Blue sky thinking: How Ireland can attract developers

When it comes to the dearth of developers, Irish firms can’t compete with the weather

Irish companies are losing out to businesses in sunnier locations when hiring developers

Earlier this month, hoping to understand more about the growing fintech sector in Kerry, I visited payments and exchange giants like Fexco and Monex as well as promising start-ups like Taxamo.

Companies like these are making it look easy to be a global company operating from the south-west of Ireland. As they told me, technology eliminates most geographical challenges.

But surely there is something that bothers them? Something that might come easier to ...