The Cheapest Coworking Spaces in Dublin
Last updated: October 2026
Intro
Most "free places to work in Dublin" lists send you to the National Library reading rooms and skip the catches. You need a Reader's Card to get in, issued in person with photo ID, and industrial action has disrupted its opening hours this autumn, so its notices need a look on the day. The public libraries are the dependable free desks. Prices below were checked in October 2026.
Dublin also runs as a self-guided walk in the Ciceru app, with a story and a quiz question at each stop and a free 500 MB global eSIM. It starts on North Earl Street, a few minutes from the Central Library and the north-side desks below.
⚡ Quick answer
- Best free option: Central Library in the Ilac Centre, free to enter, free wifi, work pods and study space
- Cheapest paid desk: Dogpatch Labs, about €25 a day excluding VAT, but only inside a €200 monthly plan
- Cheapest true day pass: Huckletree on Pearse Street, from €35 excluding VAT
- Main warning: the National Library needs a Reader's Card, and industrial action has disrupted its hours, so check its notice on the day
- VAT note: coworking prices here are quoted without VAT, so add 23% (standard rate) before you budget
🆓 Free places to work
Central Library (Ilac Centre)
- 📍 Ilac Centre, Henry Street, Dublin 1
- 🕐 Monday to Thursday 10:00 to 20:00, Friday and Saturday 10:00 to 17:00, closed Sunday
- 🆓 Free to enter, free internet, work pods and study space
- 🪪 Library PCs need a card or card number, with a 55-minute daily booking limit
The Ilac Centre's page calls it "fully public, free to use and open to everyone". Membership is free but needs photo ID and proof of address, awkward for a visitor, so bring your own laptop.
Pearse Street Library
- 📍 139 to 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
- 🕐 Monday to Thursday 10:00 to 20:00, Friday and Saturday 10:00 to 17:00, closed Sunday
- 🆓 Study spaces, computers and wifi
Cabra Library
- 📍 Navan Road, Dublin 7
- 🕐 Same hours as above
- 🆓 Wifi and study spaces
Printing at city libraries costs 20 cent a black-and-white sheet.
National Library of Ireland
- 📍 7 to 8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
- 🕐 Reading rooms Monday, Thursday and Friday 09:30 to 17:00, Tuesday and Wednesday 09:30 to 19:00, plus select Saturdays 09:30 to 13:00 (17 and 31 October, 14 and 28 November, 12 December)
- 🪪 A Reader's Card is required for all reading rooms. Anyone aged 16 or over can apply, with photo ID, by online form and then in person at the registration office
- 🆓 Exhibitions (Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Live Aid) are free to walk into, no card
The rooms are for consulting the collection, and its pages do not say whether general laptop work is welcome. "Further closures may be necessary at short notice", so check the opening hours page that morning.
Trinity College. Trinity's library site lists "External Readers" as a separate category and shows no walk-in rule. Email library@tcd.ie before relying on it.
💶 Cheap paid options
Dogpatch Labs
- 📍 The CHQ Building, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1
- 💶 Hotdesking Lite is €200 a month excluding VAT and includes 8 on-site day passes, so about €25 a day if you use them all
- ✅ Unlimited tea and coffee. No standalone day pass is listed
Good value only for a stay of weeks.
Huckletree
- 📍 The Academy, 42 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
- 💶 Day passes from €35 excluding VAT, about €43 once VAT is added. Packs of 5, 20, 50 and 100 are cheaper per day
- 🕐 Monday to Friday 08:30 to 18:00, subject to availability, not on bank holidays
- ✅ Phone booths, printing, tea and coffee. Book at least 24 hours ahead
Cancel inside 24 hours and the full fee is due. Older lists quote about €30; that is out of date.
CoCreate
- 📍 43 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 (the Camden Street site shows its hot desks as full)
- 💶 Hot desk €249 a month excluding VAT, with a 5-day pass available but no price shown
- 🕐 Hot desks 09:00 to 19:00, Monday to Friday
Workhub
- 📍 Baggot Street, Camden Street and Sandyford
- 💶 Day pass €69 plus VAT, which includes access to book meeting rooms
The priciest here.
tCube and The Tara Building sell day desks mainly through booking platforms and did not show a price on their own pages. Check before you go.
☕ Laptop-friendly cafés
None of the café websites checked publish a laptop policy, so treat these as starting points and ask before you unpack:
- Third Space, Unit 14 Block C, Smithfield Markets: open 07:00 to 17:30 Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:30 Saturday, closed Sunday. A 2023 café guide lists it as laptop-friendly with wifi and sockets
- The Fumbally, Dublin 8: Tuesday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00, Saturday 09:00 to 17:00, Sunday 10:00 to 15:00. A 2023 guide calls it suitable for working
📶 Wifi, plugs and noise
- 📶 Library wifi is free, but connecting may need a library card. Ask at the desk
- 🔇 For video calls, Huckletree's phone booths beat a library floor or a café table
🚶 A lunch-break walk
From the Central Library, Henry Street leads out to O'Connell Street in about 5 minutes. From Huckletree on Pearse Street, Trinity's Front Gate is roughly 10 minutes on foot.
Both sit close to the Ciceru Dublin walk, a self-guided walk in the Ciceru app of about 3 km and 2 hours, with 9 quiz stops from the James Joyce Statue to The Brazen Head, for €5 with a free 500 MB global eSIM.
❓ FAQ
Is there anywhere free to work in Dublin without a library card?
Yes. Dublin's public libraries are free to enter and have wifi and study space. Only the library PCs need a card, so bring your own laptop.
Can I use the National Library reading room as a visitor?
Only with a Reader's Card: 16 or over, photo ID, registered in person. Exhibitions are free without one.
What is the cheapest coworking day pass in Dublin?
Huckletree, from €35 excluding VAT. Dogpatch Labs works out cheaper per day, but only as part of a monthly plan.
✅ Before you go
Start free at the Central Library, pay for a desk only when you need call privacy, and check the National Library's updates page on the day. For the wider city, read Dublin Explained, and to stretch your euros further, see Dublin on a Budget.
