Inc.com: Why Dublin’s Tech Scene Is Booming
By Issie Lapowski Published: December 18, 2012 You’ve heard of Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, and, by now, likely Silicon Prairie, but across the pond, there’s another tech hub making quite a name for itself. Welcome to the Silicon Docks, the Dublin neighborhood bordering the Grand Canal Docks, where tech giants like Google and Facebook have set down their international headquarters. Beyond the docks, other major players like LinkedIn, PayPal, Amazon, Twitter, and Zynga are all packed into a city that’s roughly...
read moreSurvey: Six WCCP cities rank in top 50 of quality of living
Published: December 4, 2012 When it comes to the city with the highest quality of living in the world, Vienna is tops. That is according to a survey by Mercer, a global consulting firm, released Tuesday that ranks cities all over the world on the basis of quality of living. The Austrian city is number one followed by Zurich (2), Auckland (3), Munich (4) and Vancouver (5). In fact, Europe has 15 cities out of the 25 in the world when it comes to high standard of living. The cities with the lowest quality of living, says Mercer,...
read moreThe Atlantic Cities: The Ongoing Evolution of Post-Recession Dublin
By Richard Conway Published: November 28, 2012 Not so long ago, Dublin was the poster child of Europe, a fringe city that underwent a spectacular transformation from the capital of a country The Economist once dubbed “the poorest of the rich,” to the center of Ireland’s booming Celtic Tiger economy. The city’s success was often attributed to a swelling property bubble, a low corporate tax rate, inward tech investment, and a highly educated population. But if this was Dublin at the top of its game, it...
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