In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown why dlr? THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR YOUR BUSINESS ÚN LAOGHAIRE- RATHDOWN (dlr) Dis the ideal location to give your business a competitive advantage. Companies which locate in dlr enjoy all the benefits of being part of the internationally competitive Dublin City region which contributes more than 43% of Ireland’s GDP. dlr has real advantages. Employers have easy access to the most educated and skilled workforce in Ireland, including graduates from highly-regarded and diverse educational facilities such as University College Dublin — the largest university in the country. Companies gain from a strategic location and connectivity that is unrivalled in Ireland, with a major airport on their doorstep providing easy international travel and putting businesses at the heart of the European Union. Employees benefit from a high quality of life in dlr. There is excellent road infrastructure and public transport — including DART can accrue from locating insurance, and education and and Business Associations rail and Luas light rail lines — in Ireland’s pro-business health. Plans are in place to to provide a supportive providing fast, reliable access economy. facilitate future expansion ecosystem for the continued to Dublin city. dlr is an innovative and and growth in our main growth of our SMEs and Commute times in dlr entrepreneurial county commercial centres, and we start-up companies. compare favourably with with particular strengths work collaboratively with These are just some of other European capital in knowledge-based and partners such as Enterprise the many advantages and cities, and people here digital technology industries, Ireland and IDA Ireland, opportunities that dlr has to enjoy living and working as well as retail, finance, the Chamber of Commerce offer which makes it an ideal in an environment where location for your business, community and quality of life whether you are starting, really matters. Five key benefits of dlr expanding or relocating your We offer a positive company. u business environment with Part of Dublin dedicated and effective u Easy access to EU and beyond DEARBHLA LAWSON supports which encourage u Knowledge-based economy Director of Economic, innovation and help u Strong cluster culture, including ICT, Medical Community and companies achieve their and Business Services Cultural Development, potential. There are also all u Excellent quality of life Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the tax advantages which County Council

2 | doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown From the Mountains to the Sea

F quality of life matters to you then the best of it in dlr. Discover a taste of leisure clubs and facilities throughout Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is the the world in our wonderful cafes and the county catering for sports as diverse Iperfect place to locate your business. restaurants, spoil yourself in a huge as Gaelic football, hurling, soccer, rugby, Situated between the mountains and sea range of shops and boutiques, enjoy a hockey, tennis, swimming, fishing, on the south side of Dublin’s thriving city pint in your local pub, venture out into sailing, cycling, and climbing. centre, dlr boasts an unrivalled array the nightlife locally or make the short For golfers, dlr has more than a of amenities which deliver a fantastic trip to Dublin city centre for a bit more dozen excellent courses, while if you lifestyle. to see and do. enjoy a flutter there’s no better bet than Individuals and families benefit spending a day with friends at from living in a clean, safe environment GET OUTDOORS the famous Leopardstown with excellent housing, schools and There are dozens of Racecourse. colleges, recreational facilities, state- activities which get you ‘30-MINUTE of-the-art hospitals, world-class retail outdoors and enjoying COMMUTE’ CULTURAL HUB destinations, and a thriving cultural the captivating Our excellent A vibrant and scene. beauty of this part inclusive cultural From picturesque villages along the of Ireland. Take transport network scene underpins Irish coast to warm and welcoming a stroll along the and location means every part of dlr. communities at the foothills of the elegant East Pier in people in dlr Visit the National Dublin Mountains, dlr has many of Dun Laoghaire, brave Maritime Museum Ireland’s most desirable residential a bracing dip in the spend less time or the striking new areas in which to live — whether you’re sea at Sandycove, or go commuting Lexicon library and just passing through or putting down for a kayak or a sail along cultural centre, enjoy the roots. the coast. Get on your bike or Mountains to Sea Book or go for a hike along the 43km of trails in Poetry Now festivals, step back in time SOCIAL LIFE the Dublin Mountains. to the 15th Century at Dalkey Castle, Contemporary dlr has a wonderful array of local take in a performance at the Pavilion or Ireland is a parks and there’s always something Mill theatres, or catch your favourite vibrant, going on in them, from farmers’ markets bands at the annual Longitude festival in multicultural to parades, festivals, music concerts and Marlay Park. society and more. When you’ve done all that, the you can Want to stay in shape and have fun? cultural attractions of Dublin city centre experience It’s easy in dlr. There are sports and are on your doorstep.

doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 3 your business The right f it for all businesses — from mult inat ionals to start-ups

USINESSES of all sizes choose to locate in Dún Laoghaire- BRathdown, from world leading multinationals and successful large indigenous exporters to hundreds of SMEs, micro enterprises and fast growing start-ups. They are attracted by the county’s track record of success, high-quality business infrastructure, network of intelligence, innovative and diverse business clusters, well-developed and resourced research ecosystem, and established high-value sectors such as ICT, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Companies which locate in dlr share in the advantages of the excellent infrastructure, connectivity and highly-educated workforce available in a capital city — but they also benefit from the more competitive business costs and better lifestyle that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown offers over Dublin city centre. IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Enterprise Office offer a range of supports for new and existing Salesforce, Vodafone and Ericsson; and engineering company CRH, businesses looking to locate in the financial institutions Merrill Lynch building materials company Grafton county. These include financial and MasterCard; and biotechnology Group, and packaging group Smurfit and business supports, training and pharmaceutical giants Amgen and Kappa — are located in dlr, as are many programmes, mentoring advice and ICON. mid-sized export-focused companies. Illustration networking opportunities. Illustration LARGE AND MID-SIZED SMALL FIRMS AND Illustration is used alongside imagery to further communicate the Illustration is used alongside imagery to further communicate the Local Enterprise Office values and benefits. Illustration is in a line Local Enterprise Office values and benefits. Illustration is in a line style with an open end reflecting the style of the brandmark. MULTINATIONALS EXPORTERS style with an open end reflecting the style of the brandmark. START-UPS The icons below are supplied for your use, or you can create The icons below are supplied for your use, or you can create Illustration illustrations in this style to help illustrate a topic that is not covered illustrations in this style to help illustrate a topic that is not covered by the examples. The Dublin region is a well-established Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown’sby the examples. strategic dlr has a thriving culture of small

Illustration is used alongside imagery to further communicate the choice for companies locating Localadvantages Enterprise Office values and benefits. Illustration are is in a line key to many of Ireland’s firms and start-ups. More than 70% style with an open end reflecting the style of the brandmark. The icons below are supplied for your use, or you can create headquarters in the European Union. illustrationsleading in this style to help illustrate indigenous a topic that is not covered companies choosing of companies in the county employ 10 by the examples. Among those who have chosen dlr are it as their base. Three of Ireland’s top 5 staff or less — they are the backbone technology leaders Microsoft, Dell, indigenous exporters — construction of the economy.

€ The benef its of locat ing in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown€ STRATEGIC CONNECTIVITY SUPPORT u High-achieving environment u Part of Ireland’s capital u 12.5% corporation tax u Highly-educated and skilled city and largest market rate workforce 18 Local Enterprise Oﬃce u World class telecommunications u Low taxes for business

18 Local Enterprise Oﬃce Identity Guidelines Identity Guidelines u Large number of export-focused FDI infrastructure 18 Local Enterprise Oﬃce Identity Guidelines u 25% R&D tax credit and indigenous companies u Excellent road network and u 6.25% tax rate on qualifying € u Direct access to EU and beyond public transport intellectual property rights u Strong business clusters in key u Close to Dublin Airport u FDI, Enterprise Ireland and Local sectors and Dublin Port Enterprise assistance u Burgeoning start-up culture u Excellent quality of life

4 | doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown skills and talent The Learning County

IRELAND IS... u 1st for availability of skilled labour u 1st for flexibility and adaptability of workforce u 1st for attitudes to globalisation u 1st for investment incentives (SOURCE: THE IMD WORLD COMPETITIVE YEARBOOK 2014)

