If the Celtic Tiger roars again and your company
responds to the call, are you familiar with basic employment laws
in Ireland?
Beginning in the 1970's, the Republic of Ireland
adjusted its business tax law for foreign investors and set out to
establish itself as a hub for multinational businesses. It
succeeded well in that endeavor but then experienced the same
economic downturn as most of the rest of the world in the late
80's. It appears that Ireland is attempting to come
back economically through foreign investment once more. As
reported in The Irish Times on May 17, 2012, an organization called
Startupbootcamp had, since January, hosted ten startups in an
accelerator program in a warehouse in Dublin. In mid-May,
these startups each pitched their ideas – ranging from
Opara, a Brazilian startup that developed a system to trace fruit
and vegetables to Pombai, a US-China startup that created software
that allows one to book travel abroad without knowing the
