GATEWAY TO A EUROPEAN MARKET OF MORE THAN500 MILLION PEOPLE
WORKFORCEIRELAND'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
35 MEDIAN 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 ISLANDIRELAND 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
90,0004
TECH-HUB
DUBLIN’S INTERNET HEAVYWEIGHTS INCLUDE:
HIGH-SPEED, LOW-LATENCY NETWORKS ARE MAKING IRELAND A FAVOURED DESTINATION FOR BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS ACTIVITY
REPUTATIONIRELAND HAS ATTRACTED SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ESPECIALLY FROM US-BASED FIRMS.
GAMECOMPANIES
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 DATACENTRES 7
1. Magnum Opus Consulting (Ireland)2. OECD: Education at a Glance 20133. Eurostat: Population Structure Indicators, 20124. Action Plan on Jobs 20125. Forbes
6. 451 Advisors Special Report Ireland7. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers8. IDA Ireland: Ireland Update Q3 20139. www.idaireland.com10. 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
GER
MA
NY
30%33.3%
FRA
NCE
IREL
AN
D
12.5%
25%
NET
HER
LAN
DS
21%
UK
19.68%
EU A
VERA
GE
2013
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 CABLES 11
10
2ND HIGHESTICT 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
CONNECTIVITYGREEN ISLAND REPUTATION
WORKFORCE
LOCATION
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERSMain: + 44 207 375 7070Fax: + 44 207 375 7059E-mail: [email protected]
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*Source 2014
GREAT REASONS 7TO HOST IN IRELAND
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HOME TO OVER 1,000 MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
THE ICT SECTOR ACCOUNTS
FOR MORE THAN €50 BILLION OF EXPORTS
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