A courier in Drogheda is called because of the road, not the postcode. Dublin is 43 km away and reaches 198 airports nonstop, so a consignment that has to leave Leinster today has a real chance of leaving today. The desk works the list by drive time, and yours is 34 minutes.
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On Board Courier, Drogheda
A courier list for Drogheda and the Leinster area. Your departure gate is DUB, 43 km by road, and every ticket on it is bought by the desk rather than by you.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inDrogheda, Leinster
Nearest gateDUB · Dublin
Drive to the aircraft43 km · 34 minutes
Nonstop from DUB198 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
The shape of a trip out of Drogheda is short and defined. Collection, 34 minutes on the road, check in at Dublin, and a seat you did not pay for. The Gulf sector out of DUB is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. You do not open the consignment, you do not check it into the hold, and you do not leave it anywhere.
Getting to the aircraft from Drogheda
34 minutes is the drive from Drogheda to DUB, 43 km by road. It is the single most useful fact on this page, because it decides which departures from DUB you can realistically be offered.
A drive in this band, 34 minutes from Drogheda, is why the offer arrives with a departure time from your door and not only from the gate. Only DUB is within reach of Drogheda at 34 minutes, so the 198 destinations it serves nonstop are what you can be offered. There is no second airport within reach of Drogheda to fall back on.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUB | Dublin | 43 km | 34 minutes | 198 |
Drogheda is a city of 44,000 people in Leinster, and the clock there runs 3 hours behind the Emirates in summer and 4 in winter. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
What DUB reaches without a change
From DUB a consignment can be in 198 other airports without touching a second aircraft. 45 countries are covered, and the heaviest routes are these.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDI | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | about 24 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| MAN | Manchester | Manchester | about 22 departures a day | 3 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 21 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, British Airways |
| BHX | Birmingham | Birmingham | about 16 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| GLA | Glasgow | Glasgow | about 15 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 15 departures a day | 4 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Qatar Airways |
| LPL | Liverpool | Liverpool John Lennon | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 10 departures a day | 3 operators: Aer Lingus, Air France |
| BRS | Bristol | Bristol | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| LBA | Leeds | Leeds Bradford | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
Counting every airport a courier in Drogheda can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 198 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
The industry inside this catchment
What is made near DUB shapes what moves out of it in a hurry. The sites below are a matter of public record. Listing one is an explanation of why Drogheda generates urgent work, not a statement that the company works with us.
- Intel, Leixlip. Wafer fabrication in Europe. Ireland's fab, supplied from across Europe and the United States. It sits on DUB, which is 34 minutes from Drogheda by road, and the sector is semiconductor.
- Pfizer, Ringaskiddy and Grange Castle. Active ingredient and biologics manufacturing. Ireland manufactures for the world and ships against timepoints. It sits on DUB, which is 34 minutes from Drogheda by road, and the sector is pharma.
- MSD, Carlow and Ballydine. Biologics and active ingredient manufacturing. The same Irish pattern. It sits on DUB, which is 34 minutes from Drogheda by road, and the sector is pharma.
Why a courier in Drogheda is useful to the desk
The value of a Drogheda address is timing. When a consignment has to leave Leinster today, the desk needs a name that is 34 minutes from a working gate, not a name in the nearest capital who is four hours away in traffic.
What ties Drogheda to a Dubai desk is the timetable. From Droghedthe Gulf is a single sector: DUB and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 7h 28m in the air over 5,900 km, and it means a consignment can leave Drogheda in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Ireland list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Drogheda
Navan23 km away, DUB in 38 minutesDundalk32 km away, DUB in 54 minutesDublin43 km away, DUB in 18 minutesBray60 km away, DUB in 35 minutesDroichead Nua67 km away, DUB in 42 minutesPortlaoise99 km away, DUB in 1 hour 8 minutesCarlow105 km away, DUB in 1 hour 7 minutesAthlone110 km away, DUB in 1 hour 28 minutesWaterford170 km away, ORK in 1 hour 50 minutesGalway186 km away, SNN in 1 hour 10 minutesLimerick192 km away, SNN in 30 minutesEnnis201 km away, SNN in 24 minutes
All 15 Ireland cities are listed on the Ireland courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of DUB, between Ireland and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 34 minutes drive to DUB. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach DUB, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Drogheda list
01How far is Drogheda from DUB?
It is 43 km of driving from Drogheda, roughly 34 minutes. Parking or the transfer is paid by the desk, and if the timings are tight the desk pays for a room near DUB the night before instead of hoping.
02What can I reach from Drogheda without a change of aircraft?
DUB serves 198 airports nonstop across 45 countries with 49 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Drogheda can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 198 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Drogheda to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Droghedthe Gulf is a single sector: DUB and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 7h 28m in the air over 5,900 km, and it means a consignment can leave Drogheda in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
You do not. A residence visa is not asked for and not needed to be on the Drogheda list. What is asked for is a passport, the right to enter the country on the routing, and the ability to reach DUB.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying costs nothing and always will. A courier on the Drogheda list makes exactly one payment to us, the AED 199 Academy, and gets it back in full with the fee for the first assignment they complete.
06How is my fee agreed?
Nothing is charged back to a courier in Drogheda and nothing is deducted. The fee agreed before you left Drogheda is the fee that reaches your account after the handover.
Apply to fly out of DUB
The application takes about five minutes and asks what the desk actually needs to know: your passports, your visas, and how quickly you can be at DUB.
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