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WhatsApp Business API for Indian teams with people in Dublin

Indian nationals received more Irish employment permits in 2025 than any other nationality, and County Dublin took nearly half of all permits. The people you serve there read WhatsApp on two kinds of number, on a clock that is also called IST.

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Dublin

A 10:00–18:00 IST working day is 05:30–13:30 in Dublin (on 21 October 2026; daylight saving moves it).

Province
Leinster
Country
Ireland
Dublin region
About 1,597,700 residents, 28.9% of Ireland (April 2026)[3]
Employment permits to Indian nationals
9,947 of 31,044 issued in 2025, the most of any nationality[1]
Clock
GMT in winter, Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) in summer[5]
Numbers
+353; Dublin landlines +353 1

For India-based recruiters, IT services firms, banks and developers with candidates or customers in Dublin: what you may send each contact and when, why IST means two different clocks in this city, how +353 and +91 numbers are billed, and where Ireland's consent rules come in.

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What may you send this Dublin contact?

Answer four questions about one candidate or customer and reach the message type, and the rule, that applies.

Most desks get the first branch right and the last one wrong. A candidate who asked about a role last month has not agreed to hear about every opening; a customer who took a home loan has not agreed to a credit-card offer. Ireland's ePrivacy rules sit on top of Meta's opt-in for electronic marketing, so the consent you record has to name WhatsApp and promotions. The Ireland guide covers the regulations.

Once the tree says send, your CRM or applicant-tracking system can trigger the template through the developer API, and replies land in one shared inbox.

Before every send to Dublin

Question 1 · up to 4

Has the contact messaged you in the last 24 hours?

Your answers

None yet — pick an answer to start down the tree.

Path map

Depth 0 of up to 4. Circles are questions, squares are outcomes.

All possible outcomes (6)

  • Reply freely

    Inside the window, answer without a template, in any language. Each reply is a service message, billed per message.

    Path: “Yes”

  • Send a utility template

    The approved permit, interview or payment update goes out, priced at the rate of the contact's country code.

    Path: “No” → “Yes” → “Yes”

  • Ask first

    Collect the opt-in on your form, or invite them to message you, before sending any template.

    Path: “No” → “Yes” → “No”

  • Send an authentication template

    Codes go in the authentication category, with nothing promotional in the text.

    Path: “No” → “No” → “Yes”

  • Send a marketing template

    Schedule it on Dublin time, for opted-in contacts only, and honour a STOP straight away.

    Path: “No” → “No” → “No, it's an offer or news” → “Yes”

  • Don't send it

    Without consent the promotion waits. Ask for it at the next application, order or enquiry.

    Path: “No” → “No” → “No, it's an offer or news” → “No”

The tree follows Meta's rules for the 24-hour window, opt-in and template categories. The rate then depends on the number: Ireland's line for +353, India's for +91.

Question 1: Has the contact messaged you in the last 24 hours? 2 options.

Market brief

Dublin and India, from Irish and Indian figures

  1. 01

    Ireland issued 31,044 employment permits in 2025; 9,947 went to Indian nationals, the most for any nationality, ahead of the Philippines with 3,398.[1]

  2. 02

    14,627 of the permits issued in 2025 were for employment in County Dublin.[2]

  3. 03

    The Dublin region had about 1,597,700 residents in April 2026, 28.9% of Ireland's 5,525,600.[3]

  4. 04

    About 110,600 people moved to Ireland in the year to April 2026; 55,500 came from outside the EU and the UK, the group that includes India.[3]

  5. 05

    India's Ministry of External Affairs counts 83,000 overseas Indians in Ireland as of January 2026: 45,000 Indian citizens and 38,000 people of Indian origin.[4]

Indian businesses with people in Dublin

Recruiters and IT services firms

Indian nationals receive more Irish employment permits than any other group, and every placement is weeks of documents and dates.[1]

  • Interview scheduling on Dublin time
  • Permit document checklists
  • Relocation and joining-date updates

Banks and insurers serving NRIs

The 45,000 Indian citizens the ministry counts in Ireland still hold accounts, policies and loans at home.[4]

  • Account and remittance alerts
  • EMI and premium due reminders
  • KYC document requests

Property developers in India

Professionals in Dublin buying a home in India follow construction and payments from a different clock.

  • Construction milestone updates
  • Payment schedule reminders
  • Site-visit booking for trips home

Admissions and edtech teams

Counsellors guiding applicants to Dublin universities answer them and their families on WhatsApp.

  • Document and deadline reminders
  • Offer and visa updates
  • Pre-departure checklists

Prices in ₹ and EUR

What a message to a Dublin number costs

Irish numbers are billed at the Rest of Western Europe line of Meta's rate card: ₹5.21 for marketing, ₹1.50 for utility, ₹1.50 for authentication and ₹1.50 for each service reply, in rupees before GST. Plans start at ₹999 a month.

Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC

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₹2,999 / month≈ €28.17 EUR

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Per message to Dublin · Rest of Western Europe (regional rate)

InfiQ per-message rates for Dublin in rupees and EUR
Category₹ INREUR
Marketing₹5.2054€0.0489
Utility₹1.5019€0.0141
Authentication₹1.5019€0.0141
Service₹1.5019€0.0141
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and EUR
Per-message rates by market, effective 1 October 2026
MarketMarketingUtilityAuthenticationService
Argentina€0.0511₹5.4352€0.0215₹2.2874€0.0215₹2.2874€0.0215₹2.2874
Bangladesh€0.0605₹6.4397€0.0031₹0.3254€0.0031₹0.3254€0.0031₹0.3254
Brazil€0.0516₹5.4970€0.0056₹0.5981€0.0056₹0.5981€0.0056₹0.5981
Chile€0.0734₹7.8162€0.0165₹1.7585€0.0165₹1.7585€0.0165₹1.7585
Colombia€0.0103₹1.0993€0.0007₹0.0706€0.0007₹0.0706€0.0007₹0.0706
Egypt€0.0532₹5.6629€0.0030₹0.3167€0.0030₹0.3167€0.0030₹0.3167
France€0.0710₹7.5588€0.0248₹2.6393€0.0248₹2.6393€0.0248₹2.6393
Germany€0.113₹12.0088€0.0455₹4.8386€0.0455₹4.8386€0.0455₹4.8386
Hong Kong€0.0605₹6.4397€0.0215₹2.2867€0.0215₹2.2867€0.0215₹2.2867
Hungary€0.0710₹7.5596€0.0288₹3.0700€0.0288₹3.0700€0.0288₹3.0700
India€0.0089₹0.9435€0.0018₹0.1941€0.0013₹0.1402€0.0014₹0.1450
Indonesia€0.0339₹3.6133€0.0206₹2.1979€0.0206₹2.1979€0.0206₹2.1979
Iraq€0.0282₹2.9992€0.0065₹0.6943€0.0065₹0.6943€0.0065₹0.6943
Israel€0.0292₹3.1045€0.0044₹0.4662€0.0044₹0.4662€0.0044₹0.4662
Italy€0.0656₹6.9847€0.0248₹2.6369€0.0248₹2.6369€0.0248₹2.6369
Kazakhstan€0.0499₹5.3098€0.0149₹1.5824€0.0149₹1.5824€0.0149₹1.5824
Kuwait€0.0654₹6.9671€0.0363₹3.8671€0.0363₹3.8671€0.0363₹3.8671
Malaysia€0.0711₹7.5644€0.0116₹1.2314€0.0116₹1.2314€0.0116₹1.2314
Mexico€0.0328₹3.4877€0.0070₹0.7471€0.0070₹0.7471€0.0070₹0.7471
Morocco€0.0342₹3.6425€0.0190₹2.0218€0.0190₹2.0218€0.0190₹2.0218
Netherlands€0.132₹14.0494€0.0413₹4.3987€0.0413₹4.3987€0.0413₹4.3987
Nepal€0.0605₹6.4397€0.0028₹0.2990€0.0028₹0.2990€0.0028₹0.2990
Nigeria€0.0427₹4.5421€0.0055₹0.5898€0.0055₹0.5898€0.0055₹0.5898
Oman€0.0282₹2.9992€0.0204₹2.1709€0.0204₹2.1709€0.0204₹2.1709
Pakistan€0.0391₹4.1620€0.0124₹1.3200€0.0124₹1.3200€0.0124₹1.3200
Peru€0.0581₹6.1843€0.0248₹2.6392€0.0248₹2.6392€0.0248₹2.6392
Poland€0.0302₹3.2105€0.0101₹1.0702€0.0101₹1.0702€0.0101₹1.0702
Qatar€0.0282₹2.9992€0.0099₹1.0547€0.0099₹1.0547€0.0099₹1.0547
Romania€0.0710₹7.5596€0.0239₹2.5436€0.0239₹2.5436€0.0239₹2.5436
Russia€0.0662₹7.0520€0.0330₹3.5173€0.0330₹3.5173€0.0330₹3.5173
Saudi Arabia€0.0475₹5.0537€0.0088₹0.9401€0.0088₹0.9401€0.0088₹0.9401
Singapore€0.0605₹6.4397€0.0132₹1.4072€0.0132₹1.4072€0.0132₹1.4072
South Africa€0.0314₹3.3385€0.0079₹0.8369€0.0079₹0.8369€0.0079₹0.8369
Spain€0.0584₹6.2161€0.0165₹1.7578€0.0165₹1.7578€0.0165₹1.7578
Sri Lanka€0.0605₹6.4397€0.0017₹0.1759€0.0017₹0.1759€0.0017₹0.1759
Turkey€0.0090₹0.9587€0.0007₹0.0792€0.0007₹0.0792€0.0007₹0.0792
Ukraine€0.0710₹7.5596€0.0246₹2.6138€0.0246₹2.6138€0.0246₹2.6138
United Arab Emirates€0.0475₹5.0537€0.0130₹1.3811€0.0130₹1.3811€0.0130₹1.3811
United Kingdom€0.0524₹5.5795€0.0182₹1.9346€0.0182₹1.9346€0.0182₹1.9346
North America€0.0206₹2.1976€0.0028₹0.2989€0.0028₹0.2989€0.0028₹0.2989
Rest of Africa€0.0186₹1.9796€0.0033₹0.3516€0.0033₹0.3516€0.0033₹0.3516
Rest of Asia Pacific€0.0696₹7.4057€0.0093₹0.9938€0.0093₹0.9938€0.0093₹0.9938
Rest of Central & Eastern Europe€0.0710₹7.5596€0.0175₹1.8595€0.0175₹1.8595€0.0175₹1.8595
Rest of Latin America€0.0611₹6.5048€0.0093₹0.9934€0.0093₹0.9934€0.0093₹0.9934
Rest of Middle East€0.0324₹3.4490€0.0075₹0.7998€0.0075₹0.7998€0.0075₹0.7998
Rest of Western Europe€0.0489₹5.2054€0.0141₹1.5019€0.0141₹1.5019€0.0141₹1.5019
Other€0.0499₹5.3098€0.0064₹0.6769€0.0064₹0.6769€0.0064₹0.6769
Currency converter

