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1. GATEWAY TO A EUROPEAN
MARKET OF MORE THAN
500 MILLION PEOPLE
WORKFORCE
IRELAND'S WORKFORCE IS
INTERNATIONAL, EXPERIENCED,
TECHNOLOGY-SAVVY,
MULTI-SKILLED AND MULTILINGUAL
OF 25-34-YEAR-OLDS
HOLD A THIRD-LEVEL
QUALIFICATION
48%
TECH-SAVVY
MULTI-SKILLED
35MEDIAN AGE OF
THE POPULATION
THE LOWEST IN EUROPE
AMONG THE 10 BEST
EDUCATED COUNTRIES
IN THE WORLD
10th
BEING SITUATED ON THE AXIS
BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND
EUROPEAN CONTINENTS PLACES
IRELAND RIGHT AT THE HEART OF
THE TRADING WORLD
2
3
SUBMARINE CABLES 1
TECH HUB
LOCATION
GREEN ISLAND
IRELAND HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY
EXPLORING THE USE OF
RENEWABLE POWER, WHICH
PROVIDES CLEANER AND LESS
EXPENSIVE POWER OPTIONS
IDEAL CLIMATE FOR
FREE-AIR COOLING
DUBLIN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES
20°C
6°C
HIGH
AVERAGE
LOW
AVERAGE
ICT SECTOR
IS NOW EMPLOYING
OVER 90,000 PEOPLE
90,000
4
TECH-HUB
DUBLIN’S INTERNET HEAVYWEIGHTS INCLUDE:
HIGH-SPEED, LOW-LATENCY
NETWORKS ARE MAKING
IRELAND A FAVOURED
DESTINATION FOR BIG DATA
AND ANALYTICS ACTIVITY
REPUTATION
IRELAND HAS ATTRACTED
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
ESPECIALLY FROM
US-BASED FIRMS.
GAME
COMPANIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
OF THE WORLD’S
LEADING GLOBAL
ICT COMPANIES
7
OF THE TOP 10
GLOBAL SOFTWARE
COMPANIES9
OUT OF 10 GLOBAL
PHARMACEUTICAL
CORPORATIONS9
3OF THE
TOP 5
9
Sources:
WITH NO EXTREME
VARIATIONS. THIS IS
WITHIN THE OPERATING
RANGE RECOMMENDED
FOR DATACENTRES7
1. Magnum Opus Consulting (Ireland)
2. OECD: Education at a Glance 2013
3. Eurostat: Population Structure Indicators, 2012
4. Action Plan on Jobs 2012
5. Forbes
6. 451 Advisors Special Report Ireland
7. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
8. IDA Ireland: Ireland Update Q3 2013
9. www.idaireland.com
10. www.enterprise-ireland.com
TARGET FUEL
MIX BY 2020
OTHER
40%renewables
IRELAND IS AN OPEN ECONOMY,
SUPPORTED BY ITS
CORPORATE TAX RATE OF 12.5%
PRO-BUSINESS
GERMANY
30%33.3%
FRANCE
IRELAND
12.5%
25%
NETHERLANDS
21%
UK
19.68%
EUAVERAGE2013
1st
1st for investment
incentives
Ireland has been named
1st in the Best Countries
for Business list 2013 5
1st
IRELAND OFFERS A CHOICE OF
SECURE CONNECTIVITY
ROUTES TO EUROPE AND
AROUND THE GLOBE
CONNECTIVITY
6
CONNECTING IRELAND
TO THE UK
SUBSEA
CABLES11
10
2ND HIGHEST
ICT EXPORTS
IN THE WORLD
DUBLIN’S T50 BROADBAND
RING (MAN) A 44KM
MULTI-DUCT FIBER-OPTIC
CABLE SYSTEM PROVIDES
ACCESS TO 27 INTERNATIONAL
CARRIERS.
PRO-BUSINESS
CONNECTIVITY
GREEN ISLAND REPUTATION
WORKFORCE
LOCATION
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GREAT REASONS7
TO HOST IN IRELAND
8
HOME TO OVER
1,000MULTINATIONAL
COMPANIES
THE ICT SECTOR
ACCOUNTS
FOR MORE THAN
€50 BILLION
OF EXPORTS
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