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Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company
80 employment permits issued in 2026, ranked 32 of 7,732 Irish employers with permits this year. 1,265 permits across 17 years since 2010.
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 2010
What the numbers say
Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company has already used more permits in 2026 (80) than in the whole of 2025 (55).
Permits were issued in 9 of the 9 months published so far, which points to an ongoing hiring programme, not a one-off.
Busiest full year: 2022 with 500 permits. First year on record: 2010.
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Volume means process
Permit counts like these are only possible with a repeatable process: advertising, applications, visas, arrivals. Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company has one. For a candidate that is reassuring; for a competitor it is the benchmark.
How to approach them
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Check Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company's own careers page and the job boards, apply with an Irish-style CV, and be clear in the first message that you would need an employment permit and that you know what that involves.
The record
Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company is one of the heaviest users of employment permits in Dublin: 80 issued so far in 2026, which puts it 32nd of the 7,732 Irish employers that have taken a permit this year.
Over 17 years since 2010, Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company has taken 1,265 employment permits, averaging 74 a year and reaching 500 in 2022. There is a consistency to it: similar numbers in each of the last three full years.
The 2026 pattern is spread across the year: permits in 9 of 9 published months, busiest in May (17).
The CRO lists it as Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company, number 342235, a ulc - private unlimited company on the register since 2001. Registered office: 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2.
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The company behind the name
- Registered name
- Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company
- Company number
- 342235
- Type
- ULC - Private Unlimited Company
- Incorporated
- 25 April 2001
- Status
- Normal
- Registered office
- 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, D02R296
- Last annual return
- 31 March 2026
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- 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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