No dedicated digital nomad visa

Does Ireland Have a Digital Nomad Visa? (2026)

Ireland is the tech industry's favorite irony: home to the European headquarters of Google, Meta, Apple and half of Silicon Valley, yet with no digital nomad visa whatsoever. What the country offers instead is a short, sharp menu. Most remote workers will use the 90-day short stay — visa-free for Americans, Britons and EU citizens — which is enough for a Dublin summer or a Galway autumn but not a base. Those determined to stay longer have essentially one realistic door: Stamp 0, the permission for persons of independent means, which demands roughly €50,000 a year in income plus a substantial lump sum in savings, grants a year at a time, and forbids Irish employment. The Working Holiday Authorisation covers the under-31s from participating countries. The deeper honest context is housing: Dublin has a genuine accommodation crisis, with rents among Europe's highest and supply painfully tight — budget accordingly and secure housing before you commit. Ireland taxes residents on worldwide income, and the 183-day rule applies as everywhere. But for remote workers drawn to the pubs, the coastline, the literary ghosts and an English-speaking EU base, the routes — narrow as they are — do exist.