie Scraper do?

• 🇮🇪 Irish public sector vacancies from PublicJobs.ie: all open competitions.
• 🔎 Keyword search: engineer, nurse, clerical officer, accountant, consultant, garda…
• 📍 County filter: Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford…
• 🏛️ Organisation: departments, HSE, county councils, state boards.
• 🎓 Grade, contract and working pattern.
• 📅 Advertised and closing dates (with closing time).
• 📄 Candidate information booklets (PDF links).

What data can you scrape from PublicJobs.ie?

Field	Description
Vacancy	ID, link, title, vacancy type
Organisation	Name, website*
Location	Location, county*
Terms*	Grade, contract, working pattern, type of role
Dates	Advertised, closing date and time
Documents*	Candidate information booklets

* With Vacancy details turned on (default).

Use cases for Irish public sector job data

• Job seekers: track new public sector competitions in your county or profession.
• Recruiters and career services: monitor hiring by HSE, councils and departments.
• Job boards: syndicate Irish public sector vacancies.
• Research and journalism: analyse public sector hiring by organisation, grade and region.

How to scrape PublicJobs.ie

1. Click Try for free to open PublicJobs.ie Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Enter keywords (or leave empty for all vacancies) and optionally counties.
3. Keep Vacancy details on for grade, contract and documents.
4. Click Start and download the vacancies as CSV, Excel or JSON.

Input

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["engineer", "nurse"],
  "counties": ["Dublin", "Cork"],
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 0
}

Field	Description
Keywords	One search per keyword; empty = all vacancies.
Counties	Keep only these counties.
Vacancy details	Adds county, grade, contract, documents.
Max vacancies	Stop after this many (0 = no limit).

Output

Vacancy example

{
  "vacancyId": 7689,
  "url": "https://publicjobs.tal.net/…/opp/7689-Financial-Management-Accountant-Galway-County-Council/en-GB",
  "title": "Financial Management Accountant - Galway County Council",
  "vacancyType": "publicjobs",
  "organisation": "Galway County Council",
  "organisationWebsite": "https://www.galway.ie/en",
  "location": "Galway County Council",
  "county": "Galway",
  "grade": "Financial Management Accountant",
  "contract": "Permanent",
  "workingPattern": "Full-Time",
  "roleType": "Local Authority",
  "advertisedDate": "2026-09-18",
  "closingDate": "2026-10-08T15:00",
  "documents": [{ "name": "Final_InfoBook_FMA_GalwayCoCo.pdf", "url": "https://publicjobs.tal.net/…" }]
}

Output schema

Field	Type	Description
vacancyId, url, title, vacancyType	mixed	Vacancy.
organisation, organisationWebsite	string	Organisation.
location, county	string	Location.
grade, contract, workingPattern, roleType	string	Terms.
advertisedDate, closingDate	string	Dates.
documents	array	Information booklets.
search, scrapedAt	string	Source info.

How much does it cost?

PublicJobs.ie Scraper uses pay-per-vacancy pricing: a small fixed price per vacancy, with automatic discounts on higher Apify plans. See the Pricing tab for the exact price.

More job data

• Hays Jobs Scraper: recruitment jobs including Ireland.
• JobServe Scraper: UK contract and IT jobs.

FAQ

Why are some detail fields empty? Vacancies published by external recruiters show fewer fields than core PublicJobs competitions.

What formats can I export? CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, HTML and RSS, or read the results through the Apify API.

Can I integrate PublicJobs.ie Scraper with other apps? PublicJobs.ie Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. It works with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Drive and many more, plus the Apify API, JS/Python clients and MCP. Or use webhooks to trigger an action whenever a run finishes.

Is it legal to scrape PublicJobs.ie? The scraper only collects publicly advertised vacancies. You are responsible for using the data in line with PublicJobs' terms and GDPR.

Related Actors

• Hays Jobs Scraper
• JobServe Scraper

Notes

Original clean-room implementation. Returns only public data. Not affiliated with publicjobs.ie or the Public Appointments Service.