Software industry faces collapse, says ISA

THE Irish software industry faces collapse without radical steps to reinvent itself, the industry’s representative body said yesterday.

The Irish Software Association (ISA) called for greater government support and a series of groundbreaking projects on the scale of Dublin’s IFSC to drive innovation and investment.

ISA chairman, Cathal Friel said the industry was at a crossroads. “We must take a series of bold, politically-backed projects to ensure that this industry not only survives but thrives as we go forward,” he said.