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Ireland day-count rules

Spending time in Ireland? The rules below can affect tax residency, your right to remain and any path to residence or citizenship. This page brings Ireland's day-count rules together — each explained in plain English, with a calculator and a link to the official source.

Tax residency

• 🇮🇪Avoid Ireland tax residencyAlso resident if present 280 days across the current and previous tax year, with at least 30 days in each — not covered by this counter.<=182 / YEAR
• 🇮🇪Become Ireland tax residentAlso resident if present 280 days across the current and previous tax year, with at least 30 days in each — not covered by this counter.>=183 / YEAR

Visas & entry

• 🇮🇪Ireland short stayIreland is not in Schengen. Days here do not spend Schengen allowance, and Schengen days do not spend this one.<=90 / VISIT

Residence & citizenship

• 🇮🇪Ireland citizenship — reckonable residenceFive years reckonable residence in the previous nine, including one continuous year immediately before applying. Only time on a qualifying permission counts, which this counter cannot check.>=1825 / 3287