Raheen (
An Ráithín in
IrishIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
) is a suburban district of southwestern Limerick City,
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
. It houses the headquarters of the Mid-Western Region of the
Health Service ExecutiveThe Health Service Executive is responsible for the provision of healthcare providing health and personal social services for everyone living in Ireland, with public funds. The Executive was established by the Health Act, 2004 and came into official operation on January 1, 2005...
so that a multitude of essential health services catering for the population of the region are dispensed from this suburban district.
Raheen Industrial Estate is the home of many international companies, and multi-national concerns with premises there include
Analog DevicesAnalog Devices, Inc. , is an American multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion and signal conditioning technology. Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers representing a wide variety of electronic equipment types, including industrial and medical equipment, wireless...
,
DellDell, Inc. develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. Based in Round Rock, Texas, Dell employs more than 76,500 people worldwide ....
,
BantaBanta is a lemon-flavoured drink popular in India.It is available in a Codd-neck bottle, a heavy glass bottle in which a round marble seals the mouth of the bottle by the pressure of the contents, instead of a cap....
,
ON SemiconductorON Semiconductor , is a leading supplier of semiconductor devices, including power management, logic, signal, discrete, and custom devices. ON Semiconductor is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, USA...
,
Stryker Corp.Stryker Corporation , is a Kalamazoo, Michigan based medical technology firm which develops and produces medical implants, surgical and imaging technologies, as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment...
(formerly Howmedica),
Training:
FAS (Trades Training centre).
The Estate is divided into two sections, the old section entrance is on the Raheen Roundabout (R526 St Nessan Road and R510) the Second Entrance is on the New Section with it entrance on the N20
The radio station
Spin South WestSpin South West is an Irish radio station broadcasting from Raheen in Limerick City in the province of Munster. It launched on 23 July 2007, and holds an Independent Regional Radio contract from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to broadcast to County Kerry, County Limerick, County Clare,...
operates from the Raheen Industrial Estate.
Former Companies setup here which are now gone:
-
AtariAtari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames Entertainment SA ....
, one of the world's oldest video gaming companies.
- Verbatim Corporation, which is a CD manufacturer.
Raheen is the name of the former residence, of many years, of the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne.
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Raheen (
An Ráithín in
IrishIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
) is a suburban district of southwestern Limerick City,
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
. It houses the headquarters of the Mid-Western Region of the
Health Service ExecutiveThe Health Service Executive is responsible for the provision of healthcare providing health and personal social services for everyone living in Ireland, with public funds. The Executive was established by the Health Act, 2004 and came into official operation on January 1, 2005...
so that a multitude of essential health services catering for the population of the region are dispensed from this suburban district.
Industry
Raheen Industrial Estate is the home of many international companies, and multi-national concerns with premises there include
Analog DevicesAnalog Devices, Inc. , is an American multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion and signal conditioning technology. Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers representing a wide variety of electronic equipment types, including industrial and medical equipment, wireless...
,
DellDell, Inc. develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. Based in Round Rock, Texas, Dell employs more than 76,500 people worldwide ....
,
BantaBanta is a lemon-flavoured drink popular in India.It is available in a Codd-neck bottle, a heavy glass bottle in which a round marble seals the mouth of the bottle by the pressure of the contents, instead of a cap....
,
ON SemiconductorON Semiconductor , is a leading supplier of semiconductor devices, including power management, logic, signal, discrete, and custom devices. ON Semiconductor is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, USA...
,
Stryker Corp.Stryker Corporation , is a Kalamazoo, Michigan based medical technology firm which develops and produces medical implants, surgical and imaging technologies, as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment...
(formerly Howmedica),
Training:
FAS (Trades Training centre).
The Estate is divided into two sections, the old section entrance is on the Raheen Roundabout (R526 St Nessan Road and R510) the Second Entrance is on the New Section with it entrance on the N20
The radio station
Spin South WestSpin South West is an Irish radio station broadcasting from Raheen in Limerick City in the province of Munster. It launched on 23 July 2007, and holds an Independent Regional Radio contract from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to broadcast to County Kerry, County Limerick, County Clare,...
operates from the Raheen Industrial Estate.
Former Companies setup here which are now gone:
-
AtariAtari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames Entertainment SA ....
, one of the world's oldest video gaming companies.
- Verbatim Corporation, which is a CD manufacturer.
Raheen is the name of the former residence, of many years, of the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. It is situated in the suburb of Kew in Melbourne.