New €1.9 million Irish IT Work Permit Initiative Announced
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20:41 28/09/2016
The Irish government will plough €1.9 million into a new initiative aimed at attracting top tech talent to the country. The drive to employ foreign IT workers on Irish work permits comes as Ireland...
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