# JobsIreland Scraper - Ireland Public Employment Service Jobs (`studio-amba/jobsireland-scraper`) Actor

Scrape job vacancies from JobsIreland.ie, Ireland's national public employment service (run by the Department of Social Protection / Intreo). Search by keyword and location. Extract titles, employers, locations, salaries, hours, NACE sectors, career levels, and closing dates. No login required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/jobsireland-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 result scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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# README

### What does JobsIreland Scraper do?

**JobsIreland Scraper** extracts job vacancies from [JobsIreland.ie](https://jobsireland.ie), the official job search run by Ireland's Department of Social Protection (Intreo), the country's national public employment service. It collects job titles, employers, locations, salaries, hours per week, EU NACE sector codes, career levels, minimum experience/qualification requirements, and full job descriptions, directly from the site's own search endpoint. No login or cookies required.

Use it on the Apify platform to get structured Irish labour-market data via API, schedule recurring scrapes, and integrate with tools like Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, and Slack.

### How to scrape Jobs Ireland (JobsIreland.ie) data

1. Go to the JobsIreland Scraper on the Apify Store.
2. Click **Try for free** to open the actor in the Apify Console.
3. Enter a keyword (e.g. "nurse", "engineer", "driver") or leave it empty to browse all current active vacancies nationwide.
4. Optionally filter by `location` (e.g. "Dublin", "Cork", "Galway").
5. Set the maximum number of results you want.
6. Optionally toggle off "Fetch Job Details" if you only need the search-result summary (faster, fewer requests).
7. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish.
8. Download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML from the Output tab.

### Why use JobsIreland Scraper?

- **Recruitment and hiring** — Monitor vacancies registered with Ireland's public employment service to understand hiring trends by county, sector, and occupation.
- **Salary research** — Benchmark salaries employers report to Intreo, by NACE sector, county, and career level, where disclosed.
- **Labor market analysis** — Track which sectors and counties have the most open positions, and which employers are hiring most actively.
- **Employment-permit and visa research** — Every vacancy detail page states whether a non-EEA national needs a valid employment permit, useful context for immigration and workforce-planning research.
- **Government-scheme tracking** — Vacancy type flags Community Employment Programme and Work Placement Experience Programme postings separately from standard paid positions, a category set unique to this government PES.
- **Academic and public-policy research** — Gather structured Irish labour-market data straight from the official employment service registry.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | String | No | Job keyword (e.g. "nurse", "engineer", "driver"). Matched against job title and description. Leave empty to browse all current active vacancies. |
| `location` | String | No | Filter by location/county (e.g. "Dublin", "Cork", "Galway"). Leave empty to search all of Ireland. |
| `maxResults` | Integer | No | Maximum number of job vacancies to scrape (default: 100, max: 20000). |
| `fetchJobDetails` | Boolean | No | Fetch the full detail page for each vacancy — description, salary, hours, sector, career level, requirements (default: `true`, 1 extra request per job). Disable for faster, lighter runs — this only changes how *complete* each record is, not how many records you get. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | Proxy settings. JobsIreland.ie's search endpoint has no anti-bot protection and isn't geo-locked, so Apify's automatic/free proxy pool is used by default — no residential proxy needed. |

### Output

Each result contains structured data about a single job vacancy. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

#### Example output

```json
{
    "jobId": 2460480,
    "jobReference": "#JOB-2460480",
    "jobTitle": "Staff Nurse (General)",
    "employer": "EURES Ireland",
    "location": "Intreo Centre , Castlebar, Michael Davitt House, Co. Mayo, F23 KP04",
    "county": "Co. Mayo",
    "numberOfPositions": 10,
    "vacancyType": "Paid Position",
    "hoursPerWeek": 40,
    "salaryFrom": 38166,
    "salaryTo": 79227,
    "salaryPeriod": "Annually",
    "salaryText": "38166.00 - 79227.00 Euro Annually",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "naceCode": "Q-86-86.9",
    "sector": "human health and social work activities",
    "careerLevel": "Experienced [Non-Managerial]",
    "minExperienceYears": null,
    "minQualification": null,
    "jobDescription": "Location: Ireland\n\nJob Type: Full-time \n\nSalary: Aligned with HSE or private sector rates (dependent on experience-€38,166-€79,227)\n\nWe are currently recruiting a Staff Nurse (General) to join a dynamic and supportive healthcare team in Ireland...",
    "publishedDate": "2026-07-28T14:33:38.000Z",
    "closingDate": "2026-08-24T22:00:00.000Z",
    "url": "https://jobsireland.ie/en-US/job-Details?id=2460480",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-10T09:10:58.734Z"
}
```

