Filipinos in Ireland

Filipinos in Ireland consist largely of migrant workers in the health care sector, though others work in tourism and information technology. From just 500 individuals in 1999, the first group of nurses arrived in April 2001 at the time six recruitments companies had been involved with the large influx of Filipino coming into Ireland they had grown to a population of 11,500 by 2007, a 2200% expansion in just eight years.

In June 2009, the first Philippine embassy in Ireland opened its doors to the Filipino community it was long overdue according to the Filipino council of leaders. In August 2009 the Filipino community network was sworn in by the new ambassador Ariel Abadilia in the blessed sacrament church the following people where representatives of various communities in Ireland.

In 2023, an estimated 6,000 Filipino nurses were employed in the Irish healthcare system, which at 7% of the workforce formed the largest category of non-European Union workers in Ireland. According to Census 2016, there were 4,214 people of Filipino origin living in the state, a 67.1% drop from the 2011 figure of 12,791. However, by Census 2022 the number of respondents who listed The Philippines as their place of birth had risen to 19,846.