South West

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The IDA business parks in Cork City and surrounds include:   
- Cork Business and Technology Park
- Kilbarry Business and Technology Park
- Carrigtwohill Business and Technology Park
- Ringaskiddy Business Park.

Cork is the commercial and industrial capital of the South West Region with a combined urban and suburban population of 238,938 people (2011 Census) rising to c. 500,000 within a 60km radius. Cork City is located 4 miles from Cork International Airport and less than a 2 hour drive from Shannon Airport.
The city is the terminus for the Dublin-Cork Intercity train route with hourly services to and from Dublin and has a modern road network with a recently completed motorway ring road, as well a river tunnel linking the north and south of the city. These infrastructural improvements in Cork reflect the continuing high level of investment in Cork as a major gateway city by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2007-2013.

Cork City is also recognised for being a major centre for 3rd level education with University College Cork and the Cork Institute of Technology located in the city. Both have a combined part-time and full-time student population of over 28,000.  Cork city is also home to The Tyndall National Institute, Ireland’s largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Research Centre which is currently undergoing a major expansion and soon expect to have 500 researchers. There are 133 overseas companies employing 21,522 people in Cork City and County.

Multinational companies operating in Cork include:

Pfizer (Pharmaceutical), GlaxoSmithKline (Pharmaceutical), Johnson & Johnson (Pharmaceutical), EMC (Data Storage), Apple (European HQ), Avery Dennison (Financial Shared Services), Siemens Group (Third party multi-lingual tech support), the Marriott Group (Shared Services and Customer Service Contact Centre), Janssen (Biopharmaceutical Manufacture), McAfee (Security Software, EU Operations Centre), VMware (Enterprise Software and International Support/Shared Services Centre Centre), CitCo (Shared Services, Data Processing and Hedge Fund Administration), and Amazon (Customer Services - On line Retail Activities).
 
Cork Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world and Ireland’s second largest port with traffic reaching 10.1 million tonnes, The city continues to grow and prosper as a cosmopolitan centre with significant infrastructure investments in road, rail and air.  In addition a new urban quarter is being planned around the docklands which will transform the city in the years to come.

Cork has a good quality of life with leisure activities including water sports, horse riding and racing, hunting, tennis, rugby, soccer and Gaelic football. A variety of gyms, leisure centres and spas are all available in the City. There are numerous quality restaurants and hotels with conference facilities in the City also. Cork presents excellent residential options including corporate housing and apartments.  Cork was European Capital of Culture for 2005.

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Tralee’s Business & Technology Park, Kerry Technology Park, (20 Hectares (50 acres)), is a fully serviced park with a Business Incubation Centre, a range of quality manufacturing and office style accommodation and Greenfield site options for client companies. It is adjacent to the new Institute of Tralee campus.

Famous worldwide for its “Rose” festival, Tralee is the administrative capital of County Kerry. Tralee has a combined urban and rural population of 50,836 (2011 Census) rising to more than 200,000 within a 60km radius and is less than a hour drive from Shannon International Airport (130km/80miles), 1.5 hours from Limerick City (103 km/65 miles) and 3.5 hours from Dublin (297km/ 185 miles).
Tralee is very accessible by road, rail and air. Kerry Regional Airport, which is only a 20 minute drive, offers direct flights to Dublin, London Stansted, London Luton and Frankfurt Hahn. With early morning flights and easy access, Kerry Airport provides an extremely convenient commuter link to Dublin, the UK and Europe.  In addition, Shannon International Airport has direct daily flights to the US, UK and Europe. 

There are 9 daily return rail services between Tralee & Dublin including early morning service, 9 daily services from Tralee to Cork and a daily commuter service between Killarney and Tralee.  JRI America (the specialist IT subsidiary of Japanese financial services company Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group) announced in 2011 that they were making Tralee the location for the software development facility in Europe.  Also located in Tralee are Borg Warner Beru, Tillotson, Portman Travel and the Kerry Group - all made Tralee the base from which they serve their international markets.   

Tralee is well served with a robust broadband telecoms network where a choice of carriers ensures competitive prices and high quality service for all users.

The Institute of Technology, Tralee (ITT), is an extremely popular third level institution with courses in Science and Computing, Business Studies, Engineering & Construction, Humanities & Social Studies, Hotel, Catering & Tourism, and Nursing & Healthcare.  ITT has over 2,815 full-time and 429 part-time students and attracts students from throughout Ireland and Europe.  The institute has recently developed a new 63 acre campus adjacent to the new ITT campus called the Kerry Technology Park (KTP) which is home to a number of innovative technology companies including JRI America, Altobridge, Freeflow and Pulse Learning. These companies have benefited from an energetic collaboration with the Institute’s academic and research capabilities, particularly in the area of enterprise development. In addition, the KTP provides a range of property solutions tailored to clients needs.

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IDA’s Killarney Business & Technology Park  is a 16.51 hectare (40.8 acre) site fully serviced development with currently 3.96 hectares (9.78 acres) available for marketing.

Killarney, with a combined urban and rural population of almost 54,986 (Census 2011) rising to almost 300,000 within a 60 km radius, is the principle town and administrative centre of South Kerry and is situated at the junction of the Cork/Tralee (N22) arterial road. Killarney lies 1 hour 30 minutes (87km) from the main population centre of Cork City where both the strategic sea and airports are located. Killarney has a broadband telecom infrastructure.

