The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected by displacement.

The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) was founded as a non-governmental, membership organisation in 1992.

It also seeks to promote awareness and understanding of the issues facing refugee and asylum seekers in Ireland.

[5] They have also highlighted the issues around the ability and feasibility of newly arrived refugees to Ireland successfully completing the long forms required for their registration.

[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, IRC alongside Nasc, the Sanctuary Runners, Doras, Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, and the Immigrant Council of Ireland, called for all vulnerable and at-risk migrants be removed from direct provision centres.