BLIrish employer · Meath
Blackden Limited
38 employment permits issued in 2026, ranked 106 of 7,732 Irish employers with permits this year. 153 permits across 4 years since 2023.
Month by month
2026
Permits issued by month. A run of months usually means an ongoing programme, not a one-off hire.
Year by year
Since 2023
What the numbers say
Blackden Limited has already used more permits in 2026 (38) than in the whole of 2025 (30).
Permits were issued in 8 of the 9 months published so far, which points to an ongoing hiring programme, not a one-off.
Busiest full year: 2023 with 44 permits. First year on record: 2023.
The record
The Department's figures show 38 employment permits issued to Blackden Limited in 2026, which places it 106th of 7,732 employers nationally and makes it a regular rather than an occasional user of the system.
Blackden Limited first shows up in the figures in 2023, and across 4 years it has been issued 153 employment permits in all, peaking at 44 in 2023. There is a consistency to it: similar numbers in each of the last three full years.
Permits were issued to Blackden Limited in 8 of the 9 months published so far this year, the rhythm of an employer with an ongoing hiring programme. March was the busiest month with 19.
Blackden Limited is the registered name (CRO number 692216): a ltd - private company limited by shares, 5 years on the register. Its registered office is at Dunboyne Nursing Home, Waynestown, Dunboyne,meath. The register classes its activity as financial services.
What this tells you
A working relationship with the permit system
Blackden Limited takes permits most years, which is the profile of an employer that recruits from abroad when a role cannot be filled locally and has the paperwork down.
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Companies Registration Office
The company behind the name
- Registered name
- Blackden Limited
- Company number
- 692216
- Type
- LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
- Incorporated
- 9 April 2021
- Status
- Normal
- Registered office
- Dunboyne Nursing Home, Waynestown, Dunboyne,meath, A86 XF89
- Registered activity
- Financial services (NACE 6420)
- Last annual return
- 30 September 2025
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- A job offer and a contract of employment signed by you and the employer before anything is submitted. Applications must reach the Department at least 12 weeks before the start date.
- The right permit for the job. Most trades and driving roles go through a General Employment Permit, which is issued for 2 years and can be renewed. Roles on the Critical Skills list use a Critical Skills Employment Permit.
- Pay at or above the minimum for the permit. For a General Employment Permit the Department currently lists it as generally EUR 36,605 a year, with lower figures for meat processing, horticulture, healthcare assistants and home support. Check the official figure for your role before you rely on it.
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Source: Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Employment Permit Statistics. Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. A permit issued to a company is a record of a past application. It is not a vacancy and not a promise of sponsorship.
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