UCD

UNIVERSITY College university’s state-of-the- Dublin is Ireland’s largest art incubation facility university, with more than for new ventures and 32,000 students on a 330- entrepreneurs. More acre campus at Belfield. than 60 companies in Its alumni include three the fields of ICT, biotech, former Irish presidents medical devices, wireless and five former Taoisigh. technology and renewable UCD is consistently energy have graduated ranked as one of the best from Nova UCD. “UCD has more than 5,000 internatonal universities in Europe, Nexus UCD is an while its Michael Smurfit industry partnership students atending our Dublin campus coming Graduate Business programme for from 124 diferent countries. This allows us to School is rated regularly established innovation- give all students an internatonal educaton as being among the 100 led companies keen to that will prepare them to take their place in best schools for Business collaborate with UCD’s or Economics worldwide. world-class research today and tomorrow’s global society.” Nova UCD is the base. PROFESSOR ANDREW J DEEKS, PRESIDENT, UCD

HE success of any to Ireland’s leading colleges. business depends University College Dublin IADT T on the quality of and the Institute of Art, its people. Ireland has a Design and Technology are THE Institute of Art, Design young, highly-educated and based in the county, as is and Technology (IADT) is technologically-advanced part of the Royal College of Ireland’s only third-level workforce — and nowhere Surgeons in Ireland and the college to specialise in is this more prevalent Irish Management Institute. creativity and innovation than in Dún Laoghaire- In nearby Dublin city are in the arts, technology and Rathdown. Trinity College Dublin, entrepreneurship. In Ireland, 43% of adults Dublin City University, IADT also houses the aged 25-64 have attained and Dublin Institute of National Film School, a third level education, Technology. Ireland’s centre of excellence compared to the EU Support for life-long for education and training the-art studio facilities on the average of 33% and OECD learning and development in film, design for stage campus. average of 36%. In dlr that are provided in dlr and screen, animation, and The Media Cube: This figure is more than 50%. through several senior broadcasting. IADT incubation centre Companies which locate Adult Education Centres, Commercial players in offers a dynamic and in dlr have direct access to Training Centres, and the Irish film and TV sectors supportive environment this talent base and benefit Further Education regularly avail of the state-of- for digital start-ups. from their close proximity Colleges.

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Digital More than hub with 18 burgeoning 42% million start-up visitors per year culture of Dublin FREE Constructon 140,000 Booterstown 1GB sqm University Blackrock Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had 42% of the of retail College Dublin public Dundrum WIFI Dublin Region’s constructon sites in 2016. Best educated space Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Stillorgan Design & Technology Dalkey Ireland Marlay Park Sandyford Sallynoggin 54% cheaper for 43% prime oﬃce rents DLR Killiney Hill Cabinteely Park Killiney €296 sqm compared to €645 sqm in Cabinteely Dublin city centre. (Source: CBRE, Q3 2016) EU Stepaside 33% >50% Carrickmines Shankhill of households with college Cherrywood >80% educaton OECD have high-speed broadband 36% To Bray

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LUAS light rail Most Affluent C € DART railway h Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is ranked rd e fo rr the most affluent county in Ireland. dy M Motorway yw (2011 Pobal HP Deprivaton Index). San ood >5,000 15 million Youngest Populaton trips annually on AVERAGE Luas light rail Green Line AGE Ireland, at an average age of Companies 34.4 years, has the youngest 15,831 34.4 populaton in Europe. daily rail journeys on DART trains in Business Services ICT Financial Services Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. JOB Highly Employable Ireland has “the most highly Dublin JOB JOB employable graduates in the world”. (2010 European Commission study of third-level educaton) Educaton & Training ealt & Medical Airport No.1 for Human Capital 34 airlines No Dublin is 1st in the world for 40 countries destnatons Human Capital. (source:IBID) of the 10 largest companies 180 1 in Ireland are based in DLR 580 flights per day 5 25 million passengers per year

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To ire rum wn C ogha nd en La u t Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown: n D re ú Skills A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS D Infrastructure

