Women modeling agencies in Ireland

This catalogue lists 19 agencies in Ireland, including Morgan The Agency, Assets Model Agency, First Management and Catwalk Model Agency. It includes every agency that represents models; we do not vouch for them, and each profile shows the facts we found, good and bad.

Ireland has no licence written for model agencies. It has a general employment-agency licence under a 1971 Act: it costs €500 a year, and the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) handles applications. The Act's definition is wide, but we found no official statement and no court ruling on whether model agencies must hold the licence. Two agencies from our catalogue are on the list of licensed agencies as at 1 October 2026: Fraser Models + Actors and Casting Ireland. Treat that as an extra check and not a requirement: judge an agency by its model board, its contract and its company details in the register. Our catalogue lists every business that represents models and does not vouch for them.

No law or association sets it: the commission is whatever the contract says. The one published scale we found is that of Young Artists Management, a Dublin agency for children and young adults: 10% for theatre and radio work, 15% for film and television, and 20% for commercials and print advertising. That is one example, not a market rule, so read the percentage, and the amount it is calculated on, in your own contract.

The Employment Agency Act 1971 forbids an employment agency to charge a fee solely for agreeing to look for work for someone, and its other fees must stay within a scale approved by the Minister. The Act has no special rule for models, and whether it reaches model agencies without a licence has not been settled. In practice some agencies do charge: Casting Ireland asks for a one-off, non-refundable registration fee of €14.99, Young Artists Management takes a combined photographic and maintenance fee on registration, from €60 for one child to €100 for four, and Eko Model Management sells optional headshot days at €60. We show facts like these on the agency's profile so that you can compare.

We cannot give you figures: there are no official data on models' earnings, and we found no agency rate card and no credible survey of day rates. The minimum hourly wage is €14.15 in 2026, but it applies only to employees, for example extras paid through payroll, and not to a self-employed booking. The agency commission comes off a fee, and a self-employed model pays tax and contributions personally. One agency says the money usually arrives within about a month, and sometimes takes up to three.

Children under 16 may work in advertising, cultural and artistic projects only under a licence, which the employer requests in writing from the Workplace Relations Commission at least 21 days ahead. The conditions the Commission publishes for film licences limit time at the place of work: up to 5 hours a day under the age of 7, up to 7½ hours from 7 to 13 and up to 8 hours over 13; the children must be supervised by a chaperone. At 16 and 17 you may work up to 8 hours a day and 40 a week, between 06:00 and 22:00.

No: we found no working association, so the catalogue shows no memberships. The company register has only Irish Model Agency Association Limited, registered in 1985 and dissolved in 1993. The related bodies speak for others: Irish Equity is the performers' union, and the Creative & Communications Association represents advertising agencies. We found no union of models either.

A passport or national ID card is enough: you need no visa, no work permit and no registration with the immigration authorities. If you only fly in for jobs and live in Lithuania, there is no further step in Ireland. To register with Revenue or to be paid through payroll you need a PPS number: you apply at MyWelfare.ie with your ID, proof of address and, if you live outside Ireland, the reason you need the number. An agency may ask for it only when you start work.

We found no general withholding on fees paid by private clients. The 20% Professional Services Withholding Tax is deducted only when a state body or one of its companies pays; a non-resident can claim it back. The Ireland–Lithuania double tax treaty (S.I. No. 503 of 1997) says income from independent work is taxed only in Lithuania unless you have a fixed base in Ireland or stay more than 183 days. Entertainers' income may be taxed where they perform, and whether a model counts as an entertainer is not confirmed. So talk to a tax adviser before your first job.

There is no special rule for models. Status is decided case by case under the five-step test set out in the Code of Practice on Determining Employment Status, and Revenue, the Department of Social Protection and the Workplace Relations Commission each decide for their own purposes. Agencies mostly pay a fee less commission, but there is also an extras agency that pays through payroll. A self-employed model pays Class S social insurance (PRSI): 4.2% of income up to 30 September 2026 and 4.35% from 1 October.

In Dublin: our catalogue lists 12 of Ireland's 19 agencies there, half of them in the Dublin 2 postal district. One agency each works in Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Killarney, Kinvara in County Galway, Kildare and Bettystown. Northern Ireland's agencies, for example those in Belfast, are in our United Kingdom catalogue because different rules apply to them.