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Ireland has (or had?) a pretty good economy too with well paying aerospace and other tech industry jobs.

• sudonim 15y ago
  I think what you're seeing now is the cost of that "good economy".
• barry-cotter 15y ago
  Not that many although the tech industry doesn't seem to be going anywhere thank fate. Still, it's not like those jobs are even theoretically available to more than maybe a quarter of the population. One thing that surprised me when I read it[0] was the huge difference in profitability of domestic and multinational firms in Ireland per employee in the same sector. Twice as productive, twice. [0]http://www.gillmacmillan.ie/economics/economics/economy-of-ireland-11th-edition http://www.gillmacmillan.ie/economics/economics/economy-of-i...
  • barrkel 15y ago
    This is largely a product of booking European profits through Irish subsidiaries. (Irishman myself, FWIW.)
    • dhughes 15y ago
      Google's European head office in Ireland would be a great example of that, as well as the shell office in The Netherlands.
• rmc 15y ago
  The tech industry in Ireland is still going quite well. Talk to a tech recruiter in Dublin (or a tech company) and they'll tell you how hard it is to hire people. It's the construction sector that's not so good now.