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Interpretation Services in Ireland

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Interpretation for conferences, EU meetings and business events in every county

Maven provides interpretation services in Ireland for international conferences, EU and government meetings, corporate events, training sessions, site visits and public consultations in every county. Interpreters can work on-site, remotely or in hybrid format. The equipment with relevant technical support can be provided for interpretation in simultaneous format.

Maven has offices in the USA, Ireland, the UAE and Malaysia and has delivered interpretation in more than 20 countries. Assignments in Ireland are run by our Ireland office in Cork.

You can read more about our interpretation services in Dublin and Cork on their respective pages. This page covers the entire country and the regions beyond those two cities: Galway and the west, Limerick and the Shannon region, Kerry, Kilkenny, Waterford and the north-west.

Office Details

Maven's Ireland office is in Cork. As an interpretation company in Ireland, we run conference, business and remote assignments nationwide from here, and Dublin and Cork are the two cities we work in most.

  • Office

    Cork, Ireland

  • Address

    Unit 3D North Point House, North Point Business Park, New Mallow Road, Cork, Co. Cork, T23 AT2P, Ireland

  • Opened

    2025

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Languages across Ireland

Article 8 of the Constitution names Irish as the national and first official language and English as a second official language. Under the Official Languages Act 2003 either language may be used in the Oireachtas and in any court, and in the EU, Irish has had full status as an official and working language since 1 January 2022. In the 2022 census, 1,873,997 people said they could speak Irish, and the Gaeltacht areas had a population of 106,220.

Official and business languages
  • Irish
  • English
Most spoken at home after English and Irish
  • Polish
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Ukrainian
Added at international conferences
  • German
  • Italian

Irish language interpreters in Ireland

Irish language interpreters in Ireland are required for public meetings, Gaeltacht consultations, State events and conferences where speakers address the room in Irish.

Polish interpreters in Ireland

The 2022 census counted 751,507 residents who spoke a language other than English or Irish at home. Polish was first with 123,968 speakers, followed by French, Spanish and Portuguese, and Polish speakers live in every region: more than 5,000 in Limerick and more than 4,000 each in Kerry and County Galway. Polish interpreters in Ireland are required for workplace meetings, training sessions, consultations with public services and community events.

International conferences usually add French, German, Spanish or Italian. Ukrainian has grown fastest of all: it was the fastest-growing language spoken at home between the 2016 and 2022 censuses, up 165 per cent, and by November 2025 some 83,594 beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were still administratively active in the State. The CSO found that 53 per cent of them named English language proficiency as a barrier to employment. Across all 751,507 residents who speak another language at home, 13 per cent speak English not well or not at all, which is roughly 97,700 people. Tell us the languages your delegates speak and we will put together the team of interpreters in Ireland.

Interpretation formats available across Ireland

Interpretation team standing between rows of interpreter booths

Clients we support across Ireland

Government departments, State agencies, EU bodies, NGOs and multinational employers organise many of these meetings. Several interpreting entitlements here are statutory, which is worth knowing when you are planning and budgeting. An applicant interviewed under section 35 of the International Protection Act 2015 must be provided with an interpreter wherever one is needed for the interview. A person in Garda custody who does not speak or understand English has the right to an interpreter at no cost, under the 2013 regulations that transpose EU Directive 2010/64. The Irish Sign Language Act 2017 gives a right to use ISL in any court and obliges public bodies to do all that is reasonable to provide free ISL interpretation to ISL users accessing statutory services.

Events around Ireland that require interpreters

Many of the events that require interpreters in Ireland take place outside the two main cities.

Sport and industry bring international visitors: the Ryder Cup comes to Adare Manor in County Limerick in September 2027, and Galway and the west are home to much of Ireland's medtech industry, with Medtronic operating in Galway for over 40 years.
The universities in Galway and Limerick both run conference venues on campus.

Where interpretation is required across Ireland

Dublin and Cork carry most of the demand, and our Dublin and Cork pages cover them. The rest of the country is a different map, shaped by where the multinationals and the State bodies sit. IDA Ireland reports that 57 per cent of all foreign direct investment projects in 2025 went to regional locations, and that 54 per cent of the employment its clients support is based outside Dublin.

  • Galway and the west

    Holds much of Ireland's medtech industry, with Medtronic operating in Galway for more than 40 years. Plant visits, regulatory audits and supplier reviews are the usual work here.

  • Limerick and Shannon

    The mid-west runs on international financial services and pharmaceutical manufacturing, where Northern Trust employs over 1,400 people. Shannon Airport puts the region within easy reach for visiting delegations.

  • Waterford and the south-east

    Software and R&D work, with university conference facilities on hand for larger sessions.

