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🛂 Visa Sponsorship Companies

Irish companies known to sponsor Critical Skills and General Employment Permits

💡 Note: This list is based on publicly available data including DETE employment permit statistics and company careers pages. Sponsorship availability varies by role and timing. Always confirm directly with the employer. See our Work Permits Guide for full details on permit types.
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💻 Tech
💊 Pharma
💰 Finance
📊 Consulting
🍽️ Food/Agri
40 companies listed

Google Ireland

Tech

European HQ in Dublin. Regularly sponsors across engineering, sales, and operations roles.

📍 Dublin👥 8,000+ staff

Meta (Facebook)

Tech

EMEA HQ in Dublin. Major sponsor of Critical Skills permits for engineering and policy roles.

📍 Dublin👥 6,000+ staff

Apple

Tech

European operations in Cork since 1980. Sponsors across engineering, operations, and AppleCare.

📍 Cork👥 6,000+ staff

Microsoft Ireland

Tech

Dublin campus. Active sponsor for engineering, cloud, AI, and business roles.

📍 Dublin👥 4,000+ staff

Amazon / AWS

Tech

AWS European operations. Extensive sponsorship for cloud engineers, solutions architects, and ops.

📍 Dublin👥 5,000+ staff

Stripe

Tech

Irish-founded (Collison brothers). Dublin engineering hub. Sponsors engineering and business roles.

📍 Dublin👥 1,000+ staff

HubSpot

Tech

Dublin EMEA HQ. Active sponsor for engineering, customer success, and sales roles.

📍 Dublin👥 1,000+ staff

Salesforce

Tech

Dublin as key European hub. Sponsors engineering, sales, and consulting positions.

📍 Dublin👥 2,000+ staff

Indeed

Tech

EMEA HQ in Dublin. Active sponsor for engineering, data science, and product roles.

📍 Dublin👥 1,500+ staff

Intel Ireland

Tech

Leixlip manufacturing campus. Sponsors engineers, scientists, and manufacturing specialists.

📍 Leixlip, Kildare👥 5,000+ staff

Pfizer Ireland

Pharma

Multiple sites (Dublin, Cork, Kildare). Major sponsor for scientists, engineers, and quality roles.

📍 Dublin / Cork / Kildare👥 4,000+ staff

MSD (Merck)

Pharma

Large Irish footprint. Actively sponsors across manufacturing, quality, engineering, and R&D.

📍 Cork / Tipperary / Dublin👥 3,000+ staff

Johnson & Johnson

Pharma

Vision care and medical devices in Ireland. Sponsors technical and manufacturing roles.

📍 Limerick / Cork👥 2,500+ staff

Medtronic

Pharma

Significant Irish operations in medical devices. Sponsors engineering and R&D roles in Galway.

📍 Galway👥 4,000+ staff

Novartis

Pharma

Ringaskiddy site plus Dublin offices. Sponsors manufacturing, quality, and science roles.

📍 Cork / Dublin👥 1,500+ staff

AbbVie

Pharma

Multiple Irish manufacturing sites. Active sponsor for scientists, engineers, and operational roles.

📍 Cork / Sligo / Dublin👥 3,000+ staff

JP Morgan

Finance

Dublin hub for technology and operations. Sponsors tech, risk, and operations roles.

📍 Dublin👥 2,000+ staff

Citi

Finance

European operations hub. Sponsors across technology, risk management, and financial analysis.

📍 Dublin👥 2,500+ staff

Fidelity Investments

Finance

Dublin operations centre. Sponsors technology, data, and financial services roles.

📍 Dublin👥 1,500+ staff

State Street

Finance

Global fund services hub in Ireland. Sponsors operations, technology, and compliance roles.

📍 Dublin / Kilkenny👥 2,000+ staff

Accenture

Consulting

Major Irish presence. Active sponsor for technology, strategy, and consulting roles.

📍 Dublin👥 5,000+ staff

Deloitte Ireland

Consulting

Big 4 firm. Sponsors across audit, tax, consulting, and risk advisory.

📍 Dublin / Cork / Limerick👥 3,000+ staff

EY Ireland

Consulting

Big 4 with strong Irish practice. Sponsors audit, tax, consulting, and technology roles.

📍 Dublin / Cork / Galway👥 2,500+ staff

PwC Ireland

Consulting

Big 4 firm. Sponsors across assurance, tax, deals, and consulting practices.

📍 Dublin / Cork / Galway / others👥 3,000+ staff

KPMG Ireland

Consulting

Big 4 with significant Irish practice. Sponsors audit, tax, and advisory roles.

📍 Dublin / Cork / Galway👥 2,000+ staff

Intercom

Tech

Irish-founded (Eoghan McCabe). Dublin R&D centre. Sponsors engineering and product roles.

📍 Dublin👥 500+ staff

Workday

Tech

European HQ in Dublin. Active sponsor for engineering, product, and customer success roles.

📍 Dublin👥 2,000+ staff

TikTok (ByteDance)

Tech

Growing Dublin office for trust & safety, data, and engineering. Active sponsor.

📍 Dublin👥 3,000+ staff

Kerry Group

Food

Irish multinational. Sponsors food science, engineering, and R&D roles. HQ in Tralee.

📍 Tralee / Dublin / Nationwide👥 10,000+ Ireland

Glanbia

Food

Irish nutrition company. Sponsors food science, manufacturing, and commercial roles.

📍 Kilkenny / Dublin👥 2,000+ staff

Broadcom (VMware)

Tech

Cork office for R&D. Sponsors engineering and product development roles.

📍 Cork👥 1,000+ staff

Datadog

Tech

Dublin engineering office. Sponsors software engineering and SRE roles.

📍 Dublin👥 300+ staff

Boston Scientific

Pharma

Major med-tech employer in Galway. Sponsors engineering, quality, and R&D roles.

📍 Galway / Cork👥 5,000+ staff

Bank of America

Finance

Dublin office for European operations. Sponsors technology and risk roles.

📍 Dublin👥 500+ staff

Zendesk

Tech

Dublin EMEA HQ. Sponsors engineering, sales, and customer success positions.

📍 Dublin👥 500+ staff

McKinsey & Company

Consulting

Dublin office. Sponsors management consultants and business analysts.

📍 Dublin👥 200+ staff

X (Twitter)

Tech

European HQ in Dublin. Reduced headcount but still sponsors select engineering and trust roles.

📍 Dublin👥 300+ staff

Eli Lilly

Pharma

Kinsale biotech manufacturing site. Active sponsor for science and engineering roles.

📍 Cork (Kinsale)👥 1,000+ staff

ServiceNow

Tech

Dublin office. Sponsors engineering, presales, and customer success roles.

📍 Dublin👥 500+ staff

Ornua (Kerrygold)

Food

Irish dairy cooperative. Sponsors commercial, supply chain, and food technology roles.

📍 Dublin👥 800+ staff