Will my visa be valid for multiple trips?

It is not our general practice to issue Multiple-Journey visas unless you have shown a compliant travel history to Ireland in the recent past.

For a Short Stay visa, if you have held 3 previous Irish visas within a calendar year and have observed the conditions of these visas (e.g. you did not overstay or work illegally) you may apply for a Multiple-Journey visa.

However, the purpose of these visas is to allow a person to travel to Ireland on a number of occasions during the dates shown on the visa, for short trips only. It is not permitted to use this category of visa to bypass immigration rules governing residency in the State – i.e. it is not possible to remain in Ireland for a period of 90 days and then seek to re-enter the country for a further period of up to 90 days. Any abuse of this may result in future applications being refused.

If you are applying for a Long Stay (D) visa you should apply for a Single Journey only.
The issuance of a Multiple Journey visa will be at the discretion of the Visa Officer. If you apply for a multiple journey visa but are only granted a single journey, the difference in cost cannot under any circumstances be refunded to you.