Irish weather is a key reason why Google moved their HQ there

that's pretty cool... ahh ha ha ha ha

Dublin gets less rainfall than NY. Fact, i would rather British or Irish weather than the extreme weather you get in the states that cost your country Billions of dollars in damage every year. You can keep it.

I bought a home in Ireland two years ago - specifically to get away from the East coast/USA weather, since we are now victims of Global Scorching, even in Philadlephia, 7 months of the year!I can't wait to live there year 'round! As for the rain, it takes wrinkles out of your skin, which is why the Irish girls are so pretty!

If Ireland would move out of the EU, and have very low taxes the Tiger would awaken again. The EU needs Ireland more then Ireland needs the EU. Lower taxes is the reason that french acter left france. How many more EU millionares could Ireland attract?

Just when the British Government has brought a huge amount of attention to the fact these companies manage to pay derisory amounts of tax out comes this BS. The weather in the south of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is the same or even cooler. These companies set up in Ireland because the population speaks English instead of Irish and because our visionless gombeen politicians think selling pound notes for fifty pence is some sort of achievement. Take out the tax dodge, the English language, fawning local politicians and off got the multinationals.

True, high tech companies do not locate to Ireland because of the weather but the article is more balanced than that. It does mention an abundant skilled labor supply and a favorable corporate tax rate compared to the rest of Europe. The fact that it is an English speaking country is another factor and the IDA does a good job selling itself. Foreign investment is nothing new in Ireland in Ireland even if even some of them left (Fruit of the Loom in Bundoran and MIT's Media Lab in Dublin). As a Commerce Librarian at a university in Ireland I missed the salad days of the Celtic Tiger but also saw the transition from the family Vauxhall to a Bimmer. It is not going back.

What a pile of nonsense. Google and other corporates are in Ireland for one reason and one reason only and that is the ability to manipulate the tax systems of a number of jurisdictions so that they can 'warehouse' transactions and profit so that it doesn't surface until it reaches Bermuda. I suppose in Bermuda they'll be busy having some paid PR flak placing articles in the media suggesting that Google loves sunshine and beaches and little umbrellas in their cocktails. I've seen some daft articles about corporates and their fascination with certain jurisdictions but you would have to be some clown to fall for this rubbish.