New strategy to attract home-grown talent

A MAJOR policy switch from foreign investment towards developing home-grown entrepreneurs is expected later this week, with the launch of Enterprise Ireland’s new strategy on Wednesday.

The revamp comes at the end of a two-year review of the State business development agency and is expected to have wide-ranging implications for the Government’s industrial policy.

The new strategy is expected to recommend a focus on home-grown entrepreneurs as the key driver of employment creation and signal the end of the country’s reliance on foreign multinationals to create jobs in Ireland.