Business Development

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Carlow Resources

The recent development of the IDA new generation 70 acre Business and Technology park in Carlow reflects strong confidence in the town’s location as a major centre for manufacturing, international trade and services, ICT and health care products. Here is an ideal growth centre, near Dublin, for progressive and expanding companies. The park is fully serviced with resilient dual broadband links.

  1. Browse the Carlow business and technology park website

The ESB has augmented the local supply infrastructure by developing a 220 watt sub station. This network enhancement ensures the industrial and domestic needs of Carlow. The town is also one of the first in Ireland to benefit from the natural gas trunk line between Cork and Dublin. There is now a comprehensive gas mains system serving the town of Carlow and the suburbs. This ensures that Carlow has considerable capacity to meet expected growth in the area of energy supply. This strategic location on a natural gas pipeline is a major incentive for enterprises with high energy needs. Carlow has significant water availability and capacity. Carlow local authorities produce over 14,000 m3 of water per day with a capacity to double this amount. A modern waste water treatment plant services all of the zoned land of Carlow town and its environs.

Carlow has a labour force of 20,000 highly motivated people driving the economy and has access to a labour pool of 100,000 in a 30 mile radius including Kilkenny, Kildare, Wicklow, Laois and Wexford. It is one of the fastest growing areas in Ireland with a highly qualified and loyal labour pool. Carlow benefits from this highly-motivated and flexible workforce which has encouraged many enterprises to develop long-term roots in the county. In Carlow, labour costs are lower than the national average and over 24% of people of working age have a Higher Education qualification.

Further Resources

  1. Browse the Industrial Development Authority Ireland website
  2. Browse the Carlow Chamber of Commerce website
  3. Browse the Carlow County Enterprise Board website