A curious media management strategy was deployed by the Minister or Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke involving a slow release of the headline details to the Business Post of a significant government plan to win what would likely be at minimum a €30 billion investment in a new semiconductor fab on a 1,000-acre site in Oranmore, Co Galway. In the latest instalment, it was reported that what is essentially a long-term gamble on attracting Intel, Nvidia, or TSMC will require a €3.2 billion investment in land, infrastructure, and utilities provision with an effective state subsidy. A previous report in…

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