I gave you a thumbs down because you said ‘awesone’ however i do share your joy at this great news.

http://joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/cold-weather-central-to-googles-e75m-dublin-investment-0016300-1

Tax is a massive part of it, there are other tax mechanisms though, especially ones that dont require US companies to pay tens of thousands of Irish workers

You’d swear TheJournal.ie never did a story about Google’s new data centre (and the weather), or the corporation tax…

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-weather-brings-230-new-jobs-with-google-data-centre-241026-Sep2011/

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/google-ireland-takes-in-e10-1bn-and-pays-e15-3m-in-tax-250088-Oct2011/

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Indeed you did – but like most (but not all) Journal stories they are just re-writes of actual newspaper pieces or bits from the wires, beeb or RTE. This isn’t a criticism (there are only a couple of you!) but if I’m making a point I’d rather back it up by going to the source of the story! My point stands – they are only coming for one reason – tax and given that they are paying a lot less than the ‘advertised’ rate it is hugely unfair on other countries.

@Theportobello You moany fecker. It’s not just tax, they already have that benefit. Like pretty much every other Tech company that came here for the tax they also realised we have a skillset above many other countries and we also have access to europe, we speak english, we’re in the euro and we work bloody hard when we need to. We’re also good craic – most of us anyway.

I see where you’re coming from – and no offence taken! – but it would remiss of me not to respond by pointing out that we rarely base what we write solely on a newspaper’s report.

Wherever there are ‘source’ documents – like Google’s accounts, in this case – we will go and base our report on those, rather than simply parrot what a newspaper has said. Given the size of our team, newspapers will often spot something before us – but that doesn’t mean we don’t go and do our own work too! :)

Jesus wept. U moany moany twat. It’s good news. The glass is always half empty isn’t and the drink is the wrong drink. We have a great country and Dublin is as good as city as anywhere in the world…. Deal with it or foff somewhere else.

Surely if it was just for the tax reasons they could have a small office, maybe staffed by only one person. Why do they want to hire (predominately) Irish people if it is just for the tax rate?

It’s ridiculous that we bend over for these large multinationals with our low tax. Disgusting behaviour from our government in fact to sell us so short, just shows our lack of confidence in the world with the big boys. They’d cut and take everything from our disadvantaged and rob from the disabled but get adequate tax from these guys is a no no. Raise the tax and if your facebook won’t pay, they can f-off, and their nerds with them.

Terrific!
Jobs for people, and money in the public domain and you’re pissing and moaning about our corporate tax? Are you mental? Do you realise that the very countries having a problem with this figure are lying swines?
We advertise our rate as 12.5% yes, and we can go to a much lower rate too, yes. Do you know that every other country in the world does the same? Are you aware that there are countries where there is no actual bottom rate for this tax? Well there is! So bloody what who we’re pissing off. It’s business, dear! If those other countries had more attractive options, had as creative economists and tax officials wouldn’t these techy jobs be going to those countries? Is that your preference?
You want to end these tax schemes so we stop pissing off our neighbours? Please!

Now listen, you’re coming across as one who wishes to be seen as a fountain of information. I think you might be a secondary school kid.

A lot of the jobs on offer include as a requirement a European or Middle Eastern language. You know how good we’re at foreign languages yeah. While it’s good for the exchequer that people will fill these jobs and thus pay their taxes, the new positions will be filled by imported staff while our own graduates will be exported to Canada or Australia.

They aren’t going to be doing that until the major powers have them for a long time… Unless they find some way to skim money off it, then theyll be all over it

So don’t use it!

I personally think its brilliant, I have gotten back in touch with so many people from school and I can conveniently keep in touch with friends abroad!

I dont use it. Deleted my account best part of a year ago after using it for best part of 3 years. I can see why people like it/use it, i just found it tedious and changing everyday. Plus i found myself hating my ‘friends’ more and more each day with their stupid status updates. If i am truly friends with someone i have their phone number & email address & contact them that way.
The whole ‘omg i havent seen you in 10 years so im going to be your friend’ thing is just so bloody plastic.

Jaysus Graham that’s a smashing idea.

Beats turning it into an indoor park that requires artificial lighting anyway!

Nominating Graham for number one in comment of the week!

I thought the Central Bank was taking that building?

Loyal idiot citizen

@Feargal Mac Dubhaill: That is an amazing contribution.

Hello Weazel – maybe you might enlighten yourself as to what kind of jobs people working for Facebook and Google in Dublin do. A lot (not all) of the roles here are sales and support based, meaning ‘IT Nerds’ (as you so eloquently put it) wouldn’t exactly be the target demographic for jobs.

Please,no more social networks. Infact id rather see more singing reality tv shows!
No, sorry i take that back actually. :D