What large companies have their head office based in ireland?

Question

What large companies have their head office based in ireland?

Answer 1

Banks and financial institutions

ACCBank - (subsidiary of Rabobank)

Allied Irish Banks (AIB)[1] - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)

Anglo Irish Bank - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)

Bank of Ireland[1] - (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))[1]

IIB Bank (subsidiary of KBC Bank).

Irish Life and Permanent - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)

Irish Nationwide Building Society

National Irish Bank[1] and Northern Bank[1] (subsidiaries of Danske Bank, quoted on Copenhagen Stock Exchange)

Ulster Bank[1] - subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, quoted on LSE)

Consumer goods

C&C - (Quoted on ISE)

Condensed Milk Company of Ireland

Donegal Creameries - (Quoted on ISE)

Oatfield

EDUN

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

Reox

Construction

CRH - (Quoted on ISE, NYSE & LSE)

Grafton - (Quoted on ISE)

Kingspan - (Quoted on ISE)

McInerney - (Quoted on ISE)

Readymix - (Quoted on ISE)

Electronics and technology

Baltimore Technologies - (Quoted on LSE)

Datalex - (Quoted on ISE)

Datasoft

DCC - (Quoted on ISE & LSE)

EMC Ireland - Subsidiary of EMC Corporation

Glen Dimplex

Google Ireland - located in Ringsend, Dublin 4

Havok

Horizon Technologies - (Quoted on ISEQ & LSE)

Intel Ireland - (Subsidiary of Intel, quoted on NASDAQ)

IONA Technologies - (Quoted on ISE & NYSE)

Symantec Ireland - located in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

Trintech - (Quoted on NYSE)

ThirdForce - (Quoted on ISE)

Dell Ireland - (Subsidiary of Dell, quoted on NASDAQ)

Microsoft Ireland - (Subsidiary of Microsoft, quoted on NASDAQ)

Xilinx FPGA and EDA Tool Company

Exploration and 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

Gresham - (Quoted on ISE & ISE)

Jurys Doyle - (Quoted on ISE)

Media

Independent News & Media - (Quoted on ISE & FTSE)

Irish Times Trust

Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)

Thomas Crosbie Holdings

Today FM

TV3 (subsidiary of Doughty Hanson).

UTV - (Quoted on LSE and ISE)

TG4 (TG Ceathair, Irish language channel)

Channel 6

Setanta Sports

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)

Retailers

Arnotts

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

Abrakebabra

Bewleys

Eddie Rockets

O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars

Supermac's

Telecoms/Communications

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 PLC - Quoted on LSE

O2 Ireland - (Subsidiary of Telefónica, quoted on Bolsa de Madrid; formerly ESAT Digifone)

Magnet Entertainment

Meteor (mobile network) (Subsidiary of eircom)

NTL Ireland (subsidiary of Liberty Global Europe.

OmniTel Wireless Broadband - (Wireless broadband service supplier in the South-East of Ireland and County Clare)

3 Ireland - (Subsidiary of Hutchinson Whampoa, quoted on HKSE)

Smart Telecom - Quoted on AIM

Vodafone Ireland - (Subsidiary of Vodafone; formerly Eircell)

Transport

Airlines/Ferries

Aer Arann

Aer Lingus

CityJet - (Subsidiary of Air France-KLM, quoted on Euronext Paris)

Dublin Airport Authority

Irish Continental - (Quoted on ISE), known as Irish Ferries

Ryanair - (Quoted on ISE, NYSE & LSE)

Swansea Cork Ferries

Bus/Rail

Córas Iompair Éireann:(CIE)

Bus Átha Cliath - Dublin Bus

Bus Éireann - Irish Bus

Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail

Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (Translink)

Ulsterbus

Metro (formerly Citybus).

Northern Ireland Railways.

Railway Procurement Agency - Developer of the Luas light rail system

Citylink (subsidiary of Scottish Citylink)

Aircoach (subsidiary of First Group, quoted on LSE).

Others

An Post National Lottery Company - national lottery, subsidiary of An Post.

Boylesports - (Betting shops)

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, subsidiary of An Post/FEXCO.

Qualceram - (Quoted on ISE)

Quinn Group - various

VHI Healthcare (Private health insurance) - (statutory corporation)

Waterford Wedgwood - (Crystal, Gifts) - (Quoted on ISE & FTSE)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Ryanair......