List of Irish companies - Definition and Overview

The following page lists Irish companies according to their sector. The public companies (PLC's) have the Stock Exchange which they are listed on in brackets afterwards. All other entries are LTD's. Some entries such as O2 Ireland and Intel Ireland are subsidiaries of foreign companies. These subsidiaries are listed because the Irish economy is significantly dependant on foreign companies in comparison to other nations and these multi-national companies are major Irish employers and tax contributors - Intel employs over 5000 people.

Airlines/Ferries

• Aer Arann
• Aer Lingus
• Cityjet - (Subsidiary of Air France)
• Dublin Airport Authority
• Irish Continental - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Ryanair - (Quoted on ISEQ, NYSE & FTSE)

Banks/Financial Institutions

• ACCBank
• Allied Irish Banks† - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Anglo Irish Bank - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Bank of Ireland† - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Bank of Scotland (Ireland)
• EBS Building Society
• First Active
• Irish Life and Permanent - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• National Irish Bank†
• FBD - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Ulster Bank† - based in Belfast

† The Big Four

See also: Laser

Consumer Goods/Food

• C&C - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Donegal Creameries - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Glanbia - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Greencore - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Guinness - (Part of Diageo)
• Guinness Superlatives - publisher of Guiness Book of Records
• IAWS - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Kerry Group - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Barrys

Construction

• CRH - (Quoted on ISEQ, NYSE & FTSE)
• Grafton - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Kingspan - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• McInerney - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Readymix - (Quoted on ISEQ)

Electronics/Technology

• Baltimore Technologies - (Quoted on FTSE)
• Datalex - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• DCC - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Horizon Technologies - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Intel Ireland - (Subsidiary of Intel; Microprocessors)
• Iona Technologies - (Quoted on ISEQ & NYSE)
• Trintech - (Quoted on NYSE)
• ThirdForce - (Quoted on ISEQ)

Exploration/Extraction

• Petroceltic - (Quoted on FTSE)
• Bord na Móna

Electricity

• Airtricity - (Electricity generation)
• Electricity Supply Board - (Electricity Distribution and Generation)
• Northern Ireland Electricity owned by Viridian
• Viridian - (Electricity generation) - Quoted on ISEQ

Hotels

• Gresham - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Jurys Doyle - (Quoted on ISEQ)

Internal Transport

• Bus Átha Cliath - Dublin Bus
• Bus Éireann - Irish Bus
• Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail
• Luas - Dublin Light Rail System

Pharmaceuticals

• Elán - (Quoted on ISEQ & NYSE)
• ICON - (Quoted on ISEQ & NYSE)
• Warner Chilcott (previously known as Galan) - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Trinity Biotech - (Quoted on ISEQ & NYSE)
• Unidare - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• United Drug - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)

Telecoms/Communications

• An Post
• Chorus Communications
• Eircom - Quoted on ISEQ
• Esat BT - (Subsidiary of BT)
• Indigo Internet
• Ireland On-Line
• iTouch - Quoted on FTSE
• O2 Ireland - (Subsidiary of O2)
• Meteor Ltd
• Vodafone Ireland - (Subsidiary of Vodafone; formerly Eircell)

See also: Communications in Ireland

Media

• INM - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Irish Times Trust
• RTE
• Today FM
• TV3
• UTV - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)

Retailers

• Arnotts
• Buy4Now
• Clerys
• BWG Foods
• Dunnes Stores
• Eason & Son
• Guineys
• House of Ireland
• Musgrave
• Penneys
• Superquinn
• Tesco Ireland - (Subsidiary of Tesco, formerly Quinnsworth) - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)

Restaurants/Cafes

• Bewleys
• O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars
• Supermacs

Others

• Waterford Wedgewood - (Crystal, Gifts) - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Fyffes - (Banana Importers) - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Heiton - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• IWP - (Quoted on ISEQ & FTSE)
• Paddy Power - (Betting Shops) - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• Qualceram - (Quoted on ISEQ)
• IFSC Jobs (http://www.ifscjobs.com) - (Irish Financial Services Jobs Site)

See also

• Irish topics
  • Celtic Tiger
  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • Companies Registration Office
  • IDA Ireland
  • Irish Stock Exchange
• List of companies