Ireland is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention: a single apostille, affixed in Switzerland by the chancellery of the issuing canton, makes your Swiss document valid there — no embassy, no consulate, no further stamp.
Order an apostille →Always in the country that issued the document — so for your Swiss diploma, extract or certificate, at the state chancellery of the issuing canton, or at the Federal Chancellery for federal documents. We route it; you just name the canton.
Diplomas and transcripts for jobs and universities, civil-status records for marriages and residence, criminal-record extracts for visas, commercial-register extracts and powers of attorney for business.
Standard 1–2 business days plus delivery; same-day express available. Registered Swiss mail included — or DHL straight to Ireland (CHF 140 worldwide, CHF 90 in Europe).
An English translation is required from every Swiss canton, since no Swiss authority issues in English. Irish institutions rarely impose a particular translator, but they do expect a signed statement of accuracy attached to the translation. That statement is what gives it standing — a translation without one is treated as an informal courtesy.
Ireland is a common destination for Swiss diplomas because of the English-language universities and the technology sector. Those institutions almost always want the transcript with the diploma, and often a separate confirmation from the issuing school. Order the pair and ask your institution about the third piece before you need it.