Digital Economy 2023

This week’s blog topic is reasons why multinational’s particularly in the tech industry find Ireland a great place to do business. I gathered the information from the IDA Ireland website. Ireland is accessible from anywhere as it has easy access to international airports, always ongoing public investment in sea, air, rail and road networks, daily international connections by sea and air to anywhere in the world. Ireland is committed to sustainable energy these include offshore wind and wave energy, they hope by 2023 that 80% of electricity will be from renewable sources. Ireland is committed member of the EU single market, Ireland is known for having the fastest growing economy in the eurozone. Ireland has a committed FDI base, providing all resources needed for the business needs, its home to 1,700 multinationals, having a positive contribution to Irish society. Irish people are friendly towards foreign residents, 22% employees FDI firms in Ireland are international, there i...

  My name is Katie Sutton, I am 22 years old, I live on my family farm in county Wexford, I am the eldest child in my family, I am currently in SETU Waterford studying bachelor of business with accountancy, I chose the general business stream as I wasn’t sure if accounting was definitely the course I wanted to do, with the general business course that I chose you start with general business, then get to choose the stream preferred, there is then an option available in 3 rd year where we can undertake placement, or do an Erasmus which allows us to clarify that we have chosen the correct stream   I undertook my work placement in my local Ifac accountant office in Enniscorthy, this was a great opportunity for me to get to see what a working day is like within an office I worked their Monday to Friday 9 to 5. From completely placement I discovered accountancy is the correct stream for me.   An information system I used while my time in Ifac was a system created by If...