Ireland Business Features & News

WITH a highly-educated, skilled and flexible workforce operating within a business landscape that boasts a globally competitive 12.5% corporation tax rate, it isn’t hard to understand why Ireland is such a desirable investment location. The boom years of the Celtic Tiger phenomenon saw the country transformed from one of Europe’s poorest countries into one of its wealthiest. Between 1995 and 2000, GNP grew between 6% and 11%, propelling the country into the realms of  the... more...

Galway has become the latest choice of location for Metal Improvement Company, (MIC), international provider of advanced metal treatment services and technologies. Capitalising on Ireland’s reputation as Europe’s leading hub for medical device manufacture, ( ICE Group ), MIC is investing €1.4 million into a new metal treatment facility in Parkmore West Business Campus. John Perry TD, the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, officially... Medical Devices Galway

Horizon 2020 was launched in 2010 as part of the Irish strategy to strengthen the national economy and to continue to attract foreign direct investment. Regarded as a strategic blueprint, the plan was declared an integral part of the Irish government’s smart economy policy. Originally launched by the Irish government as a recovery strategy in 2008, the smart economy concept was elaborated further in 2010. The framework is centred on five key areas: The enterprise economy and... more...