- i was more thinking of molex when i wrote it - point still stands… pharma is the latest fad here.
Cringe
that’s a very big word for you…
Pharma a fad 
Ringaskiddy is the second largest pharma site in the world, home to 24 of the largest pharma and biotech companies in the world.
There are 230,000 people working in multinationals in Ireland.
The average salary is 66k compared to 46K overall.
The likes of Molex was always vulnerable as that type of low margin, low technology product makes no sense in a relatively high cost country like Ireland. The IDA have done a terrific job transitioning Ireland to high tech, pharma and digital industries.
Left wing loons like you would drive out the multinationals, to replace them with what? Fishing?
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i remember Dell pulling out of Limerick… it destroyed the city…
And yes - we are gearing our education system towards whatever the current fad is… all these companies can and will fuck off in a heartbeat if they can do it cheaper elsewhere … no one is looking to drive them out you spastic - i’m merely pointing to the flaw in investing our kids and education system in them when they are likely to disappear in a whim.
are you capable of having any c0nversation without throwing in ‘lefty loony’ into it?
Dell still employ 2,500 people in Ireland and EMC another 3,000.
Ireland is not a low cost manufacturing location, it was in the 80s and 90s, but not any longer. There is no point trying to compete with eastern Europe or China on low cost, the correct strategy is to move up the food chain to value add, higher margin like pharma, biotech, medical devices, digital, etc. Which is what the IDA have done, successfully. Ireland is a favored location for multinationals, cost has little to do with it any longer.
What should the education system be geared towards? One of the major reasons multinationals are based in Ireland is as a result of the education system, the availability of a well educated workforce with the skills they need.
You truly haven’t a notion, stick to history.
I’m glad you finally asked me — Seaweed is the future. It’s local , it’s sustainable and it’s green.
After decades of boom / bust and more recently Brexit - we need to start moving away from being totally in the pockets of companies that will leave in a heart beat. While I know there are plenty like you that are welded to unregulated capitalism and who have no sympathy for the destruction these MNCs leave behind them - but there’s a new generation coming up who seem to care for humanity again thankfully — I think it’s time Ireland started steering it’s own ship. And while we are a small island and will always need foreign jobs / investment - we need to stop pushing our kids towards whatever fad decides to anchor up here for a few years. We’re cant even get the tax off these companies who are only paying 1% and not even the greatly reduced 12.5% — we’re essentially being held at gun point every which way. It has to stop — seaweed is the way out.
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Not just seaweed, aquaculture in general. Ireland should be a global leader in aquaculture, especially now that so much of the country will be under water soon.
No reason why Ireland can’t do it all. Multinationals have to base themselves somewhere for major markets like the EU, Ireland has done a good job in this respect. Enterprise Ireland are also doing a good job for Irish companies.
Good night mate.
@anon61878697 wants more funding to setup petting farms, tea rooms and walking tours in every village in Ireland.
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You’re starting to come around … This is a brave new dawn. I simply want Ireland to do better — the seaweed revolution starts here.
Have you not got a few cows that need to be pumped full of drugs or something?
I’m pretty sure Ireland is already producing a fair bit of seaweed. Maybe the parts of Limerick that are about to be flooded could be converted into seaweed farms.
Speaking of cows.
As usual - Chocolatemice way out in front.
Barely out of the scratcher and global warming solved already.
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The farmers of South Galway /Clare have long understood the value of seaweed.
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Aye, free fodder.
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You should be thinking of converting your land into a petting farm. Niche thinking is the future for farming in Ireland. Just look at Causey Farm in Meath. A petting farm all year round, a haunted Halloween experience, a Christmas Santa grotto, an Easter treasure hunt. It’s your way out.
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@Ambrose_McNulty’s barn yard book club … He’ll no longer have to cast a lonely figure down the pub with his book… he can now share some of his favourite passages with lots of girls and boys… he’d be a natural.
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I think not. We farmers have an ancient strategy to get through times of low prices and over supply, we over supply some more.
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