Editing Swords, Dublin (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Swords Pavilions Shopping Centre.jpg|thumb|upright|A concourse area in [[Swords Pavilions|Pavilions Swords]]]]

=== Commercial and retail ===
Swords is the home to a large retail and business park called Airside Retail and Business Park, on the southern fringe of the town, hosting a number of employers. It is home to several corporates, including Ryanair, AIB, eShopWorld, Sandisk, Fujitsu, Ricoh and the European headquarters of [[Kellogg's]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Ingersoll Rand]] also has its corporate headquarters in the Airside Business Park.<ref>"[http://company.ingersollrand.com/Pages/ContactUs.aspx Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102180651/http://company.ingersollrand.com/Pages/ContactUs.aspx |date= 2 January 2011 }}." [[Ingersoll Rand]]. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Global Headquarters 170/175 Lakeview Drive Airside Business Park Swords, Co. Dublin Ireland."</ref>

East of the town, running parallel to Swords bypass, lies the large Swords Business Park, where the [[Hertz Corporation]] have a Shared Services Centre.

Swords also has a large shopping centre, the [[Swords Pavilions|Pavilions Swords]], off the R132, which has a multi-screen cinema and branches of [[SuperValu (Ireland)|SuperValu]] and [[Dunnes Stores]].

=== Aviation ===
[[File:E4411-Ryanair-planes-in-Dublin.jpg|thumb|Empennages of an [[Aer Lingus]] and [[Ryanair]] planes at [[Dublin Airport]], near Swords. ]]
Swords is the closest town to [[Dublin Airport]] and the two share the same [[List of Eircode routing areas in Ireland|Eircode routing area key of K67]]. The airport has long provided employment to the area. In 2011, Dublin Airport handled over 18.7 million passengers and served over 171 routes with 62 airlines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dublinairport.com/gns/flight-information/destinations-airlines.aspx|title=Live Flight Information and Status Updates|website=Dublin Airport|access-date=16 November 2012|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014042813/http://dublinairport.com/gns/flight-information/destinations-airlines.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The airport serves as an operating base for [[Aer Lingus]], [[Aer Lingus Regional]], [[Air Contractors]], [[CityJet]], [[Ryanair]] and [[Thomson Airways]], and as a maintenance base for Aer Lingus, CityJet, Dublin Aerospace,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dublinaerospace.com/|title=Home|website=Dublin Aerospace|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=1 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501081100/http://dublinaerospace.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Eirtech Aviation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eirtechaviation.ie/indexFlash.php|title=Eirtech Aviation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205073915/http://eirtechaviation.ie/indexFlash.php|archive-date=5 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Etihad Airways]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etihad.com/en/about-us/etihad-news/|title=News - Etihad Airways|website=Etihad Global|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113232818/http://www.etihad.com/en/about-us/etihad-news/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Ryanair.

The [[Irish Aviation Authority]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaa.ie/index.jsp?p=101&n=419|title=Irish Aviation Authority|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106141039/http://www.iaa.ie/index.jsp?p=101&n=419|archive-date=6 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> operate the Dublin Air Traffic Control Centre on the airport.

The headquarters of the [[Dublin Airport Authority]] and Ireland's four largest airlines<!--- by fleet size ---> are located in or near Swords. The [[Dublin Airport Authority]], who manage Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports, employ over 3,000 people and have their headquarters on the airport campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daa.ie/gns/company-profile/overview.aspx|title=Company Profile - daa|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705013303/http://www.daa.ie/gns/company-profile/overview.aspx|archive-date=5 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Aer Lingus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerlingus.com/help/contactus/|title=Contact Us - Aer Lingus|website=www.aerlingus.com|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=18 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518120321/http://www.aerlingus.com/help/contactus/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ireland's flag carrier, have their headquarters on the Dublin Airport campus. CityJet, part of the [[Air France-KLM]] group, has its headquarters in Swords Business Campus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityjet.com/contact-us/|title=CityJet - Contact Us|last=CityJet|website=www.cityjet.com|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=20 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720053408/http://www.cityjet.com/contact-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Air Contractors, part of the [[ASL Aviation]] group, has its head office on the Malahide Road in Swords.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aircontractors.com/detail.aspx?page=ContactUs|title=Air Contractors|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717064229/http://www.aircontractors.com/detail.aspx?page=ContactUs|archive-date=17 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2014, [[Ryanair]] moved into a new €20m, 100,000 sq ft Dublin Head Office in Airside Business Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryanair.com/index.php/ie/news/ryanair-buys-new-dublin-offices/|title=Ryanair Official website News Article}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The building was officially opened in April 2014.

