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This is all just further fallout from Ireland's stance on the Lisbon treaty, which led Intel, HP, and Microsoft to close up shop within a month of each other.
by anonbanker 12y ago
This is all just further fallout from Ireland's stance on the Lisbon treaty, which led Intel, HP, and Microsoft to close up shop within a month of each other.
I'm very glad the loophole is being closed, but I don't think Ireland's tech sector will ever recover.
- barrkel 12y agoThis is news to me. Do you have references? Intel, MS and HP are all still present. HP has downsized in Ireland in the past, Galway in particular, but that's a chain reaction from it being Digital, then Compaq. But they still have a presence there too. Dell left Ireland, but I don't recall any connection being made with the Lisbon treaty vote at the time, and don't see much evidence in searches. I think it was more down to newly-joined Poland being cheaper.