Casual/ turn up get paid type work? (vague i know-please read)

shane86

Sorry for the vague title, but it’s the best I could come up with

The story is, at present I am a part time worker. My working week is typically anything from 12 to 24 hours. Unfortunately I don’t really have set work days, I am told a week in advance, and because of this getting a second job isn’t really an option, but generally so far I have been working between Wednesday and Sunday . I would ask for more hours, and indeed Ive put the word about to anyone who urgently needs off to ask me because Ill happily fill their shifts if Im not meant to work that day, but Im only new, and besides that I will need two weekends off next month (music festivals, Oxegen and Global Gathering in Cork), so extra hours isnt the type of thing that would fit around these seeing as much of my work is end of week stuff
What I was wondering was, does anyone know of any type of work where its basically a case of turn up, work and get paid cash in hand, no tax or any of that craic. Just arrive, work and then some lad hands you a wad of notes at days end. Where you pick and choose what day you come in, because it’s a case of whoever arrives earliest gets the work. I live in Blanchardstown and work locally, and whenever Ive been on Bus Eireann going through Meath there always seems to be a good few Chinese and East Europeans getting on or off between Dunshaughlin and Blanch, presumably they have some sort of farmhand work out there as there is virtually no industry once you pass Bracetown industrial estate. Ive heard a lot of students used to work on this kind of thing back in the day, picking berries near the airport, although its largely done by the Latvians etc nowadays.
The pay doesn’t bother me to be honest. It may sound odd, but Id rather earn 5 quid an hour or whatever they pay the foreigners on the days I cant work due to the scheduling practice in my “real job”, rather than sit on my arse those days vegetating infront of daytime telly (I don’t know how the long term unemployed survive without sky digital I really don’t. Sitting through any more “whos the father” DNA tests on live tv chatshows and I will ****ing explode. )

So, the balls of it is, anyone know how exactly to find where needs this type of labour? Is there any one spot around North Dublin where the workers all hang around at 6am or whatever and get picked up by a bus or whatever and dropped off where theyre needed? Basically, how does the system work and how do I get in on it?

Thanks

shane86

Anyone?