Ireland by county
Employment permits in County Clare
615 employment permits in 2026, 2.1% of the national total, ranked 11 of 27 by county.
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What the numbers say
615 permits for County Clare by the end of September 2026, already 114% of the 538 issued in the whole of 2025.
At the current pace 2026 would finish around 820, up 52% on 2025.
The busiest full year on record was 2024 with 657 permits. In 2010 the figure was 134. That is a 4.9-fold rise.
Year by year
Clare since 2010
134
2010
81
2011
48
2012
66
2013
57
2014
64
2015
72
2016
73
2017
90
2018
197
2019
136
2020
138
2021
332
2022
496
2023
657
2024
538
2025
615
2026
67 applications refused in 2026.
All countys in 2026
Employers
Biggest permit users in Clare
RH192permits in 2026569 over 9 years- AHAAG Hangar 1 LimitedClare39permits in 202668 over 3 years
- CC16permits in 202689 over 7 years
BH14permits in 202642 over 4 years
MC10permits in 202632 over 4 years- AN8permits in 202690 over 11 years
- PA8permits in 202628 over 3 years
AH7permits in 202628 over 7 years- AM6permits in 202625 over 5 years
TH6permits in 20267 over 2 years
GG5permits in 2026
ANAngelshine LimitedClare4permits in 202623 over 4 years
AN4permits in 202610 over 3 years
SP3permits in 202675 over 10 years
CL3permits in 202655 over 8 years- KD3permits in 202636 over 14 years
- SH3permits in 202634 over 4 years
HDHotel Doolin LimitedClare3permits in 202631 over 6 years
NUNusolas LimitedClare3permits in 202617 over 4 years- LR3permits in 202616 over 6 years
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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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