Accommodation for New Hires in Dublin: A Guide for Recruitment Agencies and Employers
13 October 20268 min read
Your candidate has accepted the role. Their first day is approaching. Now they need somewhere to live in Dublin.
For recruitment agencies and employers bringing people into the city, a furnished initial stay can bridge the gap between accepting a job and finding a permanent home. At EirStay, we help you match that first home with the person arriving, the length of their stay and the part of Dublin where they will work.
Here are our property options for new hires, with practical walking, bus and tram routes to several of Dublin’s main business and employment areas.
A first home that lets your new hire settle in
A new job is easier to start with somewhere comfortable to come home to. A furnished apartment gives an arriving employee a kitchen for everyday meals, a living area to unwind in and a base from which to get to know Dublin. It also gives them time to look for a permanent home after they arrive, rather than trying to arrange everything from abroad.
For a recruitment consultant, HR team or hiring manager, this is a practical part of welcoming someone to the city. You can share a real property with the candidate, organise the initial stay and give them a clear starting point for their first weeks at work.
EirStay offers furnished Dublin homes for stays of 14 nights or more. Our collection includes individual apartments, larger homes and several apartments in the same neighbourhood, so you can plan for one arrival or a group of new starters.
Grand Canal Dock and the south Docklands: start with Lombard
For an employee joining a business around Grand Canal Dock, Pearse Street or the south Docklands, our Lombard apartment puts them in Dublin 2. A one-bedroom home gives someone arriving alone, or with a partner, their own place rather than a hotel room for the whole settling-in period.
Route to Grand Canal Dock: from Lombard Street East, walk along Pearse Street towards the Grand Canal Dock area, continuing to the office on the appropriate side of the basin. For offices around Grand Canal Square, the square is a useful destination when planning the walk.
Route to the north Docklands: head towards Sir John Rogerson’s Quay and cross the Samuel Beckett Bridge for the Convention Centre and North Wall Quay office area. This is a walking option across the river, not a tram journey.
St Stephen’s Green, Harcourt Street and central Dublin offices
For businesses around St Stephen’s Green, Harcourt Street and the central Dublin 2 office district, Camden Street offers a city neighbourhood with shops, cafés and places to eat alongside the journey to work. It is a useful starting point for a new employee who wants to get around the centre on foot.
Walking route: from Camden Street, head towards Charlotte Way and Harcourt Street for the Harcourt Street office area, then continue towards St Stephen’s Green. For workplaces nearer Grafton Street or Dawson Street, continue around the Green towards the relevant entrance or street.
Onward tram connection: Harcourt is a stop on the Luas Green Line. The Luas is Dublin’s tram system; from here it also provides a southbound connection towards Sandyford and beyond.
Sandyford and Central Park: connect from Ranelagh by Luas
Not every Dublin role is based in the city centre. For employees joining offices in Sandyford or Central Park, Ranelagh combines a village neighbourhood with access to the Luas Green Line. It also gives someone new to Dublin a straightforward route into the centre outside working hours.
Route to Sandyford: walk to Ranelagh Luas stop and take a southbound Green Line tram serving Sandyford. Stillorgan and Sandyford stops serve different parts of the business district, so use the stop closest to the office.
Route to Central Park: take a southbound tram continuing towards Brides Glen and get off at Central Park. A tram terminating at Sandyford does not continue to Central Park.
Route into the centre: travel northbound from Ranelagh to St Stephen’s Green or Dawson for the central office and shopping area.
Donnybrook is a useful location for roles in the surrounding Dublin 4 area, offices around Ballsbridge and appointments at University College Dublin’s Belfield campus. It also offers a residential setting for someone getting used to the city.
Route to UCD Belfield: take a southbound E1 or E2 bus from the Donnybrook Road corridor along Stillorgan Road to the UCD stops, then walk into the campus to the relevant building.
Route towards the city centre: the northbound E1 and E2 connect the same corridor with the centre. Use the current stop information for the office’s end of town.
Route to Ballsbridge: Anglesea Road provides a walking connection from Donnybrook towards the RDS and Ballsbridge. For offices around Merrion Road, use the building address as the destination for the final part of the journey.
Our Donnybrook collection includes two two-bedroom apartments and one one-bedroom apartment. This gives an agency or employer a way to accommodate several arrivals in the same neighbourhood while keeping separate apartments for different households or colleagues.
Three apartments in our Donnybrook collection
Choose an individual apartment or enquire about a combination for several new starters.
Heuston, the IFSC and north Docklands: a Red Line connection
Our Islandbridge apartment offers a Dublin 8 base beside the River Liffey. For a new hire working around Heuston, it keeps them on the west side of the centre; for work further east, Heuston provides a connection to the Luas Red Line.
Route to the IFSC: make your way from Islandbridge to Heuston Luas stop and take an eastbound tram towards The Point. George’s Dock and Mayor Square–NCI serve the IFSC area.
Route to the north Docklands: stay on the same service to Spencer Dock or The Point, depending on the office location. Choose a tram displaying The Point, rather than one terminating at Connolly, for these Docklands stops.
Several new starters, or a family moving together?
A recruitment agency may be helping several candidates arrive for the same employer. A hiring manager may be welcoming someone who is relocating with their partner and children. These stays benefit from more than a row of separate hotel rooms.
Sandford Gardens is our three-bedroom home in Dublin 8, with space for up to five guests, a shared living area, a kitchen, fast Wi-Fi and a private garden. It offers a home setting for a family’s first month or a small group of colleagues sharing the living space.
For an employer, sharing a larger home can spread the accommodation cost across several people, while a kitchen gives everyone an alternative to eating out every day. Our team accommodation guide compares shared homes with multi-apartment stays, and our Sandford Gardens month guide shows what daily life in the house looks like.
More room for a family or small group
Explore Sandford Gardens as a furnished first home in Dublin 8.
The routes above start from public streets or transport stops, rather than an apartment’s front door. Use the Transport for Ireland journey planner with the accommodation address, exact workplace and intended arrival time for the complete journey. Walking connections, departure times and traffic affect the total trip.
For a candidate arriving from abroad, sharing the property link and a saved route to the office makes the first morning simpler. For a role outside the districts covered here, plan from the actual workplace rather than assuming a city-centre apartment is always the closest option.
Arrange accommodation for your next placement
Send EirStay a short outline of the stay: how many people are arriving, the approximate arrival date and length of stay, the workplace area and your budget. If the start date is still being finalised, an approximate plan is enough to begin an enquiry.
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