PublicJobs.ie Scraper

Extract job listings from publicjobs.ie at scale, in a clean, consistent structure ready for analysis, job boards, recruiting tools and market research. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🎯 Built for Ireland

A dedicated Irish public-sector scraper, not a global tool with a country dropdown. Search, locations and currency (EUR) are tuned for publicjobs.ie.

📄 Complete job data

Full job title and description, direct listing URL and publish date for every record.

📍 Precise location

City, region and country plus latitude/longitude for mapping and radius analysis.

🔁 Repost & change detection

Every record carries isRepost and changeStatus, so daily feeds return genuinely new jobs instead of reposted duplicates.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	"developer"	Search or filter by searchQuery.
county	string	(empty)	Search or filter by county.
category	string	(empty)	Search or filter by category.
vacancyType	string	"All"	vacancyType.
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Enable fetchDetails.
skipReposts	boolean	false	Enable skipReposts.
daysOld	integer	1	Only return items published within the last N days.
startUrls	array	(empty)	Filter by startUrls.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of results (0 = no limit).

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Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields the source does not publish for a given job are returned as null rather than omitted.

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique listing ID from the source.
url	string	Direct link to the listing.
title	string	Job title as published.
organisation	string	Organisation.
location	string	—
county	string	County.
vacancyType	string	Vacancy type.
grade	string	Grade.
contractType	string	Contract type as published.
workingPattern	string	Working pattern.
roleType	string	Role type.
orgWebsite	string	Org website.
advertisingDate	string	Advertising date.
closingDate	string	Closing date.
publishDate	string	Publish date.
publishDateISO	string	Publish date iso.
applyUrl	string	Direct application link.
description	string	Full job description in plain text.
descriptionText	string	Full job description in plain text.
descriptionMarkdown	string	Description markdown.
contentHash	string	Stable hash of the listing content, used for repost and change detection.
source	string	Source.
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp when this record was scraped.
isRepost	boolean	true when the listing is a repost of an earlier job (detected by content hash).
originalPublishDate	string	Original publish date.
originalUrl	string	Original url.
summary	string	Summary.
changeStatus	string	NEW, CHANGED or UNCHANGED compared to the previous time this job was seen.
latitude	string	Latitude of the workplace.
longitude	string	Longitude of the workplace.

Example record

{
  "id": "26",
  "url": "https://publicjobs.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-4/xf-1d812bde946d/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/26-Consultant-Radiologist-S-I-Breast-Radiology-Breastcheck-Western-Unit-and-University- …",
  "title": "Consultant Radiologist S.I. Breast Radiology -  Breastcheck Western Unit and University Hospital Galway",
  "organisation": "Health Service Executive",
  "location": "University Hospital Galway",
  "county": "Galway",
  "vacancyType": "publicjobs",
  "grade": "Consultant Radiologist (s.i. Breast Radiology)",
  "contractType": "Permanent",
  "workingPattern": "Full-Time",
  "roleType": "Health Service Executive",
  "orgWebsite": "https://www.hse.ie",
  "advertisingDate": "2026-06-06",
  "closingDate": "2026-06-18",
  "publishDate": "2026-06-06",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-06-06",
  "applyUrl": "https://publicjobs.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-4/xf-1d812bde946d/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/26-Consultant-Radiologist-S-I-Breast-Radiology-Breastcheck-Western-Unit-and-University- …",
  "description": "<h3>Job summary</h3><p></p><p><strong>Consultant Radiologist S.I. Breast Radiology Western Unit for 20 hours per week and University Hospital Galway for 17 hours</strong><br><br>This is an appointment …",
  "descriptionText": "Job summaryConsultant Radiologist S.I. Breast Radiology Western Unit for 20 hours per week and University Hospital Galway for 17 hoursThis is an appointment to the BreastCheck on a Public Only Consult …",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "### Job summary\n\n**Consultant Radiologist S.I. Breast Radiology Western Unit for 20 hours per week and University Hospital Galway for 17 hours**  \n  \nThis is an appointment to the BreastCheck on a Pub …",
  "contentHash": "33410ad7ccf05168",
  "source": "publicjobs.ie",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-06T05:34:26.256Z",
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null,
  "summary": "Consultant Radiologist S.I. Breast Radiology -  Breastcheck Western Unit and University Hospital Galway at Health Service Executive — University Hospital Galway",
  "changeStatus": "UNCHANGED",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null
}

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Examples

Search for administrative officer roles in Dublin:

{
  "searchQuery": "administrative officer",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Filter by contract type:

{
  "searchQuery": "administrative officer",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "category": "FULL_TIME"
}

Scrape a specific search URL:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.publicjobs.ie/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}

Daily feed (run on a schedule):

{
  "searchQuery": "administrative officer",
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Schedule this input to run once a day in the Apify Scheduler — each run returns only jobs posted in the last 24 hours.

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💰 Pricing

$1.49 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.15
1,000	~$1.49
10,000	~$14.9
100,000	~$149

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Subscription tiers lower the rate further, down to $0.89 per 1,000 at the highest tier. Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Typical time
100 results	under 1 minute
1,000 results	2–4 minutes
10,000 results	20–35 minutes

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Known limitations

• Salary is only returned when the employer publishes it — many listings carry null salary fields.
• Company details vary per listing; the scraper returns what the source publishes and never invents data.
• Very large result sets are bounded by the source's own paging limits.
• Listings can be removed by the source at any time, so a small share of URLs may expire shortly after scraping.

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Technical details

• Source: publicjobs.ie — Ireland job listings
• Coverage: everything the public search exposes, filterable via the input parameters above
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff

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