Irish regional investment enjoys major dividend of US-Irish ties

Wealth of US-based companies investing in Ireland in 2023 including Abbott, NetApp, Technimark, Lilly, Merck and MSD

Announcing the €443 million investment by science and technology company Merck: Mayor of The County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan; Martin McAuliffe, MD and head of Cork operations, Merck; former Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD; Matthias Heinzel, member of the executive board of Merck and CEO Life Science, and Michael Lohan, Head of Lifesciences and Talent, Transformation and Innovation, IDA.

Denis Curran, head of property regions and enterprise development, IDA Ireland, reflects on the significant investor appeal of Ireland’s approach to regional development. 

Denis Curran, head of property regions and enterprise development, IDA Ireland.