€9.38 EUR

Indicative conversion at reference rates (ExchangeRate-API snapshot). InfiQ sets and invoices prices in Indian rupees, excluding GST; your bank’s rate on the day you pay will differ. Rates By Exchange Rate API.

Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A Dublin professional who kept an Indian +91 number on WhatsApp is billed at the India rate, ₹0.19 for a utility update. Euro amounts in the converter are for budgeting; InfiQ invoices in rupees.

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On InfiQ

What an Indian desk uses for Dublin

  1. Consent records and opt-out enforcement

    Each Dublin contact's opt-in is stored with its source and time, so the last branch of the tree has a record behind it.

  2. Template manager and library

    Interview, permit and payment templates in English, tracked through Meta's approval before the first send.

  3. Shared team inbox

    Dublin replies arrive through the Indian afternoon and evening; transfers and private notes let the late shift pick them up in order.

Nearby

City pages near Dublin

Irish city pages first, then the nearest pages in neighbouring countries.

The ePrivacy consent rules and Ireland's rate apply across the country; the Ireland guide covers them in full.

Guides for Dublin teams

Questions Dublin businesses ask

Our scheduler says IST. For a Dublin send, is that India Standard Time or Irish Standard Time?+
It depends on the software, which is the problem. Irish Standard Time is UTC+1 and India Standard Time is UTC+5:30. Pick the zone by name, Europe/Dublin for Dublin contacts and Asia/Kolkata for India, and write both local times into the campaign brief before anyone schedules it.
We place IT professionals in Dublin on Irish employment permits. Can we update candidates on WhatsApp through the process?+
Yes, once each candidate has opted in. Interview slots, document requests and joining dates are utility templates: ₹1.50 per delivered message to a +353 number, or ₹0.19 if the candidate is still on a +91 number.
What time should a message leave India to reach Dublin at 9 a.m.?+
At 14:30 India time while Dublin is on GMT in winter, and at 13:30 between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October, when Dublin is on Irish Standard Time. Scheduling in Europe/Dublin saves doing this twice a year.
Indian professionals in Dublin keep their +91 numbers on WhatsApp. Which rate applies to them?+
The India rate. Meta prices by the recipient's country code, so a +91 number costs ₹0.94 for marketing and ₹0.19 for utility wherever its owner lives. Store the number exactly as the contact uses it on WhatsApp.
Can we send home-loan offers on WhatsApp to NRIs living in Dublin?+
Only to those who agreed to promotional messages from you on WhatsApp. An offer is a marketing template, ₹5.21 to a +353 number. Ireland's ePrivacy rules require consent for electronic marketing, which the [Ireland guide](/whatsapp-business-api/countries/ireland) explains.
Our IT services firm employs its Dublin consultants through an Irish entity. Can that entity hold the InfiQ account?+
InfiQ serves India-based businesses: it bills in rupees with GST and keeps customer data in India, so the Indian company is the natural account holder and can message Dublin numbers at the Irish rate. If your business is based in Dublin, talk to sales about whether InfiQ fits.
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Sources

Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.

  1. [1]Employment permits by nationality, 2025 · Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (Ireland) · read 2026-10-20
  2. [2]Employment permits by county, 2025 · Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (Ireland) · read 2026-10-20
  3. [3]Population and Migration Estimates, April 2026: key findings · Central Statistics Office (Ireland) · read 2026-10-20
  4. [4]Population of Overseas Indians (as of January 2026) · Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India · read 2026-10-20
  5. [5]tzdb 'europe' file: Europe/Dublin notes on Irish Standard Time · IANA Time Zone Database · read 2026-10-20

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