Working as a nurse in Ireland
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Ireland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Ireland, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 4,755 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Nurse is a regulated profession in Ireland. Foreign qualifications go through: Specialist Nurse. In Ireland, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 4,755 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Specialist Nurse
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Ireland: ≈ 4,755 EUR/month (gross, 2024), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of nurses alone.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Ireland.
- Recognition route
- Specialist Nurse. Foreign-qualified applicants apply first for NMBI recognition; the route depends on EU/non-EU qualification and may require assessment/adaptation or an aptitude test. Registration is a subsequent step. General care nurse.
- Recognition authority
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
- Language requirement
- For routes where NMBI requires English evidence, accepted pathways include IELTS Academic (overall 7.0 with minimum component scores) or OET (B grades); applicability depends on the applicant route and current NMBI criteria.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Ireland: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in Ireland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2effde53a7ad3096d4ddcabe3605add2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/ireland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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