Ida Ireland

IDA Ireland, also known as Industrial Development Agency, is an Irish government agency that is responsible for securing new investments from overseas in the manufacturing and internationally traded service markets. It encourages existing investors to expand and develop their businesses. The agency builds links between international businesses and third-level education and research centers. IDA Ireland is active in the development of infrastructure and business support services and education and regulatory issues. It provides its services through the teams of industry specialists in more than 15 offices worldwide. The agency has supported more than 1,000 overseas companies to invest from the engineering, information communications technologies, pharmaceuticals, medical technologies, financial and international services sectors. IDA Ireland maintains a client list that includes Intel, Yahoo, Adobe, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Google, Amazon.com and Palm.