Digital More than hub with 18 burgeoning 42% million start-up visitors per year culture of Dublin FREE Constructon 140,000 Booterstown 1GB sqm University Blackrock Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had 42% of the of retail College Dublin public Dundrum WIFI Dublin Region’s constructon sites in 2016. Best educated space Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Stillorgan Design & Technology Dalkey Ireland Marlay Park Sandyford Sallynoggin 54% cheaper for 43% prime oﬃce rents DLR Killiney Hill Cabinteely Park Killiney €296 sqm compared to €645 sqm in Cabinteely Dublin city centre. (Source: CBRE, Q3 2016) EU Stepaside 33% >50% Carrickmines Shankhill of households with college Cherrywood Shankill >80% educaton OECD have high-speed broadband 36% To Bray

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doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 7 4 doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown 5 key locat ions Sandyford Business District (SBD) A world class location for companies and employees

ANDYFORD Business District (SBD) has an established track S record as a world class business location where companies and employees have the opportunity to flourish and grow. Nestled against the backdrop of the Dublin Mountains, more than 700 companies are located in the SBD, employing some 22,000 people across Sandyford Business Park, South County Business Park, and Stillorgan Business Park. They enjoy an environment which balances work with enviable lifestyle opportunities in a vibrant streetscape of restaurants, retail and residential units. It even has a racecourse! SBD has excellent connectivity, including easy access to the M50 motorway and a direct route to Dublin Airport and all of Ireland’s major cities, “When we started here, it SBD has modern office spaces to while the Luas light rail system provides was around access to talent, suit all. It also has room to grow — the modern, fast and reliable transport to Sandyford Urban Framework Plan Dublin city centre in just 20 minutes. infrastructure, and access into allows for the development of a further More than 700 leading national and Europe, the Middle-East and 350,000 sqm of commercial floor space multinational companies have chosen Africa — and it was about for 17,500 more employees and an to locate in SBD, creating a number additional 1,000 residential units. of diverse business clusters which being able to expand and As a designated SMART Region, helps attract the best talent and create grow. For us, Sandyford was businesses in SBD benefit from the best exceptional products and services: the one which allowed us to technological infrastructure, a well- u ICT: Microsoft, Vodafone, Salesforce. achieve all of that.” developed research ecosystem, and u Finance: Merrill Lynch, Mastercard. established high-value sectors such as u Healthcare: Beacon, ICON, Fannin. CATHRIONA HALLAHAN, pharma, biotechnology and ICT. u Services: SSE Airtricity, Fónua. MANAGING DIRECTOR, In 2016 the Sandyford Business u Manufacturing: Avid Technology, MICROSOFT IRELAND Improvement District (BiD) scheme was Verifone. established to identify and implement u International Traded Services: initiatives that will enhance SBD as a Dun & Bradstreet, Tullow Oil. community for businesses and residents. Dundrum Vibrant retail and commercial centre

DUNDRUM is a vibrant, bustling blend The business of retail, business and residential activity community in Dundrum in the heart of south Dublin, just 5km is a healthy mix of from the city centre. professional services, It is home to Dundrum Town Centre, medical, lifestyle, media, Ireland’s largest shopping destination trades and other sectors. with more than 100 shops, 40 cafes and They occupy a variety of restaurants, a cinema complex, 200-seat premises in and around other amenities in the area, including theatre, various bars and a nightclub. the town, including in Dundrum Business Airfield urban farm. More than 6,000 people are employed Park and Rockfield Centre. For those accessing Dundrum, the across Dundrum Town Centre’s 140,000 There is an excellent range of Luas light rail offers a fast and reliable square metres of commercial space. apartments and houses in Dundrum and service to nearby suburbs and the city And it’s not all retail — RSA Insurance the surrounding area, and many workers centre, while close proximity to the and ING financial services have their live locally. For families there is also a M50 means that the airport and rest of Irish bases there. selection of excellent schools, parks and Ireland are also easily accessible.

