Glanbia’s product range encompasses functional and healthy yogurts, fresh chilled soups, sauces and cheeses, and its brands include Yoplait, Avonmore and Kilmeaden. Glanbia Consumer Foods Division has extensive retail and foodservice experience, and it has key customers in Ireland and the UK, as well as international manufacturers supplying a wide variety of consumer food and drink businesses, including infant, medical and sports nutrition companies. Employing almost 800 people at its head office in Kilkenny and nine other locations across Ireland, the division is the leading supplier of branded and value-added milk, yogurts, cheddar cheeses and fresh soups to the grocery trade.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the world’s largest life science companies, with an estimated seven per cent of the world's pharmaceutical market. GSK operates in two industry segments – pharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare. Its history in Ireland stretches over thirty years, and its operation here has evolved to become a strategic global new product introduction and business development location within GSK. More than 1600 people are employed by GSK in Ireland across four sites in Cork, Dublin and Dungarvan. Many of the firm’s consumer brands are household names, including Panadol, Solpadeine, Niquitin, Aquafresh and Sensodyne, as well as Lucozade and Ribena.

Founded in Cincinnati by Irishman James Gamble, from County Fermanagh, and Englishman William Procter in 1837, P&G today comprises 138,000 employees working in over 80 countries worldwide. With a stated purpose to provide products and services of superior quality and value to the world's consumers, the firm one of the largest and strongest portfolios of trusted brands, including 22 billion-dollar brands such as Ariel, Bounty, Braun, Crest, Duracell, Pampers, Pringles and Wella. P&G established a business in Ireland in 1980, and its operations here include Marketing Development Organisations in Lisburn and Dublin, as well as sites in Newbridge, Carlow and Nenagh.

The Vodafone Group is the world's leading mobile telecommunications group with 252 million customers, and a significant presence across the world through the company's subsidiary undertakings, joint ventures, associated undertakings and investments. In Ireland, Vodafone is the largest mobile services provider, and it is at the forefront of mobile innovation. The company introduces new products and services, such as Ireland’s first 3G Broadband network, to provide nationwide mobile broadband access, enhancing its value to customers. Vodafone’s vision is to remain Ireland’s mobile communications leader, enriching its customers’ lives and helping individuals, businesses and communities be more connected in a mobile world.