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COOK Ireland

Company HistoryCOOK Ireland

Founded in 1963, Cook Medical pioneered many of the medical devices now commonly used to perform minimally invasive medical procedures throughout the body. Cook Medical in Limerick was established in 1997 to design, manufacture and distribute medical devices to customers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The products manufactured in Limerick are primarily for use by medical professionals in the fields of gastroenterology, urology, obstetrics and gynecology The Irish plant has grown to become an integral part of Cook Medical�s global operations. Today, the company integrates medical devices, drugs and biologics to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes.

Over the decades, Cook Medical products have improved the health of millions of patients worldwide. In many areas, the company pioneered breakthrough medical techniques that help patients avoid traumatic surgery, reducing healthcare costs and producing better medical outcomes. Cook Medical continue to search for innovative medical solutions to help the physicians we serve better treat the patients they serve

COOK Ireland

Cook Medical is the world's largest private medical device company. It offers rewarding career's options by allowing you to contribute to the provision of life-saving products and devices that greatly improve patient quality of life. The medical device industry is exciting and fast-paced, with much innovation, new technologies and active product development and research.

Benefits

Cook Medical provides a comprehensive benefits package to its employees and offers a dynamic working environment in a very central and accessible location in the Mid-West of Ireland including:

  • COOK IrelandCompetitive salary package

  • Health insurance

  • Pension plan

  • Flexi-start and finish times

  • 21 days annual leave

  • Parental leave provisions

  • Company restaurant

  • Company gym

  • Active sports and social club

  • Free car parking

  • Multicultural working environment

  • Dynamic, friendly working environment

  • Career development opportunities

  • Further training and development

  • Study assistance

Location

Our newly expanded facility is set in the beautifully landscaped National Technology Park in Castletroy, Limerick which offers:

  • Close proximity to Shannon airport- cheap European/international flights with major airlines including Ryanair, Aer Lingus, BA and others

  • Very central location with many shops, pubs and restaurants just outside the city centre in a very popular area

  • Location in Castletroy close to the University of Limerick with its Concert Hall, Olympic-sized swimming pool, sports facilities and large campus on the River Shannon

  • Large range of high quality accommodation close by in the Castletroy and Annacotty areas

  • Exellent quality of life with less traffic congestion and lower cost of living: many of our employees live only minutes from work

  • Ten minutes drive to the City Centre

Limerick - Riverside City

A modern university city with the University of Limerick and Limerick Institute of Technology, on the doorstep of Shannon Airport, Limerick is built on the foundations of a Viking settlement and straddles the River Shannon. It has a passion for sport and choral singing, a lively culture, arts and social scene. The city which provided the backdrop for Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize winning "Angela's Ashes" and its film version. A revitalised waterfront adds new zest to the centre which has fine restaurants, lively pubs (including many sports bars), a fashionable shopping precinct, beautiful parks and great entertainment.

The city also considers itself the national capital of sport, with innumerable playing fields for football, rugby and hurling, golf, horse racing and greyhound tracks and boating. And, within an hours drive, you can enjoy seaside, mountains, lakes and rivers, castles and historic towns.

The annual festival celebrations begin in the last week of January with the Unfringed Festival, a week of theatre at the Belltable Arts Centre. In February the Kate O'Brien weekend is a literary gathering. March sees the EV+A, Ireland's premier exhibition of contemporary art. March also sees the Limerick International Band Festival and the extension of St. Patrick's Day to a week of music and all sorts of entertainment.
EXPO Limerick, centred on the May bank holiday, has street parades, concerts, fireworks and general festivities to open the summer season. October is the time for the Sionna COOK IrelandFestival of European Traditional Music and in December the turf beckons for the Limerick Christmas Racing Festival.

Year-round theatre can be enjoyed at the Belltable Arts Centre while the University Concert Hall in the University of Limerick offers great diversity with concerts, theatre performances and many popular national and international acts. Dolan's Warehouse in the docklands area provides a variety of musical entertainment from Rock and Traditional Music to Comedy. During the summer the Irish Rambling House is an enjoyable Irish entertainment experience.
In nearby Bunratty Castle, you can enjoy a world-famous Mediaeval Castle Banquet or a dinner-evening at the Traditional Irish Music Nights in Bunratty Folk Park.
Limerick has two multiplex cinemas - the Limerick Omniplex in the Crescent Shopping Centre in Dooradoyle and the multi screen Storm Cinema in Castletroy.

Shopping
Limerick City offers the best shopping options in the West or Mid-West of Ireland. The City Centre has major department stores and a diverse range of smaller retail outlets from fashion and jewellery stores through to books and crafts. Shopping Centres include the Arthur's Quay shopping centre is in the City Centre; the Crescent Shopping Centre (on the Cork Road) which has recently completed a major expansion and the Parkway Shopping Centre on the Dublin Road. Next to the Parkway is the new Parkway Retail Park which has also recently completed a major expansion close to the Cook Medical plant.

 

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