1. Ryanair

Every year Ryanair carries over 113 million passengers connecting 200 destinations in 33 countries on a fleet of 350 Boeing 737 aircraft based at 84 different European airports. With a further 350 Boeing 737s on order, Ryanair plans to lower fares and grow traffic to ov...

2. Applegreen

Motorway service station operator Petrogas is the company behind the Applegreen service stations. Applegreen is part of a consortium that holds a public-private partnership (PPP) contract with the National Roads Authority (NRA) to build and operate six motorway service ...

3. CAE Parc Aviation

CAE Parc Aviation provides aviation personnel on lease to airlines and aviation support organisations. Originally a subsidiary of Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus, the ownership of Parc Aviation passed to management following a buyout in 1995. In July 2008, Parc Aviatio...

4. Translink

Translink is the brand name of Ulsterbus, Metro and Northern Ireland Railways, which operate scheduled bus and rail services in Northern Ireland, including cross-border and cross-channel services. The integration of the three companies began in 1995, when the Governme...

5. Crewlink

Crewlink is a recruitment agency for Ryanair cabin crew. The company also trains and employs cabin crew.

6. DAA

Daa is an airport management company. Headquartered at Dublin Airport, Daa's principal activities include airport management and development, domestic and international airport retail management and airport investment. The company's domestic operations include the ru...

7. Bombardier Aerospace

Bombardier Aerospace in Belfast specialises in major aircraft structures including fuselages, wings, engine nacelles and flight control surfaces in metal and advanced composites. The Canadian aerospace group employ about 5,000 people in Northern Ireland, and also produ...

8. Irish Rail

Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) is the national railway system operator of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal intercity, commuter and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and,...

9. Dublin Bus

Dublin Bus, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned Córas Iompar Eireann Group, operates the Public Service Obligation network in the Dublin Area. It covers a region from Newcastle in County Wicklow to the south, Balbriggan in north County Dublin and Mayno...

10. Bus Eireann

Bus Eireann operates bus services throughout Ireland. A level of State funding ensures the continued operation of many routes, which are not profitable on a commercial basis. The following are some of the services the company provides: Expressway Inter- urban...

11. Ballyvesey Holdings

Ballyvesey Holdings is one of the biggest articulated trailer and trucking firms in Europe, and owns several transport companies including Montgomery Transport, East-West Transport, Dukes Transport and JE Coulter. The group’s main activities are described as transport...

12. Sandleford

Sandleford Limited supplies bicycle components to the bicycle industry, both in the bicycle manufacturing market and the after sales market.

13. Portwest

Founded in 1904, Irish company Portwest has become one of Europe’s most trusted names in workwear, personal protective equipment and safety footwear and leisurewear. In 2014, Taoiseach Enda Kenny launched a Portwest sales office and warehouse in Dubai. Portwest is now...

14. G4S Secure Solutions

G4S Secure Solutions is the security division of G4S, the UK listed company which has a presence in Ireland. G4S Secure Solutions operates in five broad areas of business - guarding services, security & Fire systems, monitoring & response, support services and cash ...

15. KN Network Services

KN Network Services is an infrastructure and utilities services provider operating in Ireland, UK and internationally. Its areas of expertise span civil engineering, telecoms, construction, wireless technologies, rail infrastructure and home energy services. Its Irish o...

16. ASL Airlines Ireland

Air Contractors is a freight and passenger airline specialising in the provision of air transport services for global parcel carriers, major postal agencies and passenger airlines. In 2010 the company started operating it’s first passenger flights in conjunction with si...

17. Wrightbus

Wrightbus is the UK manufacturing division of the Wright Group. The company designs and manufactures buses for the European market, including the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company has a large portfolio of vehicles covering midi, maxi, full size, d...

18. Cityjet

CityJet is headquartered in Dublin, with staff residing across Europe, in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, The United Kingdom and Ireland. Route hubs include London City Airport, and Cardiff. The airline was sold by Air France-KLM to Germany's Intro Avia...

19. Valeo Vision

Valeo Vision Systems is an independent industrial group focused on the design, production and sale of components, integrated systems and modules for the automotive industry, mainly for CO2 emissions reduction and intuitive driving. Valeo began as Connaught Electronics...

20. Aer Rianta

Aer Rianta International, or ARI, is one of the world’s longest-established travel retail companies. ARI designs, manages and operates duty free and duty paid airport retail outlets in Europe, Asia and the Americas.