Painter and decorator Jobs in Ireland for EU Citizens: No Work Permit Needed (2026)

Who this page is for. You are a citizen of an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland - or you are from Ukraine and registered under temporary protection. In both cases you may take up work in Ireland without a work permit, and the employer files nothing for you. For EU, EEA and Swiss citizens that is free movement of workers; for Ukrainians under temporary protection it is immediate access to the labour market, currently until 4 March 2028. If you are from outside the EU and not under protection, this page is not about you - the page for foreign workers is.

Working as a painter and decorator here usually involves prepping surfaces, filling cracks, sanding, and applying coats of paint or wallpaper to residential and commercial properties. You might find yourself working on everything from modern office refurbishments to traditional home makeovers, where attention to detail and a clean finish matter most. The work often requires collaborating with other trades on busy sites or operating independently on smaller properties, depending on the scale of the project.

Opportunities are typically advertised by local painting contractors, property maintenance firms, and large construction companies looking for reliable craftspeople. Independent subcontractors also hire experienced painters to help manage fluctuating workloads during peak building seasons. Whether you prefer working as part of a crew or taking on direct decorating tasks, the trade offers steady involvement across various building and renovation projects.

What is advertised right now

On 14 October 2026 our register holds 9 live painter and decorator vacancies in Ireland that carry the employer's own application address. These are public adverts collected from the national job services; they are not ours and we do not stand between you and the employer.

Employers advertising at the moment include Crewit Resourcing Limited, Allpro Security Services Ireland Limited, Bluestone Personnel Limited, FARRELLY & CO PAINTING LIMITED.

29 painter and decorators are already in the Workuro register. Create a free profile and we send you the live adverts in your trade, with the address to apply to, as they appear. You apply yourself; nothing about you goes anywhere unless you press a button next to one advert and ask us to send your CV.

Pay

We do not print wages on this page. The adverts we collect do not carry them reliably, and a number we could not stand behind would be worse than none. Pay in Ireland is set by collective agreements in most of these trades; the employer's advert, or the union for the sector, is where the real figure is.

Nobody may charge you for this

You need no permit, so there is nothing for an agent to "arrange". If anyone asks you for money for a job in Ireland, for a contract, for a place in a queue or for paperwork that does not exist, walk away. Workuro is free for workers and always will be; an employer pays only if they want to open your contact details, and you can switch that off.