With the acquisition of the 9 Crowleys Pharmacies in Dublin in May 2001 Unicarepharmacy took the first step into the Irish pharmacy market.

This was followed during the same year with a further 13 acquisitions - 2 in Carlow, 1 in Wicklow, 2 in Dublin, 6 in Limerick, 1 in Cork, 1 in Clonmel.

In 2002 we acquired a further 31 Pharmacies in Dublin, Kilkenny, Portlaoise, Mullingar and Kildare.

In 2003 we acquired a further 2 pharmacies in Gorey, Co Wexford, and Greystones, Co. Wicklow.

In 2007 we acquired a further acquisition of the 11 McSweeny pharmacies and opened a new store in Charleville Town Centre and followed in early 2008 with an acquisition of O'Leary's pharmacy in Cork. Our most recent aquisitions are Abbey Pharmacy in Wicklow, and Cabra Pharmacy.

Celesio Group 

Unicarepharmacy is part of the Celesio group. Celesio is one of the leading international service providers within the pharmaceutical and healthcare markets. We are active in 27 countries worldwide and employ approximately 47,000 employees in our three divisions Patient and Consumer Solutions, Pharmacy Solutions and Manufacturer Solutions. Just under 2,300 of Celesio’s own retail pharmacies, as part of Patient and Consumer Solutions, serve over 550,000 customers every day. In our wholesale activities, the core business of Pharmacy Solutions, more than 130 wholesale branches deliver to around 65,000 pharmacies – day in, day out. In the Manufacturer Solutions division, we offer pharmaceutical manufacturers logistics, marketing and sales solutions and operate in the area of Efficient Care Pharma.