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Ireland's proximity to London, shared language and time zone is a benefit to its financial services industry. There is a depth of knowledge in Irish institutions and education establishments which supports the financial derivative industry. Irish law is also conducive to financial derivatives trading.
The financial services sector employs approximately 35,000 people and contributes 2 billion euro in taxes annually to the economy. [204] Ireland is the seventh largest provider of wholesale financial services in Europe. [204] A number of these firms are located at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Dublin.
The economic history of the Republic of Ireland effectively began in 1922, when the then Irish Free State won independence from the United Kingdom. [2] The state was plagued by poverty and emigration until the 1960s when an upturn led to the reversal of long term population decline .
From 1945 to 1960 Ireland missed out on the European economic boom across Europe, and 500,000 people emigrated. A major policy change followed the issue of TK Whitaker's economic model in 1958, and the Republic slowly embraced the industrial world. Most Irish exports continued to go to Britain until 1969.
The term has become a metonym for the Irish financial services industry as well as being used as an address and still being classified as an SEZ. [1] It officially began in 1987 as an SEZ on an 11-hectare (27-acre) docklands site in central Dublin, with EU approval to apply a 10% corporate tax rate for "designated financial services activities".
The Central Bank of Ireland (Irish: Banc Ceannais na hÉireann) is the Irish member of the Eurosystem and had been the monetary authority for Ireland from 1943 to 1998, issuing the Irish pound. It is also the country's main financial regulatory authority , and since 2014 has been Ireland's national competent authority within European Banking ...
The group comprises domestic and international banks and financial services institutions operating in Ireland, and works with members, government, the Central Bank of Ireland and other groups to support the development and growth of the banking sector in Ireland. In 2009, the group ran seminars for the Irish financial services industry on data ...
An amendment in the form of the Loan Societies (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 78) required all loan funds, including funds independent of the main Irish Reproductive Loan Fund, to make an annual report to the Commissioners of the Central Loan Fund Board of Ireland, but the London-based Irish Reproductive Loan Funds were exempted from this ...