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

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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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