=== Logistics ===
In 2007 [[Tesco Ireland]] opened their new €70 million distribution centre in Lanestown, between Swords and Donabate. With a building footprint of over 68,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> and a total volume of 1.55&nbsp;million&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> the Tesco Ireland distribution centre is the largest building on the island of Ireland and one of the 10 [[List of largest buildings in the world|largest building in the world]]. The building is over half a kilometre long, has 106 loading bays and supplies 106 stores up to 6 times a day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euromech.ie/pallet-racking-tesco-ireland-dublin.html|title=Tesco Ireland Case Study: Pallet Racking, Mesh Shelving, Mesh Partitioning|website=www.euromech.ie|access-date=1 September 2012|archive-date=30 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430025736/http://www.euromech.ie/pallet-racking-tesco-ireland-dublin.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Pharmaceutical ===
Swords is the home to several international chemical producers and pharmaceutical giants, including Opec. [[Merck Sharp & Dohme]] (formally Organnon) employ over 500 people in their facility in Drynam, which manufactures women's health, anaesthesiology and mental health products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msd-ireland.com/about/our-locations/home.html?WT.svl=mainnav|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129052341/http://www.msd-ireland.com/about/our-locations/home.html?WT.svl=mainnav|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-29|title=MSD Ireland}}</ref> [[Bristol Myers Squibb]] employ over 400 people in their Swords Laboratories bulk pharmaceutical plant on Watery Lane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bms.com/ie|title=Bristol Myers Squibb - Global Biopharmaceutical Company|website=www.bms.com|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119060047/https://www.bms.com/ie|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Lonza Group]] employ 45 people in their European manufacturing facility for personal care and industrial biocides, also on Watery Lane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lonza.com/about-lonza/company-profile/locations-worldwide/swords-ireland.aspx|title=Lonza Swords|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612035909/http://www.lonza.com/about-lonza/company-profile/locations-worldwide/swords-ireland.aspx|archive-date=12 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Food and horticulture ===
Swords is located in the centre of Fingal and is surrounded by farms growing crops like potatoes, wheat and barley. However, unlike the rest of Fingal, a lot of the food distributed from Swords has been imported from abroad.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} As of 2018, FoodCentral (marketed as "Ireland's national food park") was being developed south-west of Swords.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/oakland-expands-to-foodcentral-37080963.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = Oakland expands to FoodCentral | date = 5 July 2018 | accessdate = 27 April 2021 | archive-date = 27 April 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210427140336/https://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/oakland-expands-to-foodcentral-37080963.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodcentral.eu/index.aspx|title=FoodCentral - Homepage|website=www.foodcentral.eu|access-date=13 July 2012|archive-date=1 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601042710/http://www.foodcentral.eu/index.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Keeling's Group, who employ over 1700 people, have their headquarters in FoodCentral and use a lot of land around Swords.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keelings.com/home.html|title=Keeling's Group|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108121657/http://www.keelings.com/home.html|archive-date=8 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Keeling's Farms division annually grow 2,500 tonnes of soft fruits/berries from 5 hectares of glasshouse, tunnel and field crops in Swords. They grow [[Bramley apple]]s in 139 acres of orchards and lettuce in 8 acres of glasshouses. Their glasshouses also produce 1,500 tonnes of red, orange, yellow and green peppers annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keelings.com/business9c8a.html?id=23|title=Keeling's Farms|access-date=20 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327013848/http://www.keelings.com/business9c8a.html?id=23|archive-date=27 March 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Keeling's also operate a large banana ripening facility for Chiquita which ripens over 3 million bananas each week. They also have separate ripening rooms for other fruits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keelings.com/businessea25.html?id=24|title=Keeling's Multiples|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327013854/http://www.keelings.com/businessea25.html?id=24|archive-date=27 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chiquita.com/Home.aspx|title=Chiquita Bananas|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909201409/http://www.chiquita.com/Home.aspx|archive-date=9 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Total Produce, Ireland's largest [[agribusiness]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top1000.ie/industries/agribusiness|title=The Top Agribusiness Companies on Top1000.ie|website=Top 1000|date=25 June 2023|access-date=8 September 2012|archive-date=9 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909021735/http://www.top1000.ie/industries/agribusiness|url-status=live}}</ref> operates two facilities in Swords.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalproduce.com/about.php?m=46|title=Total Produce|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821213312/http://www.totalproduce.com/about.php?m=46|archive-date=21 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Its facility in Swords Business Park includes a distribution and ripening centre for Fyffes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fyffes.com/gns/our-company/locations-and-contacts.aspx|title=Fyffes Swords|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608063323/http://www.fyffes.com/gns/our-company/locations-and-contacts.aspx|archive-date=8 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Cape, Outspan, Green Ace and TOP Fruit products. Their "Uniplumo" facility on the Rathbeale Road,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freshproduce.org.uk/membership/382.html|title=FPC Newsdesk|website=www.freshproduce.org.uk|access-date=15 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015530/http://www.freshproduce.org.uk/membership/382.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> has 46,000 square metres of glasshouses for growing plants, flowers and tomatoes.