Key Facts

• 1st for real corporate taxes(IBM 2011 Global Location Trends Report)
• 1st for value of investment projects
  (2011 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook)
• 1st for investment incentives
  (2011 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook)
  
• 1st for skilled labour that is readily available
  (2011 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook)
• 2nd for inward investment per capita
  (IBM 2011 Global Location Trends Report)
• 2nd most globalised nation after Hong Kong
  (The Globalization Index 2011, Ernst & Young)
• 2nd for consumer price inflation
  (2011 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook)
• 3rd for direct investment flows inwards
  (2011 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook)
• 3rd for internationalisation and openness of 29 countries
  (Global Benchmark Report, DiAnalysis, 2011)
• Ireland is the largest hedge fund administration centre in the world
  (‘Why Ireland’, Irish Funds Industry Association report, 2010)