I was at Barcamp Ireland - Southeast [1] today and a few people mentioned difficulty in sourcing developers in Ireland.

If your are looking for python, django or turbogears developers your should try Python Ireland. They have a website [2] and mailing list [3].

If you are looking for ruby or rails developers you should try the Ruby Ireland [4] mailing list. There is also a list of people working with rails in Ireland [5] at Working with Rails which lists people who are available for hire. If you are a rails developer who is available for hire be sure to add yourself to this list.

More generally if you are looking for ruby freelancers outside of Ireland you could try the Rubynow job site [6], the Ruby on Rails mailing list [7] or Ruby Rockstars [8].