Where you directly involved in their decision making process, or is that just an assumption?
Dublin is a a very attractive place for tech companies outside of any tax policies. Workers speak English fluently, work for cheap compared to CV wages, and have a reasonably close time zone.
For comparison, Apple started manufacturing there all the way back in 1979 and has 6k employees in Ireland plus 6.5k in UK out of 22k in the rest of Europe. Language is a big part of that. https://www.apple.com/ie/job-creation/
Dublin is a a very attractive place for tech companies outside of any tax policies. Workers speak English fluently, work for cheap compared to CV wages, and have a reasonably close time zone.
For comparison, Apple started manufacturing there all the way back in 1979 and has 6k employees in Ireland plus 6.5k in UK out of 22k in the rest of Europe. Language is a big part of that. https://www.apple.com/ie/job-creation/