8 | doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Blackrock A perfect blend of work and lifestyle benefits

BLACKROCK is an attractive seaside town with a thriving business, retail and café culture, and a magnificent quality of life. It is an established location for insurance and financial services companies, and also for professional services and other support services. Significant employers in the area include Zurich Life Assurance, Chill Insurance, and services and facilities management group Sodexo. They benefit from easy access to the Dublin city centre via the DART or by road. Dún Laoghaire Good availability of office space at reasonable prices has also convinced Harbour town has become digital hub many SMEs and start-up DID YOU HIS harbour town is firmly premises at a fraction of the cost of companies to KNOW? focused on a digital future. It’s all Dublin city centre prices. Close to town base themselves Blackrock T part of the Digital Dún Laoghaire are several small business parks offering in Blackrock — has 15.5% initiative to build a strong cluster light industrial and warehousing units. several shared of business of digital companies and promote The biopharmaceutical multinational office space services, innovation and urban regeneration. Amgen has a large manufacturing providers have 14.4% of IT This is backed by a free public wifi facility in the area. opened in the and internet system in the town with speeds of one However, it is outside work that Dún town. companies gigabyte. Laoghaire is best appreciated. Workers and Dún Laoghaire has more Situated on the beautiful families are and 12.8% of than 60 businesses in Irish coast, the town spoiled for choice financial and the digital space, both has a thriving social with a wide range insurance multinational players DID YOU KNOW? and cultural scene, of high street and services in and fast-growing Dún Laoghaire and there is a great independent shops dlr. start-ups, while more selection of residential — as well as many than 2,500 IT workers town’s free wifi accommodation in the bars, coffee shops and restaurants. live in the area. They had 1.2 million area. They can take a stroll in beautiful benefit from being just logons in Walk the East Pier parks or along the strand and take in 16 minutes by train to and enjoy an ice cream; the panoramic views across Dublin the global tech giants at 2015 learn to sail at one of the Bay. Dublin’s Silicon Docks. harbour’s four sailing clubs; Blackrock is also home to Ireland’s The digital growth complements the take in a play at the Pavilion Theatre; leading business school, the UCD strong financial, professional services take a dip in the ocean at the popular Michael Smurfit Graduate Business and retail sectors in Dún Laoghaire. Forty Foot, Seapoint and Sandycove School and leading hospital the The County Council, Local Enterprise bathing places; or visit the striking Blackrock Clinic. Office and Chamber of Commerce are all Lexicon library and conference venue located in the town, and there is a wide overlooking the harbour. Dún Laoghaire range of readily available commercial truly is a work and lifestyle choice.

“Being located in Dún Laoghaire means that we are beside the seafront and have an easy commute, which means more tme at home. We also have the DART and other easily accessible transport links which come with being part of Dublin and provide easy access for our staf, and we also have a good selecton of shops and facilites in Dún Laoghaire.” SEAMUS MURPHY, CEO CARRAIGHILL CAPITAL

doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 9 key locat ions Cherrywood Exciting changes in store for new town

HERRYWOOD is going to get considerably busier over the next C decade as it transforms into a new town where 30,000 will live and work. As a result of being assigned a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), DID YOU KNOW? the existing modern business park The entire Cherrywood will grow from its existing 65,000 to 350,000 square metres of office space. area will be connected Up to 8,000 new homes and by a network of apartments will be built, as well as a Greenways for vibrant new town with a wide range of shops and restaurants, six new schools, pedestrians and three flagship and amenity public parks cyclists and various other leisure amenities. Cherrywood will be able to provide businesses of all sizes with a unique, carefully designed, complete working and living environment close to the mountains with views towards Killiney and Dublin beyond. The infrastructure is already in place. Cherrywood has the M50 and M11 motorways on its doorstep and is served by five LUAS stops and the N11 Quality Bus Corridor, providing easy access to Dublin city centre 12km away, the airport and beyond. “When looking for the ideal commuter base, Cherrywood Business Computing giant Dell employs Park tcked all the boxes. Our team commutes from all over Ireland more than 1,600 people at its Cherrywood campus, while payments and we wanted a centrally located head ofce that was easy provider Evalon, healthcare company to navigate for staf and visitors alike. Cherrywood is a lifestyle Covidien, and financial companies choice not just a business choice and with all the changes being Friends First and Capricorn Ventis are implemented it is getng beter day by day.” among other big companies located in the business park. SYNCHRO SOLUTIONS The Park, Carrickmines Building a future as a business, retail and neighbourhood hub

