Ireland: From poor man, to tiger, to comeback kid

by Dramelin 1:30 AM 0 comments

Few European countries have experienced the economic rollercoaster that Ireland has in such a short period of time.
Considered the poor man of Western Europe for nearly all of the 20th century, Ireland in the 1990s turbocharged itself to become a hub for transatlantic business and multinational investment, garnering the moniker "Celtic Tiger.
" The country of 4.
6 million is now home to every household name in tech you can think of, from Apple and Facebook to LinkedIn and Airbnb.
multinationals alone number more than 700.
Ireland`s government has leveraged its investment attractiveness — a friendly low-tax environment, robust tech expertise and an English-speaking EU member state — to chase further growth, though memories still linger of the tanking economic fortunes of just a decade ago.