Economy
Fears multinational downturn would spark Irish brain drain
Threat to Irish economy as slide in exports from major overseas firms could spark new wave of emigration
A significant downturn in Ireland’s multinational sector could spark a brain drain among the country’s most highly educated young workers, the government has been warned in a stark new report seen by the Business Post.
Officials in the Department of Finance warned that a slide in the multinational sector could prompt a new wave of emigration as part of a triple threat to the Irish economy, along with significant hits to both the country’s corporation ...