MID-WEST ENJOYED THE MID-WEST REGION RECORDED Welcome to Ireland’s Fastest Growing ECONOMIC THE STRONGEST INDIGENOUS 11% GROWTH Investment Location BETWEEN 2015 AND 2017 AND MULTINATIONAL FIRM EMPLOYMENT GROWTH Ireland Mid-West is an economic powerhouse – the business, cultural, PLUS 17,500 ADDITIONAL sporting and academic capital of Ireland’s Western seaboard and PEOPLE IN EMPLOYMENT

GROWTH IN THE ENTIRE OF IRELAND IN 2016 designated as one of Ireland’s strategic tier 2 city regions.

THE STRATEGIC GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION MAKES THE MID-WEST HOME TO CONTRIBUTING ACROSS THE MOST CONNECTED ECONOMIC FULCRUM IN IRELAND 500,000 €15 bN 20,000 PEOPLE TO THE IRISH ECONOMY COMPANIES ONLY LOCATION IN IRELAND WITH ROAD ACCESS TO ALL OTHER REGIONAL URBAN CITIES WITHIN 60 minutes ROAD ACCESS TO THE CAPITAL CITY WITHIN100 minutes Key growth sectors include: FIND OUT HOW IRELAND MID-WEST Aviation & Medical Devices Film CITY - REGION AWARDED CAN BECOME YOUR HOME Aerospace BY FDI INTELLIGENCE (2018/19) RUNNER-UP FOR Data Science & Bio-Economy Contact Dr. Órlaith Borthwick Tourism Technology Health & Life [email protected] European City Best for Engineering, Design Financial & Sciences Economic @APJMidWest & Manufacture Business Services of the Future Potential INCLUDED IN THE AS WELL AS RANKING FIRST FOR Business Friendliness TOP10 EUROPEAN MAKE US YOUR HOME Home to 37 of Forbes Home to a Forbes AND FDI STRATEGY CITIES FOR Top 1,000 Global Top 10 Global IN ITS POPULATION CATEGORY Human Capital & Lifestyle Companies Innovator MAKE US YOUR HOME WE ARE HOME TO A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE DUBLIN DUBLIN

GALWAY Population of 500,000 people Two-thirds of labour force have 3rd level education 73% of population of working 73% age (16-74 yrs) 45% 45% population under 35

30,000 further & higher Home to over 150 different The education students nationalities Burren

10,000 graduates per annum Cliffs of Lough Moher Derg

ENNIS WE ARE HOME TO THE BEST IN THE WORLD Shannon COUNTY Airport TIPPERARY Home to 37 Forbes Daily Global Air Access Global 1,000 IRELAND’S ANCIENT EAST €1.5bn property capital LIMERICK €15 bill Rock of Home to a Forbes investment Cashel Top Ten Global Innovator Fibre Optic Connectivity TIPPERARY Only English Speaking EU COUNTY LIMERICK Country CLONMEL

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WHY PEOPLE MAKE US THEIR HOME

Highest Disposable Income Located along Ireland’s top per capita in Ireland tourist attractions: Wild Atlantic Way & Ireland’s Ancient East CONNECTED Avg Commute Time 15-30 mins AIR Rental & Purchase price of Daily direct flight Home to the Country’s #1 property 35% less than connectivity from Shannon TALENTED Airport to the US, UK and secondary school national Average mainland Europe. STUDENT POPULATION (3RD LEVEL) ROAD An International Baccalaureate Avg class size in our primary accredited school 22 schools is 22 Limerick - 24,000 60 minutes: Cork - 30,000 Cork, , Galway - 27,000 100 minutes: Over 1,5000 sports clubs Waterford - 10,000 Dublin