IRELAND’S MEDTECH BOOMS – AND IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT TAX, BUT PEOPLE AND EXPERTISE TOO

A LARGE new office block near the National Concert Hall in Dublin could be the ultimate statement that Ireland’s medical technology (medtech) industry has come of age. With large windows set into sandstone-coloured walls, the building will house the headquarters of Medtronic, the US giant which moved its headquarters to Ireland in 2015 as part of a USD42.9 billion acquisition of rival Covidien, also based in Ireland but from a similarly American corporate background. Medtech employs 30,000 people in Ireland, with 4,000 jobs to come by 2020, according to the ...


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