Tullamore is the County Town of Offaly and houses the County Council Civic Offices along with various government services including offices of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine and the Department of Education. Tullamore is the location of Tullamore Hospital and is home to various industries including peat production and Tullamore Dew whiskey distillery.

A number of multinational employers are located at the Sragh Industrial Estate. It is an historic town with a long tradition of tourism around heritage sites including Clonmacnoise, Durrow and Charleville Forest.

Tullamore Retail Park is located just inside the N52 ringroad and 5 minutes’ drive from the town centre which offers a good selection of comparison shopping as well as hotels, leisure and civic services. The retail park is 10 minutes’ drive from the M6 Dublin Galway motorway and half an hour from Athlone town.

Tullamore Retail Park is highly visible from the road, sharing an entrance with a large Tesco Extra store which has extended opening hours to the benefit of the Retail Park, along with a Tesco petrol station which is located in the car park of the Retail Park. A busy Aldi store is across the road.