I qualified as an atco in Ireland in 1999 and I made 69k last year, about 18k of that went on income tax and 2k on pay related social insurance. I also pay 1% of gross income for loss of licence insurance. You also have to take pension and health insurance out of this gross amount. It works out roughly 4000 net per month excl health care. However do remember when looking at these figures that Ireland is not a cheap place to live