South East

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IDA Ireland’s Waterford Business and Technology Park - A 2,787sq m (30,000 sq ft) advance office building is completed and only 465 sq m (5,000 sq ft) remains available. Planning Permission has been approved for the construction of a second office facility of 2,787 sq m (30,000 sq ft). IDA Ireland's Waterford Industrial Park - Various Size Office & Industrial Units available. There are also a number of privately owned property and site solutions available to overseas clients in the Waterford area. Viewings can be arranged by IDA Ireland.

Waterford City is the capital of the South East Region and a designated gateway location for economic development under the National Spatial Strategy for Ireland. The population of Waterford City is 49,213 people (Census 2006) and there is a population of 363,000 people within a 60km radius of the city (Census 2006). The city is strategically located on the North-South Corridor Euroroute 30, with Dublin and Shannon Airport /Limerick within a 2.5 hour drive. Cork is a 1.5 hr drive from the city. Waterford is on the national rail route with direct daily services to and from Dublin.

Multinational companies operating in Waterford include Bausch & Lomb, Genzyme, Hasbro, GlaxoSmithKline, Teva Pharmaceutical, AOL and Honeywell International.

Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is one of the largest Institutes of Technology and leading higher education providers in Ireland with over 10,500 students. WIT is nationally and internationally renowned for providing a comprehensive portfolio of higher education programmes ranging from certificate, diploma, degree and doctorate level on both a full-time and part-time basis through its five schools – Business, Engineering, Humanities, Science and Health Sciences.

One of the Institute’s key research strengths is the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group which is a world class Telecommunications Research Centre founded in 1997. The centre has 120 researchers working on over 40 active projects. The primary research focus is on telecommunications software and the mobile internet and the centre manages large-scale multi-national projects in the ICT sector partnering with Nortel and Telefonica etc. There have been a number of successful spin-out companies todate, including Headway and Nubiq, who are now located at the Arclabs Centre.

Waterford city is home to the world famous Waterford Crystal Visitors Centre. The quality of life in the city and its environs is exceptional, whether one is into sailing, mountain walks, or any number of other sports. A natural playground for golf enthusiasts, Waterford offers the perfect sporting experience with quality hotel and conference facilities at Waterford Castle, Faithlegg & Mount Juliet Conrad

Links

• Waterford Business Info
• Research and Innovation Centre (Arclabs) at Waterford Institute of Technology
• Telecommunications Software and Systems Group at Waterford Institute of Technology
• Work in Waterford  -Work in Waterford website to register your interest in relocating to work in Co. Waterford
• Invest in Waterford
  Invest in Waterford website for information on business and lifestyle in Co. Waterford

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IDA Wexford Business & Technology Park – A 37 hectare (91-acre) site developed to cater for new Overseas clients in Wexford. 2.5 hectares (6.2 acre) site Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. 2 hectares (4.9 acre) site in Gorey, Co. Wexford.

Wexford, situated in the South East corner of Ireland, is the largest town and the administrative centre of County Wexford with a population of 18,163 people (Census 2006) and increasing to 134,425 people within a 40 km radius (Census 2006). The town is located on the E1 Euroroute with easy road and rail access to Dublin and Waterford.

World-class companies have chosen to locate in Wexford. PNC Global Investment (Financial Services), Equifax (International Services), Irish Driver Harris Co. Ltd and ABS Production Wexford Ltd. (Engineering) and medical technology companies such as Lake Region, Carl Zeiss Vision and Waters Technology Ltd. A recent announcement was made by The Coca Cola Company to create 100 jobs over five years on the Wexford Business & Technology Park.

The Wexford Campus of the Institute of Technology Carlow is located in Wexford town at St. Peter’s College. It offers Degree courses in Business, Humanities and Architectural Technology as well as a BA in Art and full time Higher Certificate courses in Business, Office Management and Architectural Graphics.

Wexford offers an excellent quality of life, with shopping, galleries, traditional pubs, nightclubs and leisure centres. Wexford Town is world famous for its annual Opera Festival. Serviced by two major rivers, the Slaney and Barrow, the county has become a well-recognised fishing paradise.
Wexford County is host to one of the busiest ferry ports in Ireland at Rosslare. Rosslare-Europort, being the closest point from the southern part of Ireland to the UK and the European Mainland, is a hub of all the major RORO Passenger and Freight services operating the southern Irish Sea and Continental routes.

Links

• wexford campus
• www.wexfordchamber.ie
• www.wexfordcoco.ie
• www.rosslare-europort.ie

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There are a number of privately owned property and site solutions available to overseas clients in the Carlow area.

Carlow is one of the largest inland towns in Ireland with a population of 20,724 people (Census 2006) It is located 83 km from Dublin and lies at the intersection of key national road routes, including the main Dublin-Waterford road. Both Dublin International Airport and Waterford Regional Airport are within a 1.5 hours drive from Carlow and the town is 72km from the Port of Waterford.

Carlow has excellent educational facilities and the town benefits from the presence of two third level colleges. The Institute of Technology Carlow has developed an outstanding reputation over the years with almost 5,000 full and part-time students pursuing National Certificate, Diploma, Degree and Higher Degree qualifications across a variety of disciplines, including Business, Humanities, Engineering, Computing and applied Biology and Chemistry.

Carlow College offers courses in Humanities, Business Studies and Social Care and currently caters for some 400 full-time and 100 part-time students to Diploma and Degree level.
In addition to a diverse range of Irish companies operating from the town, overseas companies in Carlow include Braun Oral-B, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Unum and Autolaunch in Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.

