Big (wealthy!) companies Galway

dafunk

Hi,

I need to approach some big companies in Galway in relation to corporate responsibilty and charitable donations. Being relatively new to Galway I have no idea who to contact. Could my good friends here on boards give me a hand? The banks are an obvious one but I'm looking for the name of pharmaceutical companies, construction companies, big IT companies, wealthy hotels / business(wo)men etc ....

(Mayo / Clare area suggestions also welcome!)

kraggy

HP
Boston Scientific
APC (American Power Conversion)
Medtronic
Edward Holdings (G hotel, Hotel Meyrick, Ashford Castle, Edward Square, owned by Gerry Barrett)
Nortel

kraggy

kraggy wrote: »

Nortel Avaya

SAP
the university
GMIT
Supermacs
C&F tooling

bonzodog2

construction ...

Kenny Group
Cordil Construction
Atlantic Developments
JJ Rhatigan

some of these may not be exclusively Galway based....

there's another whose name escapes me now, but they used to have an office in Knocknacarra

dafunk

Thanks everyone! Keep them coming ....

gordongekko

its an old list but i hope it helps

http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2003/07/27/story844672374.asp

Churchill insurance
Creganna
Eircom
Cisco
McDonaghs

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McDonaghs

McDonoghs

With an "o" is the seriously wealthy company. With an "a" is the chipper at the end of Quay Street.

Mrs OBumble

Don't know if these are wealthy or not, but they have big and/or several buildings:

Penn Engineering
Merit Medical
Celestica
P&O Maritime
Caragh Precision
Beckman Coulter
Lumension (new in town, big elsewhere)
Thermo King
IBM (big elsewhere, smaller presence here)
Oracle (ditto)

Wompa1

Smyths
Tesco
Dunnes
TK Maxx
McDonalds
Hibernian Aviva (Knocknacarra)

bonzodog2

The bigger hotels -
Radisson,
G,
Marriott,
Glenlo Abbey,
Menlo Park,
(whatever they call the Great Southern these days),
Carlton(used to be Days,used to be Galway Ryan),
Flannerys,

there's a few others in town too, but maybe not so big

I remembered the other construction firm with an office in Knocknacarra last night, but its gone again now....I think it begins with an M, and is a common enough Irish surname

Anybody remember it for me ?

Buglim

dafunk wrote: »

Hi,

I need to approach some big companies in Galway in relation to corporate responsibilty and charitable donations. Being relatively new to Galway I have no idea who to contact. Could my good friends here on boards give me a hand? The banks are an obvious one but I'm looking for the name of pharmaceutical companies, construction companies, big IT companies, wealthy hotels / business(wo)men etc ....

(Mayo / Clare area suggestions also welcome!)

Hi OP

Just to say if you are approaching these companies directly about corporate responsibility and charitable donations you are probably going to get the door slamed in your face. You may need to find out each companies PR representation, Ad agency rep and even in the case of corporate responsibility legal PR rep.

I have years of experience in a similar area and without face to face contacts, the task above will be difficult in the extreme. Putting Corporate responsibilty and charity together doesn't sound very good. Are you representing a large registered charity?

Le Paradis Club

stellarartois

4 seasons in renmore.

bonzodog2

The bigger shop chains, especially local:
Joyces (K'carra/Headford/Athenry)
Nestors (Supervalue)

the bigger multiples
M&S
Penneys
Roche's

Royal Tara China (Mervue)
the glass crystal place in Merlin if they are still open


whoever owns the various shopping centres

dafunk

Buglim wrote: »

Hi OP

Just to say if you are approaching these companies directly about corporate responsibility and charitable donations you are probably going to get the door slamed in your face. You may need to find out each companies PR representation, Ad agency rep and even in the case of corporate responsibility legal PR rep.

I have years of experience in a similar area and without face to face contacts, the task above will be difficult in the extreme. Putting Corporate responsibilty and charity together doesn't sound very good. Are you representing a large registered charity?

Sending you a PM. Not really relevant or appropriate to go into detail on the thread.

dafunk

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Le Paradis Club

Haha!

Fighting Irish

dafunk wrote: »

Hi,

I need to approach some big companies in Galway in relation to corporate responsibilty and charitable donations. Being relatively new to Galway I have no idea who to contact. Could my good friends here on boards give me a hand? The banks are an obvious one but I'm looking for the name of pharmaceutical companies, construction companies, big IT companies, wealthy hotels / business(wo)men etc ....

(Mayo / Clare area suggestions also welcome!)

blah

JohnCleary

dafunk wrote: »

Haha!

What's so funny? The owner is loaded!

dafunk

Fighting Irish wrote: »

blah

blah?

dafunk

JohnCleary wrote: »

What's so funny? The owner is loaded!

Oh I see! I thought it was a joke.

It was :cool:

AKforde

Hey, I'm also looking for some well established companis in Galway, that are successfull but not big Internationals, any suggestions?

RubyGirl

kraggy wrote: »

HP
Boston Scientific
APC (American Power Conversion)
Medtronic
Edward Holdings (G hotel, Hotel Meyrick, Ashford Castle, Edward Square, owned by Gerry Barrett)
Nortel

Ashford Castle gone into recivership.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/pierce-brosnanrsquos-dream-wedding-venue-ashford-castle-goes-into-receivership-with-massive-losses-2949430.html

Try The Ardilaun Hotel, owned by the Ryan family, also own Anthony Ryan's on shop st.

Heneghan Florist, also own Bridge Mills.