Can you bring tobacco or cigarettes to Ireland?

• Tobacco

  allowed, within limits

  From outside the EU (including the UK): 200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g of smoking tobacco. The allowance can be split fractionally (e.g. 100 cigarettes and 50 cigarillos). Duty and VAT apply above it.

  Revenue: "The import of oral smokeless tobacco is generally prohibited" (snus-type products) — see Ireland's prohibitions and restrictions list. Reduced allowances apply to transport crews (40 cigarettes, 20 cigarillos, 10 cigars or 50g).

  Also covers: tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, rolling tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snus

  Checked 2026-09-21 — Source: Revenue (Ireland) — Duty-free allowances (travelling from outside the EU)

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history