Raheen, County Limerick

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Raheen
An Ráithín
Location
Location of Raheen
centerMap highlighting Raheen
Irish grid reference
R550534
Statistics
Province: Munster
County: County Limerick
Population (2006)
 - Town:
 - Environs:
 
3,938 
1,977
This article is about Raheen, the suburb of Limerick City. For other places called Raheen, see Raheen, County Laois, Raheen, County Wexford, or Raheen (estate).

Raheen (An Ráithín in Irish) is a suburban district of southwestern Limerick City, Ireland. It houses the headquarters of the Mid-Western Region of the Health Service Executive as well as the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, so that a multitude of essential health services catering for the population of the region are dispensed from this suburban district.

[edit] Industry

Raheen Industrial Estate is the home of many international companies, and multi-national concerns with premises there include Analog Devices and Dell. Atari, one of the world's oldest video gaming companies, formerly had their European headquarters on the estate.

The newly launched Spin South West operates from the Raheen Industrial Estate.

[edit] People

Never leave your car unlocked in raheen, always have lock nuts on the wheels and a stearlig lock or chain on the stearing wheel.

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