About this episode

The episode discusses Ireland's reliance on multinational tech companies and its implications for local businesses.

Ireland has long relied on multinational tech companies to fuel jobs growth and tax revenue but are we becoming dangerously dependent on them? Professor Joe Haslam, executive director of the Owner´s Scaleup Program at IE Business School and Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire and barrister, Barry Ward join Adrian on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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