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Gravy Train

Ireland's #1 Side Hustle Engine

Ireland’s side-hustle engine: tell it your hours, skills and target, and get the options that fit — with real costs, Irish tax and rules, and a plan for tonight.

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13
Reviewed opportunities
Irish rules & tax checked
7-day
Plan for each one
What to do tonight, free
€0
Cost to start
First playbook free
⚡ How It Works

Three stops to your
first extra €1,000

No courses to buy. No guru nonsense. Just a proven system that matches your skills, time, and goals to the right hustle.

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Discover Your Hustle

Tell the finder your hours, skills, budget and target. It ranks what fits and shows a modelled earnings range at your hours.

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Follow the Playbook

Step-by-step guides with templates, pricing, and Irish tax tips from people who've done it. Know what to expect before you start.

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Track & Scale

Use the earnings calculator to model your income and see which categories have the highest realistic ceiling on the Gravy Board.

💰 Side Hustles

Reviewed hustles,
curated for Ireland

Every opportunity reviewed for Irish rules and tax, with itemised costs. Income that doesn’t need your hours lives on our sister site, CashCow.

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Freelance & Remote

High-paying remote gigs from anywhere in Ireland.

💰 €800–€5k/mo⚡ Medium
✨ New🤖

AI-Powered Income

AI tools to create content, automate, build micro-SaaS.

💰 €300–€10k/mo⚡ Medium
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Reselling & Flipping

Charity shop finds, eBay arbitrage, car flipping.

💰 €200–€3k/mo⚡ Easy
🔥 Hot📱

Content & Social

TikTok, YouTube, newsletters. Build an Irish audience.

💰 €100–€20k/mo⚡ Hard
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Tutoring & Teaching

Leaving Cert grinds, online tutoring, corporate training.

💰 €400–€4k/mo⚡ Easy
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Trades & Services

Handyman, cleaning, gardening, dog walking.

💰 €600–€4k/mo⚡ Easy
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🎯 Hustle finder

Your hours, your skills.
What should you actually do?

Tell us what you have. We rank the options that fit, show a modelled earnings range at your hours, and give you something to do tonight.

What you’re good at
Where
Dealing with customers
I want money
Experience in this kind of work
Money I could afford to lose
🚲 Food & parcel delivery
Best fit
€150–€350 /month at 5h a week
Illustrative: €10–€18/h assumed × your hours × 70–90% of them paid early on. Not a promise.
  • ✓ Needs no particular skill
  • ✓ First income typically within 1–3 weeks (onboarding)
  • • €400/month is a stretch here: about 9 hours a week
  • • Start-up costs can reach €600
Tonight: Check which platforms operate in your town and what they require for onboarding.
🎓 Grinds & exam tutoring
#2
€200–€1,040 /month at 5h a week
Illustrative: €30–€60/h assumed × your hours × 30–80% of them paid early on. Not a promise.
  • ✓ Could reach €400/month in about 4 hours a week (illustrative)
  • ✓ First income typically within 1–3 weeks
  • • Usually needs teaching or maths or languages or science skills you did not select
  • • Involves a lot of direct contact with customers or parents
Tonight: Download the last three years of papers for your subject and mark which questions come up every year — that list is your first lesson plan and your selling point.
🎸 Music & language lessons
#3
€160–€760 /month at 5h a week
Illustrative: €25–€50/h assumed × your hours × 30–70% of them paid early on. Not a promise.
  • ✓ Could reach €400/month in about 5 hours a week (illustrative)
  • ✓ First income typically within 1–3 weeks
  • • Usually needs music or languages or teaching skills you did not select
  • • Involves a lot of direct contact with customers or parents
Tonight: Write the first three lessons for an absolute beginner. That is your trial lesson and your plan.
🤖 AI & automation help for small firms
#4
€110–€870 /month at 5h a week
Illustrative: €35–€80/h assumed × your hours × 15–50% of them paid early on. Not a promise.
  • ✓ Could reach €400/month in about 5 hours a week (illustrative)
  • • Usually needs tech or admin or marketing skills you did not select
  • • First income usually takes 2–6 weeks
Tonight: Write down the three most repetitive admin tasks a small business you know does every week.
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✅ Our Promises

What you can
actually expect

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Every playbook includes the Revenue side — what to declare, when, and how. Earning under €5,000/yr can be filed through myAccount; we show you exactly where.

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Irish tax guidance built in
Every playbook · Revenue-aware
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We publish realistic ranges, not jackpot stories — a beginner freelancer earning €500/mo is success; €5k/mo takes most people a year-plus. You'll know which before you start.

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Realistic ranges, not hype
Honesty policy
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No testimonials we can't verify appear on this site. Every opportunity’s “start tonight” step is free — try it and judge GravyTrain on the quality of the plan.

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No fake reviews here
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