The huge boom in Ireland`s economy over the last 10 years has been driven to a large part by the focus on Technology by Government before and during this period. Companies such as Dell, Hewlett Packard, Google, Yahoo and Intel all have their European headquarters in Ireland, together with a large number of healthcare companies.

In turn this investment has spawned a large number of more innovative and younger companies that have kept Ireland`s competitive place in the IT sector very strong.