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Konstatina Stoyanova and Alex Torres in Google's European headquarters, in Dublin's Docklands, April 10, 2006. The Docklands, where scores of cranes feed the demand for new hotels and offices, offer a vibrant microcosm of Ireland's transformation from Europe's emigration blackspot to its "brain gain" capital.
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The Republic of Ireland's exploding economy (its gross national product grew 400 percent from 1986 to 2004) has been nicknamed the Celtic Tiger, after the similar phenomenon seen in East Asian countries. Much of the revitalization has been due to foreign investment by U.S. and international companies, including Google, Intel, Wyeth, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Apple, which have established large divisions in the Emerald Isle. Over the last 15 years Ireland has been able to attract these large amounts of international technological investment due to its young, English-speaking, educated population, and low corporate taxation. In turn, the high-tech industry has attracted educated Irish who had emigrated, particularly those in the U.S., to move to Ireland.
Credit: AP/John Cogill
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Briefing
Read about the lifestyles of the "Full-On" nation in this excerpt from the book, THE POPE'S CHILDREN.
Handbook
Learn about the past, present and future of North-South economic ties.
Filmmaker Notes
Go behind the scenes with the program creators.
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