A third of the cost of us producing a house is taxed, or controlled by the state, between Vat and planning contributions.

Key positives included access to talent, quality third level education and the pro-business policies of successive governments.

The success of the Ludgate Hub has benefits that go way beyond those who work there, writes CEO Adrienne Harrington

The opening of tech company Spearline’s new headquarters in West Cork shows the potential to attract jobs in a region of high-speed broadband.

The country’s first rural digital hub, the Ludgate, in Skibbereen, is to open a second centre in West Cork and establish an “academy” to teach other communities how to set up similar initiatives.