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Blue chip companies in Ireland - how many?

BRM · 2006-10-01 11:31:18

Would anyone know off hand the number of blue chip companies operating in Ireland? (republic) By operating here I mean company’s with a decent size operation not just a small sales office with a handful of employees. I’m looking for a ball park fugure just, is the figure in the 100s or 1000s? Personally I think its…

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01-10-2006 12:31pm

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BRM

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Would anyone know off hand the number of blue chip companies operating in Ireland? (republic)

By operating here I mean company’s with a decent size operation not just a small sales office with a handful of employees.

I’m looking for a ball park fugure just, is the figure in the 100s or 1000s?

Personally I think its somewhere in the region of 1-200 but I could be way off.

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#2 01-10-2006 3:12pm
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try a little harder on your definition of 'blue chip' and/or decent size, otherwise .......

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#3 02-10-2006 10:14am
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Blue Chip -IBM/Microsoft/Wyeth/Citibank etc Large multinationals

Decent size - 300+ employees in Irish operations.

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#4 02-10-2006 8:00pm
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There are a surprisingly large number, although the number with 300 or more would reduce the figure somewhat.

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