The state of the Irish economy
The ever insightful and engaging David McWilliams yesterday produced some very interesting facts about our economy in the Independent
- Microsoft, Dell and Intel account for 20% of our GDP
- 72% of all exports came from two sectors; the pharmachem and computer industries
- multi-nationals account for 87.6% of Irish exports, but only 100,000 people work for multi-nationals as opposed to 1.9m people working in the rest of the economy
- of the remaining 12% of exports, 8% come from the agricultural sector. Domestic firms account for 4% of overall exports in this country
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- Microsoft, Dell and Intel account for 20% of our GDP
- 72% of all exports came from two sectors; the pharmachem and computer industries
- multi-nationals account for 87.6% of Irish exports, but only 100,000 people work for multi-nationals as opposed to 1.9m people working in the rest of the economy
- of the remaining 12% of exports, 8% come from the agricultural sector. Domestic firms account for 4% of overall exports in this country
tags:economy
Published by Colm.
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