https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/01/tech-jobs-in-ireland-dublin-employers-competes-to-attract-talent.html

Dublin's Grand Canal Dock, often referred to as "Silicon Dock," has certainly pushed up the area's property value. A 10-minute walk along the River Liffey will take you past the swanky headquarters of Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and more — nearly every major multinational name in tech you can think of. These companies have created thousands of high-skilled jobs in Ireland and illustrate the strength of an economy devastated by recession just a decade ago. Yet data from Ireland's Central Statistics Office shows that a greater number of educated Irish nationals are still leaving the island than returning from overseas. The tech sector has an important role to play in keeping some of these talented young people in the home market, according to Ben English, co-founder and CEO of Dublin Tech Summit. "The only way we can stop people from leaving for (Silicon) Valley is to bring the Valley to them," the 26-year-old told CNBC on Thursday during an interview at Dublin's Digital Depot. "Naturally, in terms of the growth of the millennial and Generation Z, there are a lot of people going away to get skills," he said. "That's inevitable. But coming back and getting them back is something that we have control over."