Carlow is one of Ireland’s most charming inland counties. There are 5 superb golf courses within a 30-minute drive from Carlow town. There are lots of good angling opportunities as well as canoeing, boating and walking with many equestrian schools throughout the county.

Links

• Web link to register your interest in relocating to work in Carlow
• www.carlow.ie
• www.carlowchamber.com
  

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IDA’s Business & Technology Park Kilkenny. 16 hectare (40 acre) Business and Technology Park, Kilkenny. There are a number of privately owned property and site solutions available to overseas clients in the Kilkenny area.

Kilkenny is centrally located in the South East Region between Clonmel, Waterford, Wexford and Carlow, along the main Dublin-Waterford route, which is being upgraded to motorway status under the National Development Plan. Kilkenny is 115 Km from Dublin, 136km from Shannon and 50km from Waterford. The population of Kilkenny City is 22,179 people (Census 2006) with a population of 204,026 people within a 40km radius.

Kilkenny City currently has a number of diverse overseas and indigenous companies covering a variety of international services and manufacturing activities, such as State Street International, VHI and Banking 365 (Financial Services sector) and in the food and drinks sector, Glanbia Plc and Smithwicks (Diageo Plc).

Kilkenny is situated within a two-hour drive of Dublin and Shannon Airports. Waterford Regional Airport is a 60-minute drive for flights servicing London (Luton), Manchester and Birmingham in the UK.

The National University of Ireland, Maynooth have an off-campus facility located in St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny where students can undertake a BA in Local/Community Studies, a Higher Diploma in Information and Communication Technology in Education as well as various NUI Certificate courses from the University’s Continuing Education programme.

Kilkenny is one of the most attractive cities in Ireland. It provides a high level of social, artistic and sporting activities. It offers a unique selection of historic sites which have combined to give Kilkenny the title of medieval capital of Ireland.

A wide range of sporting and leisure amenities are available in Kilkenny including golf, angling, canoeing, horse riding and racing, soccer, rugby, Gaelic football and of course hurling.
Kilkenny is well served by quality hotels and conference facilities such as the Five Star Lyrath Estate Hotel set amid 170 acres of mature parkland and the Mount Juliet Conrad with its Jack Nicklaus designed golf course.

Links

• www.kilkennychamber.ie
• www.kilkennycoco.ie
• www.kilkenny.ie

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20 hectare (50 acre) site at Ballingarrane Estate, Clonmel. 4 hectares (9.9 acre) site at Knockenrawley Business Park, Tipperary Town. 16,000 sq ft BES funded Advance Factory at Knockenrawley Business Park, Tipperary Town.

Clonmel is the administrative and economic capital of South Tipperary. The population in Clonmel Town is 17,008 people (Census 2006). Clonmel is 100 km from Shannon International Airport and 165km from Dublin Airport. Waterford Airport is 58km from Clonmel and has flights servicing London (Luton), Manchester and Birmingham in the UK. Clonmel is well serviced by Waterford Port 50km.

Overseas companies successfully operating in the Clonmel area include Abbott Ireland Vascular and Boston Scientific Ltd (medical technologies), Stada Ireland Ltd and Merck Sharp & Dohme in the life sciences sector.

Tipperary Institute currently has two campuses in Clonmel and Thurles. The Clonmel campus has 200 students in and offers diploma courses in Business Studies (SME Development) and Computing.

Clonmel offers an excellent quality of life, with shopping, traditional pubs, nightclubs, leisure centres and a cinema complex. The main sporting activities in the area include angling, cycling, equestrian events, golf and walking. Clonmel has a rich and varied cultural life with particular strengths in music and the visual arts. Its resources have been greatly enhanced by the opening of Old St Mary’s Church as a cultural venue.

Links

• www.clonmelchamber.com
• www.southtippcoco.ie

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The IDA Dungarvan Business Park currently has 12.5 hectares available. Located adjacent to Glaxosmithkline and Lancaster Labs (Microchem), the Park is easily accessible just off the N25 Cork to Waterford road.

Located 48km from Waterford City, the population of Dungarvan Town is 7,813 people with a population of 62,213 people in the Waterford County area. Dungarvan is 80 km from Cork International Airport and only 53 km from Waterford Airport which provides two daily services to London (Luton) and a flight to Manchester and Birmingham six times times a week. In addition there are flights to Amsterdam, Malaga in Spain, Faro in Portugal and Lorient and Bordeaux in France from May to September each year.

Dungarvan is well serviced by Waterford Port (55 km) and the Port of Cork is also within easy reach of the town (75 km).

Overseas companies successfully operating in Dungarvan include GlaxoSmithKline and Lancaster Laboratories (Pharmaceuticals) and Microbrush International (Medical Technologies).

The excellent road infrastructure means that both Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and University College Cork (UCC) are within easy reach. WIT currently has 10,000 students and offers full and part-time courses leading to Certificate, Diploma, Degree and Masters Degree qualifications. WIT is currently delivering an MBA programme off-campus in Dungarvan.

Dungarvan offers an excellent quality of life with wonderful heritage and diverse natural scenery. Other benefits include access to quality affordable housing, excellent education, recreation and amenities. Deep-sea and in-shore angling are particularly good in the Dungarvan area and fully equipped boats are available. Sporting activities in Dungarvan include horse riding, golf, tennis, squash, pitch and putt, board sailing, yachting and of course, swimming. There are numerous sandy beaches within a 15 mile radius. Dungarvan offers all the advantages of urban life in a rural setting.

Links

• www.workinwaterford.ie
  Work in Waterford website to register your interest in relocating to work in Co. Waterford
• http://www.investinwaterford.ie
  Invest in Waterford website for information on business and lifestyle in Co. Waterford
• www.dungarvanchamber.ie