Dublin airport has connections to

hundreds of destinations – this

allows the attraction of footloose

industries especially in the IT

industry as their imports and

exports may be light but expensive

goods eg Intel uses Dublin airport.

The opening of Terminal 2 will

increase the possibility of growth.

Irish News

Media uses the

motorways to

transport their

papers to all

parts of the

country

Ease of access – easy imports

and exports – avoid city

congestion

Companies are

attracted to export

their goods to Britain

and the wider

European markets

The counties of Kildare

and Meath provide beef,

cereals and dairy for the

manufacturing industry Much of the barley

grown in the GDA

is used for the

brewing industry eg

Guinness Kepak group in Meath

employs over 900 people in

its meat production plant

using animals from the GDA

and it supplies beef, lamb

and pork to Dublin’s 1.2

million population

Human Advantages for the location of

industry

Industrial estates on the

outskirts of Dublin attract

industry – these are serviced

sites – are close to motorways –

avoid the traffic congestion of

city centre - ‘Forward

factories’ being built –

These are ready to use

factories with everything

supplied for the companies to

move into to start production

immediately – eg Parkwest

(along the M50)

Also attractive as workers live

nearby in housing estates

M1,M4, M6, M7

The construction of the M50 has allowed factories to

locate outside the main city areas away from the traffic

congestion of older industrial areas within the city.

Wages in the

GDA are 10%

above the EU

average and this

provides a market

for manufactured

goods.

Irelands

Population

2016

Highly qualified graduates also

attract medical production

industries eg MGS

Manufacturing group Leixlip.

Other products include contact

lenses, diabetes injections and

hospital ventilators

Eg carpets

and furniture

produced in

Navan, Co.

Meath

The government has attracted industry by

offering incentives- low corporation tax of

12.5% - companies can keep a larger % of

their profits than in EU countries

The IDA offers grants and loans to

companies to set up in the GDA eg Mafic

Ireland ( a company with its headquarters in

Luxembourg) to set up in Kells Co.Meath

As a result of this the GDA

now has become a world

leader in the following

production industries

IT – eg Pulseway - Dublin

ICT -

Software Companies –

Microsoft, Sandyford

Ireland – Right Place – Right Time

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