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Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

by EamonLeonard on 1/29/14, 11:12 PM with 23 comments

  • by EamonLeonard on 1/29/14, 11:12 PM

    No doubt, they've done so in order to take advantage of Ireland's lax tax laws and asleep-at-the-wheel regulators.

    It's a disgrace.

    Down with this sort of thing. Careful now.

  • by DigitalSea on 1/30/14, 12:45 AM

    Nice work guys. This is great news for Ireland's economy which not too long ago was decimated and has recovered exceptionally well. I think other parts of the world with bad economies need to learn from Ireland and attract startup and technology companies with incentives.

    The one thing that doesn't sit well with me in this situation is the PR speak from the founder and lead members masking the real reason they've decided to open an office in Ireland: tax incentives and very loose regulations.

    > "It just seemed to make sense"

    This translates too: we'd pay more tax somewhere else, so it makes sense to open an office in Ireland and tax advantage of the perks.

    >"Dublin is great. There’s something really familiar about it that I can’t quite put my finger on."

    Dublin is definitely a great place, especially when you're not paying much tax.

    I'm not saying this is a bad thing, Ireland have played it smart luring the likes of Apple and Linkedin to their corner of the world repairing their economy quite quickly, but lets cut to the chase: tech startups aren't moving their offices to Ireland because of the weather. Can't we all just be honest with one another?

  • by apike on 1/30/14, 12:24 AM

    Congrats to Tito on raising a round - by their description it sounds like they got excellent terms.

  • by nverba on 1/30/14, 1:43 AM

    Pfft.. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't even paying his Ma proper digg money.

  • by thatthatis on 1/30/14, 4:07 AM

    I'm going to assume this post was dripping with irony, clever sarcasm, and wit that I missed due to not being Irish.

    That said, good going Tito. I think. I'm not really sure if the news is good or if there really is any news, but I'm assuming this is both news and good news.

  • by mikegreen on 1/30/14, 12:37 AM

    Is this the onion? "Irish Company Locates Office in Ireland"

  • by brianmcdonough on 1/30/14, 12:47 AM

    It's rumored that Oscar Wilde's favorite color was green.

  • by paulca on 1/30/14, 1:26 AM

    sigh

  • by thePaddyFactor on 1/30/14, 8:20 AM

    Well, fiddle dee dee, potatos!