SITUATED alongside the M50 in leading pharmaceutical corporation the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, Boehringer Ingelheim. Retailers DID YOU KNOW? The Park, Carrickmines provides a include Ikea, DFS, Smyths, PC World, 2,400 people are employed in The Park modern mix of state-of-the-art retail TK Maxx, and many restaurants. and office space. Ongoing development of high Opened in 2005, The Park is quality office buildings will enhance easily accessed by road, the nearby The Park as a business hub, but its Luas light rail system and by bus, future is also as a social and cultural providing excellent connectivity with district for shoppers, workers Dublin region and the rest of the and residents — with plans for a country. pedestrianised plaza environment Companies already located in incorporating retail, street cafes and The Park include US financial restaurants, alongside family leisure giant StateStreet, global stock facilities, a multi-screen cinema and a media agency Getty Images, and large public park.

10 | doing business in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown taking the next step Supporting businesses in dlr RELOCATING or starting a new business can be opportunities. Partnering with these bodies can complex and daunting. Thankfully there are a ensure a smooth process and positive outcome range of state agencies offering assistance for your company. The best agency to work with with financial and business supports, training depends on the size of your company and the programmes, mentoring advice and networking markets you operate in.

As Ireland’s Foreign Direct Enterprise Ireland is the state LEOs are the first-stop shop for Investment agency, IDA Ireland agency organisation responsible anyone looking for information provides a range of financial for the development and growth of on starting or growing a business supports and services, and sectoral Irish enterprises in world markets. in Ireland. The Dún Laoghaire- expertise to help foreign companies EI works in partnership with Rathdown LEO — located in and investors establish or expand companies to help them start, grow, Dún Laoghaire town — works their operations in Ireland. innovate, and win export sales. with entrepreneurs, early stage IDA Ireland’s new five-year promoters, start-ups and small strategy is based on a policy of EI works with: businesses looking to expand. attracting investors who are Q Early-stage entrepreneurs LEO supports include: seeking locations for advanced Q Established business owners manufacturing or office-based Q Irish multinational companies Q PRIMING GRANTS: For businesses activities which depend on highly trading less than 18 months skilled processes or are involved in Phone: +353 1 727 2000 Q BUSINESS EXPANSION GRANTS: high value added activities such as Email: client.service@ For businesses trading more than 18 ICT, knowledge-based industries and enterprise-ireland.com months biotechnology. Web: www.enterprise-ireland.com Q FEASIBILITY/INNOVATION GRANTS: For researching market Phone: +353 1 603 4000 Q Enterprise Ireland has 380 demand for a product or service and Email: [email protected] supported companies in DLR examining its sustainability Web: www.idaireland.com providing more than 7,500 jobs Q OTHER SERVICES: Business events, training programmes, Q IDA has 40 client companies in dlr mentoring advice and networking “We received two business opportunities. expansion grants from the LEO and fnancial support Phone: (01) 204 7083, Email: [email protected] towards items including Web: www.localenterprise.ie/DLR hardware and consultancy. Q The LEO has supported more than Connect Ireland uses introductions I also partcipated in the 1,400 participants in mentoring and made by individuals from their Accelerate Management training courses in dlr contacts, family, friends and Development Programme. business connections to attract companies to Ireland. As we’ve grown that It engages people like you and support has contnued. We Useful Contacts me to act as ambassadors and attract foreign companies that are recently closed a seed round Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown expanding internationally to locate of private and Enterprise County Council in Ireland. If you know of a company Ireland investment. Phone: +353 1 2054700 that’s expanding internationally or Email: [email protected] seeking a European base, please Unravel Analytcs is now Web: www.dlrcoco.ie contact Connect Ireland. an Enterprise Ireland High Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Chamber Potental Start-Up client” Phone: +353 1 2845066 Phone: (01) 635 3716 Email: [email protected] Web: connectireland.com SANTINA DOHERTY, FOUNDER Web: www.dlrchamber.ie AND CEO UNRAVEL ANALYTICS

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