G8 Investmentin Ireland

515 Companies

USA

Ireland has attracted and continues to

attract well-known global companies as

well as emerging companies from a wide

variety of sectors, including ICT, Life

Sciences, Financial Services, Digital Media

and more recently Social Media & Games.

Why Ireland? Take a closer look...

1st in Europe for best country for business 1

1st for flexibility and adaptability of workforce2

3rd for availability of skilled labour

1 World Bank Doing Business 20132Source for this is IMD World Competitiveness Report 2013

+100,000people employed

103 Companies

UK

+7,000people employed

96 Companies

GERMANY

+10,000people employed

43 Companies

FRANCE

+4,300people employed

28 Companies

ITALY

+1,700people Employed

23 Companies

JAPAN

+2,600people Employed

18 Companies

CANADA

+1,000people Employed

RUSSIA

€2.3 billion

19% in exports in the

year 2011-2012

Growth