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Kildare Physical Resources
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Kildare County Council is the local government authority
responsible for the development and management of the
natural resources of the county.
As part of their strategic
development plan they have identified suitable land and
zoned it for industrial use. The option to rezone other
sites exists. They administer the new Urban Renewal Tax
Incentive Scheme. This scheme provides generous tax incentives
to developments in designated areas.
Kildare County Council is responsible
for the management of water, waste and other site necessities.
Hewlett Packard has credited their ease of establishment
in Kildare to the start-up assistance they received from
Kildare County Council.
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Kildare has an unrivalled transport network servicing the county.
This is largely due to its proximity to Dublin, where traditionally
all transport routes, canal, rail and road have evolved from.
Kildare has a motorway that links the county directly with Dublin
city centre, port and airport. The county has a direct freight
rail service into Dublin with a newly developed high-speed passenger
rail service directly into the centre. Rail services also link
the county with other national centres, namely the cities of
Waterford, Cork and Limerick. A national road network runs extensively
through the county linking the towns and forming the national
primary routes from Dublin to other cities.
Map of Kildare showing proximity to main
points of distribution.
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Distribution/Warehousing
Despite the continued growth of Dublin, Kildare
is fortunate to maintain large areas of land. Its location
on the fringes of a growing city has made it an increasingly
popular site for locating warehouse and distribution enterprises.
There is a growing demand for such services both within
the county and to service the Dublin market.
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Telecommunications
Ireland is
acknowledged world-wide as possessing a highly developed
telecommunication network. The government is also investing
heavily in the development of the telecommunications infrastructure.
Features of this network include:
| World-wide direct
fibre connection |
Intercontinental
routing service |
| Broadband ISDN
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Switched data service |
| Leased
lines |
Low
tariff for volume user |
Ireland is an increasingly popular base
for the teleservices sector. Attractive incentives, excellent
and competitive telecommunication facilities and a skilled
workforce are encouraging many companies to establish
here.
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