What businesses would like to see in Budget 2027
Top 1000: Across all sectors of the economy, lowering the tax burden on work stands out as a key ask, as well relief on energy costs and supports for investment and entrepreneurship
‘I booked a one-way ticket to America with no idea when I was coming home’
Having arrived on a soccer scholarship, Dubliner Tony Reilly built a successful life in Ohio, on the back of an 18-month visa secured with the help of Republican Senator Bob Dole
‘America has been great to me but I see the world through my Irish eyes’
Wild Geese: Clare native Elaine Brennan moved to the US in 1994 on a Morrison visa and built a successful career in life sciences
‘It would take a lot to bring me home now’
Wild Geese: Sydney-based Galway native Edel Duffy built an online cosmetics business sourcing a range of products from well-known Irish and UK brands
Intercountry hurler scores big in New York construction sector
Wild Geese: Jer McCarthy, a Cork man in the Big Apple, recalls building his business amid ‘days when I don’t remember eating or sleeping’
A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’
Wild Geese: Greystones native Sarah Catterson runs online fitness coaching enterprise Strengthinus from the Spanish city of Marbella
‘London is rocket fuel for a career’
Wild Geese: Ryan McKiernan is managing director of a social enterprise in the UK capital that tackles homelessness through hospitality
‘If you want to get a job immediately in Brussels, speak Irish and do a law degree’
Wild Geese: Jim Maher, based in Brussels, is one of two deputy spokespersons for the European Parliament
A Dublin businesswoman in Cannes: ‘The locals love my accent. Being Irish is definitely an advantage’
Wild Geese: Sharon Farren runs a fashion business on the French Riviera
An Irish architect in New York: ‘In the US, it’s much more focused on the bottom line’
Wild Geese: Alexander Buckeridge, New York
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Solar powers ahead with 300% electricity increase in three years
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