Ireland Has Raised Billions From Tech Giants. But What If The Golden Goose Leaves The Nest John Naughton
As author Fintan O’Toole put it in his memoirs, Ireland in the 1950s was basically “a huge cattle ranch with a few towns and lots of small country towns attached.” This ranch had two main exports: live cattle and beef products, most of which were destined for the British market, and young people who emigrated by the thousands every year because there was no means of livelihood or prospect of fulfilling life at home....