Embassies and consulates in Ireland

Outside Dublin, missions are found in Cork (7), Limerick (5), Galway (4), Dundalk (1), Mullingar (1), Kilkenny (1), Carrickmacross (1) and Gort (1), among other towns; most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Ireland is in the European Union but outside the Schengen area. Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 78 can enter visa-free and 120 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Ireland.

Schengen consulates in Ireland received 30,696 short-stay visa applications in 2025, and issued 29,395 visas. 3.1% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). In 2024 the rate was much the same, 1.8%. Applications rose by 11% compared with 2024 (27,761).

Most applications went to France (5,658), Spain (5,299), Germany (5,184) and the Netherlands (4,491).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was Greece’s (0.0%) and the highest Croatia’s (11.8%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Belgium (+5.2 points).

Bulgaria and Romania began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so their 2024 figures cover part of the year. The numbers include every nationality applying in Ireland.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 14,946 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Ireland, the 64th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Exchange visitor visas (J) made up 47%, work and treaty visas 24% and visitor visas 15%. That is 6% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (15,932).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Ireland received 3,969, 5% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 25.1% for citizens of Ireland in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 22.2%).

Ireland itself has 141 missions abroad, in 77 countries. Its largest networks are in the United States (19), Canada (9), Germany (8), France (6) and Australia (4).

Where the embassies are

All 69 embassies are in the capital, Dublin. Poland has the most missions in Ireland, 6, followed by Switzerland (3), Spain (3), Italy (3) and Sweden (3).

Travel advice for Ireland

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Ireland: the US State Department rates Ireland at Level 1, exercise normal precautions (updated 19 March 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office does not advise against travel to Ireland (updated 4 September 2026) and the German Foreign Office has no travel warning for Ireland (updated 13 October 2026).