A revision of the EU’s Chips Act is in place as Ireland takes on the Council presidency and the IDA aims to make “mega-sites” available to the world’s biggest chipmakers.
The US database giant first arrived in Ireland in 2013 and has grown aggressively ever since. Now, it plans to invest a further €74 million into its Irish operation and add over 200 new jobs.
We have drawn deeply from the FDI well for decades, and in doing so have allowed dependence – and a degree of complacency – to obscure a fundamental weakness in our industrial policy.
Allstate Sales Group collapsed and its CEO faces serious fraud charges in the US, entangled with the company’s bungled Irish expansion and its hiring drive that never got going.
IDA Ireland sought contracts for media monitoring, creative advertising, graphic design and PR in service of attracting FDI from foreign markets, in particular the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Japan, China, and South Korea.
With all the talk of Trump, trade and tariffs, it is easy to forget just how attractive Ireland is for foreign direct investment.
The national investment development agency wants to take advantage of the EU’s renewed focus on competitiveness and innovation across the bloc.
In an "increasingly fragmented" media landscape, the semi-state is looking for a New York-based agency to help it attract, retain, and grow US investment in Ireland.
EU-level rules on scrutinising investments from third countries will put the onus on Ireland to be more critical of FDI deals coming into the country.
IDA Ireland chair Feargal O’Rourke talks about Trump’s trade policies, his late mother Mary, and his new book on the Irish men’s rugby team.
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