  • Athlone and the midlands

    Telecoms research, and a central position that makes it a practical meeting point for groups travelling from several regions.

  • Sligo and Mayo

    Life-sciences manufacturing in the north-west, where site work and training sessions bring in the languages of the plant floor as well as the boardroom.

  • Gaeltacht areas

    Population 106,220 at the 2022 census, across Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Cork, Meath and Waterford. Public meetings and State consultations here are held in Irish.

  • Sport and major fixtures

    The Ryder Cup comes to Adare Manor in County Limerick in September 2027, which will draw international media and delegations to the mid-west.

  • Time zone and travel

    Ireland runs on Greenwich Mean Time in winter and moves an hour forward for summer time, the same clock as the United Kingdom and an hour behind most of the EU, which makes a session here a natural bridge between a North American morning and a continental European afternoon. Galway, Limerick and Waterford each sit within about three hours of Cork by road, so most assignments outside the two cities can be run same-day with an early start.

  • Working week

    The statutory maximum is a 48-hour week averaged over a reference period, under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.

Interpretation equipment and technical support across Ireland

For interpretation equipment rent in Ireland we supply:

  • Soundproof booths
  • Interpreter consoles and headsets
  • Infrared or FM systems
  • Wireless receivers for delegates
  • Portable systems for tours and small rooms
  • Technicians on site

The full range is described on our interpretation equipment page.

Maven does not keep its own equipment inventory in every location. We focus on the language side of conference interpretation: sourcing and coordinating qualified simultaneous interpreters and selecting the right team for your event.

For interpretation equipment, we partner with reliable technical providers who handle the technical delivery of the systems. We closely coordinate both the equipment and the interpreting team to ensure the setup perfectly suits your event, and that interpreters and technicians work seamlessly together from setup through the final session.

Equipment needs vary widely in scale and specification. Even agencies that own equipment can run short when a requirement exceeds their stock or several events fall on the same dates. We can match professional, market-standard equipment and technical support to each event.

Additional peripherals such as microphones, projectors, screens and voting devices can also be provided as part of a turnkey solution.

Laptops and audio equipment on a technician's desk at the back of a meeting room

Questions about interpreters in Ireland

Simultaneous interpretation for conferences and forums, consecutive interpretation for meetings and visits. Both formats can be delivered on-site, remote or in hybrid setups. For on-demand short interpretation needs we also offer phone interpreter services. Additionally AI interpretation is offered for clientele who prefer it.

Simultaneous interpretation: we cover the first official language of Ireland, Irish, and the most frequently required languages, with interpreters available locally in combination with English: Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Mandarin and others. Interpretation into other languages may require interpreters to travel from other countries. Remote delivery can accommodate simultaneous interpretation into any major official language.

Consecutive interpretation: on-site, we can cover the most frequently required languages, with some limitations for rare and endangered languages. More choice is available if interpretation is provided remotely.

On-demand phone interpretation: we cover 350+ languages including endangered and rare dialects. The full list is on our languages page.

Yes. We provide interpreters for meetings and events held partly or wholly in Irish, so that every participant can follow in the language they choose. Simultaneous interpretation with receivers suits public meetings and conferences, and consecutive interpretation suits smaller meetings.
Yes. Booths, consoles, receivers, portable systems and technicians are arranged through local technical partners and coordinated by Maven together with the interpreters. The equipment section above explains how this works and what can be supplied.
Yes. We cover every county, including Galway, Limerick, Kerry, Kilkenny, Waterford and the border counties. For venues outside the main cities, the team's travel and accommodation are planned as part of the project and equipment is delivered to the venue.
Most of Maven's clients are UN agencies, intergovernmental organisations, governments, NGOs and international sports federations, and we also work for corporate clients. In Ireland that means government departments and State bodies, EU-related meetings, charities, universities, conference organisers and multinational employers.
We’d need to know the required interpretation languages, the dates and the duration of interpretation on each day, the venue (for a physical event, the city or area is sufficient), the format (on-site, hybrid or remote) and the subject matter of your event. If you require equipment as well, we need to know the total number of delegates who will require interpretation.
The format (simultaneous or consecutive), the required languages, the duration (number of days or hours), the delivery mode (on-site, remote or hybrid) and the subject matter. Travel and per diem charges may apply if interpretation is required outside Dublin and Cork.
Interpreters in simultaneous format require advance booking notice of 20 to 40 or more days, although we understand this is not always possible. In peak seasons with many events, some interpreters are booked as early as six months in advance. Consecutive interpreters can be booked at much shorter notice.
We normally require advance payment to book interpreters, either full or partial. We can offer more flexible terms to selected and regular clients & UN.
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