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Eamonn Carey: Ireland is yet to have its Skype moment

We have plenty of successful tech entrepreneurs who are investing in start-ups locally but haven’t had a catalytic event to propel us forward

Ireland hasn’t had a Skype-style catalytic event. That said, the IVCA data says Irish start-ups raised €1.33 billion in 2022. Picture: Dylan Ferreira/Unsplash

Friday, August 29, 2003 was a sunny, if a little windy, day in Dublin with temperatures around 13 degrees. Newspaper front pages covered a proposed ‘city-sized’ Vega City theme park that was to be built near the airport. Radio shows were dominated by the resignation of Alastair Campbell in Britain. People looked ahead to the Armagh/Donegal All-Ireland Football semi final on the Sunday.

In many ways, it was an unremarkable day, apart from one piece ...