List of Irish companies
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The following page lists Irish companies or subsidiaries according to their sector. It deals primarily with companies in the Republic of Ireland, though also lists companies from Northern Ireland which are registered and regulated separately.
About companies in Ireland
Irish companies fall into three categories:
- Private limited companies, which carry the suffix "Limited" (Ltd) or "Teoranta" (Teo), and whose shares are privately held.
- Public limited companies, which carry the suffix "plc" or "cpt" and whose shares may be listed on a stock exchange. Where this is the case, it is noted in this article.
- Company Limited by Guarantee, this type of company has members, not shareholders, as such generally limited to trade associations and not-for-profit bodies.
Some enteries on this list may be statutory corporations - a business form governed by a board appointed by an Irish Government minister under a particular piece of legislation - not formally companies as such, but are effectively treated as such and are included on this list as they are usually large business. For more details on this form of governance, see state-sponsored bodies of the Republic of Ireland.
Some mutual bodies, such as building societies, are also included on this list.
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 multinational companies are major Irish employers and tax contributors - Intel employs over 5000 people.
Banks/Financial Institutions
- ACCBank - (subsidiary of Rabobank)
- Allied Irish Banks† - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Anglo Irish Bank - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Bank of Ireland† - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Bank of Scotland (Ireland) - (subsidiary of HBOS, quoted on LSE)
- EBS Building Society
- FBD Insurance - (Quoted on ISE)
- First Active (subsidiary of Ulster Bank)
- First Trust Bank (Northern Ireland subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks))†
- IIB Bank (subsidiary of KBC Bank).
- Irish Life and Permanent - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Irish Nationwide Building Society
- National Irish Bank† and Northern Bank† (subsidiaries of Danske Bank, quoted on Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
- Ulster Bank† - subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, quoted on LSE)
See also: Laser
Consumer Goods/Food
- C&C - (Quoted on ISE)
- Donegal Creameries - (Quoted on ISE)
- Fyffes - (Banana Importers) - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Glanbia - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Greencore - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Guinness - (Part of Diageo)
- Guinness Superlatives - publisher of Guinness Book of Records
- IAWS - (Quoted on ISE)
- Kerry Group - (Quoted on ISE)
- Barrys
Construction
- CRH - (Quoted on ISE, NYSE & LSE)
- Grafton - (Quoted on ISE)
- Kingspan - (Quoted on ISE)
- McInerney - (Quoted on ISE)
- Readymix - (Quoted on ISE)
Electronics/Technology
- Baltimore Technologies - (Quoted on LSE)
- Datalex - (Quoted on ISE)
- Datasoft
- DCC - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Glen Dimplex
- Horizon Technologies - (Quoted on ISEQ & LSE)
- Intel Ireland - (Subsidiary of Intel, quoted on NASDAQ)
- IONA Technologies - (Quoted on ISE & NYSE)
- Trintech - (Quoted on NYSE)
- ThirdForce - (Quoted on ISE)
Exploration/Extraction
- Petroceltic - (Quoted on LSE)
- Bord na Móna
- Bord Gáis Éireann
Electricity
- Airtricity - (Electricity generation)
- Electricity Supply Board - (Electricity Distribution and Generation)
- Imera Power - (Electricity Interconnection, Developer of Wales Ireland Electricity Interconnector)
- Northern Ireland Electricity - (Subsidiary of Viridian)
- Viridian - (Electricity generation) - Quoted on ISE
Hotels
Media
See also: Media in Ireland
- Independent News & Media - (Quoted on ISE & FTSE)
- Irish Times Trust
- Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)
- Thomas Crosbie Holdings
- Today FM - (subsidiary of EMAP plc, quoted on LSE)
- TV3 (joint venture of ITV plc, quoted on LSE, and CanWest Global, quoted on TSX).
- Ulster Television - (Quoted on LSE and ISE)
Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- Élan - (Quoted on ISE & NYSE)
- ICON - (Quoted on ISE & NYSE)
- Luxcel Biosciences
- Trinity Biotech - (Quoted on ISE & NYSE)
- Unidare - (Quoted on ISE)
- United Drug - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Warner Chilcott (previously known as Galen) - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- SteriPack Medical
Retailers
- Arnotts
- Buy4Now
- Clerys
- BWG Foods
- Dunnes Stores
- Eason & Son
- Guineys
- Musgrave Group
- Penneys - (Subsidiary of Associated British Foods)
- Roches Stores
- Superquinn
- SuperValu
- Tesco Ireland - (Subsidiary of Tesco, formerly Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices) - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- Xtravision - (Subsidiary of Blockbuster Video)
Restaurants/Cafes
Telecoms/Communications
See also: Communications in Ireland
- An Post - (state-sponsored body)
- Chorus Communications (Subsidiary of Liberty Global Europe, ultimately owned by Liberty Media, quoted on NASDAQ)
- eircom - Quoted on ISE
- BT Ireland - (Subsidiary of BT; formerly "Esat BT", quoted on LSE)
- Indigo Internet (Subsidiary of eircom)
- Ireland On-Line (Subsidiary of BT)
- iTouch - Quoted on LSE
- Kalopa - Kalopa Internet Solutions
- O2 Ireland - (Subsidiary of Telefónica, quoted on Bolsa de Madrid; formerly ESAT Digifone)
- Magnet Entertainment
- Meteor Mobile Communications (Subsidiary of eircom)
- NTL Ireland (subsidiary of Liberty Global Europe.
- 3 Ireland - (Subsidiary of Hutchinson Whampoa, quoted on HKSE)
- Smart Telecom - Quoted on AIM
- Vodafone Ireland - (Subsidiary of Vodafone; formerly Eircell)
Transport
See also Transport in Ireland
Airlines/Ferries
- Aer Arann
- Aer Lingus
- Cityjet - (Subsidiary of Air France-KLM, quoted on Euronext Paris)
- Dublin Airport Authority
- Irish Continental - (Quoted on ISE)
- Ryanair - (Quoted on ISE, NYSE & LSE)
Bus/Rail
- Córas Iompair Éireann:
- * Bus Átha Cliath - Dublin Bus
- * Bus Éireann - Irish Bus
- * Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail
- Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (Translink)
- * Ulsterbus
- * Metro (fomerly Citybus).
- * Northern Ireland Railways.
- Railway Procurement Agency - Developer of the Luas light rail system
- Citylink
- Aircoach (subsidiary of First Group, quoted on LSE).
Others
- An Post National Lottery Company - national lottery, subsidiary of An Post.
- Fintrax Group - provider of tourist refund services in VAT and GST jurisdictions worldwide.
- Heiton - (Builders Merchants) - (Quoted on ISE)
- IWP - (Personal care products) - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)
- NTR plc - (Infrastructure development) - (shares sold on grey market)
- Paddy Power - (Betting Shops) - (Quoted on ISE)
- Prize Bond Company Limited - Prize Bonds, subsiduary of An Post/FEXCO.
- Qualceram - (Quoted on ISE)
- VHI Healthcare (Private health insurance) - (statutory corporation)
- Waterford Wedgwood - (Crystal, Gifts) - (Quoted on ISE & FTSE)
See also
- Irish topics
- * Celtic Tiger
- * Central Bank of Ireland
- * Companies Registration Office
- * IDA Ireland
- * Irish Stock Exchange
- List of companies
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