Jason Lalor says Square, a €94 billion payment tech company co-founded by Jack Dorsey, sees Ireland as much more than a test bed for expansion into Europe

The Tipperary tech prodigies have seen their payments platform balloon to $95 billion in value. Now they plan to create 1,000 high-quality jobs in Ireland

The Collison brothers now control the most valuable private company in Silicon Valley, with Stripe estimated to be worth $95 billion. But every new slate of investors makes their lives a little more complicated

Large expansion in Ireland rather than California proves importance of European market to the Collison-founded company

The company, now worth $95 billion, is to create 1,000 jobs in Dublin over the next five years

The former governor of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada hopes his new post on the board of Stripe, one of the most valuable private companies in the world, will help mitigate the effects of climate change

The newest appointee to the board of Stripe was Bank of Canada governor when he helped the shell-shocked government cope with the disaster

The SME and Entrepreneurship Growth Plan launched last month aims to ensure that Irish companies are set up for success, but even when trading within the single market, national regulations and tax rules can be a hindrance to expansion

The billionaire siblings, who are behind the Stripe payments system, have invested in the start-up founded by Bobby Healy

Analysts say targeted high-level hiring points to such a move, and that conditions are just right