Taxes and labour cheap in Ireland

IRISH cities are cost competitive when compared to other high income cities in the EU15 and US, due to Ireland’s broadly competitive labour costs, international transportation costs, and taxes on labour and profits. This is according to research from the National Competitiveness Council (NCC).

However, all EU15 and US locations assessed in the report are more expensive than Singapore, Bangalore and Budapest.

The costs of utilities, property, and key services are relatively high in Ireland.