Killarney is located on the main Dublin/Tralee rail line, which provides 9 services per day and a 3-hour journey time to Dublin. Kerry Airport at Farranfore, approximately 15 km away, provides flights to Dublin, Frankfurt Hahn, London Stansted and London Luton.   Overseas companies operating in the town and surrounding area include, Liebherr Container Cranes (Crane Manufacture), SPX Dollinger Ireland Ltd (filtration technology) and Astellas Ireland Company Ltd (Pharmaceutical).

Renowned for the splendour of its scenery, Killarney is one of Europe’s best-known tourist centres with c. 750,000 tourists visiting in 2011. Killarney became a significant town during the mid 1700’s when the local magnate, Lord Kenmare, developed the tourist business. Killarney is now a thriving commercial centre.

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IDA’s Mallow Business Park offers Greenfield site options. There are currently c.3.1966 hectares available on the park.

Mallow, located in North Cork with a combined urban and rural population of 33,305 (Census 2011), which rises to c. 700,000 within a 60 km  radius, lies 35 km north of Cork City on the National Primary Route N20. The local rail link provides over 20 services a day to various destinations, including Dublin (the average journey time to Dublin is 2.5 hours), Cork, Limerick, Killarney and Tralee. Mallow has a modern telecoms network. IDA Ireland holds two sites in Mallow and both are serviced and available for use.

In addition to its base of Irish owned companies, Mallow is a proven location for overseas companies including Kostal (Electrical Engineering), ITW Hi-Cone (Electrical Engineering), and Irish Blackwater Castings (Engineering).

In terms of community facilities, Mallow General Hospital provides full acute public hospital service in the town.  In terms of third level educational institutions, Mallow is within easy commuting distance of University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology, both in Cork City and the University of Limerick in Limerick City.

Mallow is located on the banks of the River Blackwater and is one of the main towns of the Blackwater valley and the North Cork area. Mallow has been designated under the Irish Government’s National Spatial Strategy (NSS) as a Hub town for the South West Region which will result in focused infrastructure development to support the growth and development needs of the town.

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IDA’s Fermoy Business and Technology Park on an 8 hectare (19.77 acre) fully serviced site suitable for Greenfield projects and with advanced planning permissions for office type accommodation.

Fermoy has a combined urban and rural population of 23,583 (Census 2011), rising to c. 550,000 within a 60 km radius. Fermoy town is located on the main Cork to Dublin motorway (M8) and strategically located within close proximity to Cork, Waterford and Limerick.

Fermoy is within easy access of Cork – located just 35 km northeast of Cork City, with its ancillary port, airport and third level educational infrastructure.

A wide range of research activities are conducted in Cork under the auspices of various Third level and Research Institutions – one of these being the Moorepark Research Centre, which is located in Fermoy.   Moorepark Research Centre (www.teagasc.ie) is a semi-state body providing integrated research, advisory and training services for the agriculture and food industry in Ireland.
Overseas companies in Fermoy include, Sanmina SCI, (electronics contract manufacturer) and Andersen Power Products (tool manufacturer).  

Fermoy is a vibrant growing, successful town with a supportive business and community network.  The town offers excellent primary and secondary schools and is a popular base for game and coarse anglers. Leisure activities include water sports, horse riding and racing, hunting, tennis, rugby, soccer and Gaelic football.

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The West Cork Technology Park, a development on an 11.3-hectare (28 acre) site has a capacity to provide 26,040 sq. m (280,000 sq. ft.) of office space for rent or purchase.

Clonakilty is viewed as the gateway to West Cork and has a combined urban and rural population of 15,941 (Census 2011) rising to c. 400,000 within a 60 km radius. Road access to Clonakilty is provided by the N71 national secondary road, which links the town with Cork City (53km or 45 minutes).

The town functions as an important business centre involving manufacturing and services, as well as a social centre for an extensive area of West Cork. The Clonakilty Business and Technology Park is home to some of the area’s most advanced and sophisticated companies- PGI, is an IDA client company located on the park which operates a worldwide support centre for teleconferencing systems from Clonakilty.   Easylink, a global provider of comprehensive messaging services and e-commerce solutions, establishing its European Shared Service Centre in Clonakilty in 2011.

In terms of education, the nearest third level centre is Cork City but the town has excellent primary and secondary schools.  

Clonakilty is endowed with numerous sporting facilities including, GAA, Rugby and Soccer clubs together with Tennis, Rowing and Swimming clubs.  Other activities catered for include fishing, boating, mountaineering, horse trekking and hunting.  Indoor activities comprise of gyms, sports complexes, drama/musical society, badminton and squash. The town has a choice of quality hotels with conference facilities, restaurants and choice of golf courses.

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Youghal Business Park has a 4 hectare (9.88 acre) site available with two quality manufacturing facilities available to purchase or lease ranging in size from 4,552 sq. m (48,997.34 sq. ft.) to 10,000 sq. m. (107,639 sq. ft.)
 

Youghal is located in East Cork, with a combined urban and rural population of 12,203 (Census 2011), rising to c. 500,000 within a 60 km radius. Its road infrastructure consists of the National Primary route N25, which links the town with Cork City to the west and Waterford City to the east. Cork is the nearest main population centre (60 minutes/50 km), with access to Cork Airport and Sea Port. Youghal also has a modern telecommunications network.

Youghal is an active sporting town – with GAA, Soccer & Rugby clubs and golfing. Youghal is a designated Irish Heritage Town. Sir Walter Raleigh had a home in Youghal during the 15th Century.