### Data fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `jobId` | Integer | JobsIreland internal vacancy ID |
| `jobReference` | String | JobsIreland vacancy reference number (e.g. "#JOB-2462889") |
| `jobTitle` | String | Vacancy title as registered by the employer |
| `employer` | String | Employer name, or `null` when the employer chose to keep details confidential |
| `location` | String | Full workplace address as listed on the vacancy |
| `county` | String | Irish county parsed from the location string (e.g. "Co. Cavan"), when present — Dublin and Limerick city addresses often omit the "Co." prefix |
| `numberOfPositions` | Integer | Number of open positions for this vacancy |
| `vacancyType` | String | Paid Position, Apprenticeship, Self Employed, Community Employment Programme, or Work Placement Experience Programme |
| `hoursPerWeek` | Number | Contracted hours per week, when disclosed |
| `salaryFrom` | Number | Lower bound of the disclosed salary range, when structured (`null` for "Dependent On Experience" / "To be Confirmed") |
| `salaryTo` | Number | Upper bound of the disclosed salary range, when structured |
| `salaryPeriod` | String | Pay period for the salary figures: Annually, Hourly, Weekly, or Monthly |
| `salaryText` | String | Raw salary text as shown on the site (e.g. "Dependent On Experience", "To be Confirmed") |
| `currency` | String | Always "EUR" |
| `naceCode` | String | EU NACE Rev.2 activity classification code (e.g. "Q-86-86.2") |
| `sector` | String | Sector name derived from the NACE Level-1 code (e.g. "human health and social work activities") |
| `careerLevel` | String | Required career level (e.g. Entry Level, Experienced \[Non-Managerial], Managerial), when disclosed |
| `minExperienceYears` | Number | Minimum years of experience required, when disclosed |
| `minQualification` | String | Minimum qualification required, when disclosed |
| `jobDescription` | String | Full job description text (only with `fetchJobDetails`) |
| `publishedDate` | String | ISO 8601 date the vacancy was published |
| `closingDate` | String | ISO 8601 date the vacancy closes for applications |
| `url` | String | Direct URL to the job detail page on JobsIreland.ie |
| `scrapedAt` | String | ISO 8601 timestamp of when the data was collected |

### Cost estimate

This actor calls JobsIreland.ie's own search endpoint directly rather than rendering pages in a browser, so it runs fast and cheap — roughly **0.2–0.5 compute units per 1,000 results** with job details enabled (1 extra request per job), or about half that with `fetchJobDetails` off. At standard Apify pricing that's well under $0.30 per 1,000 job vacancies. As with any Apify actor, the run's usage cost only settles once the run reports SUCCEEDED — reading a mid-run/in-progress dataset understates the eventual cost.

### Tips

- Use specific job keywords to get more relevant results and reduce run time.
- Leave `searchQuery` empty to pull the newest vacancies across all of Ireland.
- Combine `searchQuery` with `location` to narrow results to a single county.
- Turn off `fetchJobDetails` if you only need title/employer/location/dates — it roughly halves the number of requests.
- Schedule recurring runs to track new vacancies daily or weekly.

### Limitations

- Salary data is not available for all vacancies — many employers list "Dependent On Experience" or "To be Confirmed" instead of a figure.
- Career level, minimum experience, and minimum qualification are only populated when the employer disclosed them.
- Employer name is `null` for vacancies posted as "Company Details Confidential".
- Job description and other detail-page fields are only populated when `fetchJobDetails` is enabled.
- Data is scraped from the public JobsIreland.ie website and may change without notice.

### Integrations

Connect JobsIreland Scraper with your existing tools and workflows:

- **Google Sheets** — Export vacancies directly to a spreadsheet for easy filtering and sharing.
- **Slack** — Get notified when new vacancies matching your criteria appear.
- **Zapier / Make** — Build workflows that react to new job postings in real time.
- **Custom API** — Access all results programmatically via the Apify API in JSON format.

### FAQ and support

**Is it legal to scrape JobsIreland.ie?** Scraping publicly available data is generally permitted under EU law. This actor only accesses public job vacancies that require no login, via the same endpoint the public search page uses.

**How often is the data updated?** The actor scrapes live data from JobsIreland.ie each time it runs. Schedule it daily or weekly to track changes.

**I found a bug or have a feature request.** Open an issue in the Issues tab on the actor page. You can also request a custom scraping solution.

### Need this data on a schedule, or a custom version?

We run this scraper as a managed service for businesses: scheduled runs,
deduplication, delta detection, and delivery to your inbox, Google Sheets,
or API — maintenance included. We can also build a custom version with your
exact fields and filters, or combine multiple sources into one feed.

See [studioamba.dev/services](https://studioamba.dev/services/) or email
<hello@studioamba.dev> for a free data sample.
We maintain 300+ European web scrapers and answer within one business day.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Job keyword (e.g. 'nurse', 'engineer', 'driver'). Matched against job title and description. Leave empty to browse all current active vacancies nationwide.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Filter by location/county (e.g. 'Dublin', 'Cork', 'Galway'). Leave empty to search all of Ireland.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job vacancies to scrape.

## `fetchJobDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the full detail page for each vacancy (description, salary, hours, sector, career level, requirements — 1 extra request per job). Disable for faster runs when you only need the search-result summary fields (title, employer, location, dates).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. JobsIreland.ie's search API has no anti-bot protection and is not geo-locked, so Apify's automatic/free proxy pool works fine — no residential proxy needed. See docs/site-recon/jobsireland-ie.md.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "nurse",
  "location": "",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "fetchJobDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "nurse",
    "location": "",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "fetchJobDetails": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/jobsireland-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "nurse",
    "location": "",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "fetchJobDetails": True,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/jobsireland-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "nurse",
  "location": "",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "fetchJobDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/jobsireland-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/jobsireland-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Jxon7d6u6LKECrHv5/builds/Hc277FQ8wDL72AxkS/openapi.json