MMIrish employer · Meath
McCarren Meats Unlimited Company
45 employment permits issued in 2026, ranked 83 of 7,732 Irish employers with permits this year. 479 permits across 9 years since 2018.
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 2018
What the numbers say
McCarren Meats Unlimited Company has already used more permits in 2026 (45) than in the whole of 2025 (19).
Busiest full year: 2022 with 158 permits. First year on record: 2018.
The record
The Department's figures show 45 employment permits issued to McCarren Meats Unlimited Company in 2026, which places it 83rd of 7,732 employers nationally and makes it a regular rather than an occasional user of the system.
Since 2018 the count stands at 479 permits across 9 years. The high point was 2022, with 158. The count has been steady across the last three full years.
Permits for McCarren Meats Unlimited Company in 2026 arrived in bursts, 3 months in all, with April the biggest at 25.
Mccarren Meats Unlimited Company is the registered name (CRO number 8872): a ulc - private unlimited company, 91 years on the register. Registered office: Kepak Group, Co. Meath Ireland, Clonee,meath.
Companies Registration Office
The company behind the name
- Registered name
- Mccarren Meats Unlimited Company
- Company number
- 8872
- Type
- ULC - Private Unlimited Company
- Incorporated
- 24 January 1935
- Status
- Normal
- Registered office
- Kepak Group, Co. Meath Ireland, Clonee,meath
- Last annual return
- 30 September 2025
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Routine, not exceptional
The count is not spectacular and does not need to be: it shows an employer that uses the permit route as one normal channel among several, year after year.
How to approach them
Time it to the rhythm
This year McCarren Meats Unlimited Company's permits peaked in April. Hiring rounds tend to repeat, so an application a couple of months ahead of that lands when the decision is being made.
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What you need to work here
- 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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