NUI Galway and the Whitaker Institute created an online dashboard that provides key economic data on Galway City and the County at-large (http://galwaydashboard.ie). They produced a number of research papers to supplement the website.
• Economic Baseline Summary Overview(.pdf document)
• Medical Device Sector(.pdf document)
Some snippets:
- Galway employs one third of the country’s 25,000 medical device employees and the West accounts for 39% of regional distribution of medical device.
- There is a significant cluster of medical device companies with Medtronic and Boston Scientific being the largest MNC employers.
- Boston Scientific Ireland Ltd employs 2,800 individuals and Medtronic Vascular Galway Ltd. employs 1,882 individuals.
