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Why Ireland for technology investment

  • See why the world’s leading names in technology choose Ireland as a strategic base of operations

  • Scale rapidly with easy access to talent and skills that evolve to meet industry needs

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Global Leaders Already Call Ireland Home

Globally recognised names such as Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, and Tencent, among many others, have established significant European operations in Ireland.

  • 16 of the top 20 global tech companies and the top 3 enterprise software providers
  • 106,000+ people are employed in the ICT industry.
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Strategic Location and Infrastructure

Thanks to its strategic location, setting up in Ireland means becoming part of the global hub of choice for the strategic activities of world-leading tech companies in Ireland. This encompasses crucial functions like software development, shared services, advanced manufacturing, cloud services, EMEA inside sales, and hardware and software R&D.

  • 70+ years record in attracting and retaining top-tier foreign direct investment
  • 50% of tech companies have been here for 10+ years; 33% for over two decades
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A Skilled, Multilingual Tech Workforce

Ireland boasts one of Europe's most robust talent pipelines in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The nation's technology sector thrives on significant government backing and investment in skills programs, ensuring a continuously developing and highly capable multilingual tech workforce.

  • Third-level STEM graduates highest in Europe per 1,000 of population
  • High level of software developers in EU per one million inhabitants
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Ready for the Future

Technology never stands still; neither do we. Ireland is constantly developing educational programmes and skills initiatives to further increase the talent pool across the entire spectrum of tech roles for new and emerging areas.

  • 40+ companies in Ireland using or developing AI technologies
  • Education in blockchain, cloud, cybersecurity, analytics, software engineering and more
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Tailored Support for Foreign Tech Companies

Publicly funded Irish research centres actively support and enhance the R&D activities undertaken by tech companies in Ireland. Furthermore, Ireland's Knowledge Development Box (often called a patent box) is fully compliant with OECD standards, offering an attractive intellectual property regime.

  • Highly competitive financial incentives for investors carrying out R&D in Ireland
  • Active industry clusters support collaboration between corporations and researchers

Dublin is such a hub for big tech companies that you might think ‘if we come to Dublin, we’re going to be competing with all of them, we won't be able to get good staff’. But I think the opposite is true. Because we’ve got such a base of well recognised brands in Dublin, that actually brings qualified people from all over Europe here.

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Success Stories: Hear from leaders calling Ireland home

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Diligent
Boulder Media
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Dell Technologies
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Educated workforce enables rapid ramp-up for software company

Educated workforce enables rapid ramp-up for software company

In other jurisdictions that we looked at, they literally wanted you to land and sign the deal. Whereas the IDA were very powerful in thinking about the next wave of growth beyond the first 200 people, and what type of skills we might look for then. It genuinely does feel like a partnership rather than a one-and-done, and the after-sales experience is excellent too.

Boulder Media is one of the largest animation studios Ireland

Boulder Media is one of the largest animation studios Ireland

Remaining successful in the thriving global animation industry is largely down to attracting and retaining high quality talent, making the studio the best place to produce a project. Partnering this talent with high quality projects allows Boulder Media to create the best content, entertaining audiences all over the world on a daily basis.

Pioneering Asian company locates first overseas factory in Ireland

Pioneering Asian company locates first overseas factory in Ireland

We are committed to Ireland and will work with all local partners to build this state-of-art next generation biomanufacturing facility as a showcase to the global biotech community

Vanta is a startup focused on automating cybersecurity compliance

Vanta is a startup focused on automating cybersecurity compliance

We have a talent pool that allows us to serve a large population in a very effective way, both with language and specialisation skills like sales or customer success.

Irish operations are at the core of Dell Technologies global business supporting key functions

Irish operations are at the core of Dell Technologies global business supporting key functions

Ireland has evolved and has established itself as a global digital leader. You’ve got a young and highly educated population and Ireland is a natural bridge between North America and Europe, and it helps us take care of our customers on both sides of the Atlantic. And of course serve the 500 million people in the EU from our Irish operations.

8 diverse sites across Ireland employing 2,500+ people

8 diverse sites across Ireland employing 2,500+ people

Ireland plays a critical role in supporting AbbVie's international operations. Our new AbbVie North Dublin (AND) facility will be a key node in AbbVie's global Operations network, serving as a European hub bringing together our Dublin-based supply chain, engineering, quality assurance and manufacturing teams for the first time.

Find your European home

Find your European home