Ireland

other on 33 shows · 14 statements across 13 episodes · said 366 times in 205 episodes since 2014

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14 statements about Ireland, every show

CATALYST Assertion Supported
Burton: Data centers drove ratepayer cost hikes and a moratorium in Ireland
“We've seen this in places like Ireland where there's a moratorium now on data centers. Energy prices have gone up so much. Rate payers have been forced to bear those extra costs.”
Tom Burton Jan 20, 2026 ▶ 12:27 A ‘rain delay’ for the energy transition [partner content]
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Poilievre: Ireland's GDP per capita is twice that of Canada
“Now Ireland's per capita GDP is twice Canada's.”
Pierre Poilievre Apr 13, 2025 ▶ 37:26 Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada
Cooke leveraged an Irish tax relief scheme when selling Pulse
“So when I sold the company, I was able to take advantage of a far lower tax tax break compared to just paying myself through the company.”
Emmett Cooke Mar 25, 2025 ▶ 10:43 How to Sell Your Startup for a Life-Changing Payout
20VC Disclosure
Monzo Selects Ireland as Its European Expansion Beachhead
“Ireland is our beachhead into Europe, right? That's the regulatory region we want to work with, and that's where we want to domicile out of.”
TS Anil Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 30:12 TS Anil, CEO @Monzo: From Layoffs, Downrounds and Low Employee NPS, To $1BN in Revenue | E1254 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Simkin: Susquehanna operates a sports trading unit in Ireland
“We've moved into creating a sports trading unit that is trading on sports books in Europe, and that group is in Ireland.”
Todd Simkin Aug 5, 2024 ▶ 29:52 Todd Simkin - Game of Trading at Susquehanna (EP.399)
20VC Assertion Supported
Revolut grew fastest in Ireland, Romania, and Poland, not the UK
“So if you think about Revolut against Monzo, right, like the markets we grew the fastest wasn't the UK. It was Ireland, it was Romania, Poland.”
Val Scholz Jun 21, 2024 ▶ 0:04 Val Scholz: How Revolut Acquired Their First 10M Users: Tips, Tactics & Strategies | E1168 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Janus: Data Centers Account for Nearly 20% of Ireland's Electricity
“It's almost 20% of the entire country of Ireland's electricity are data centers, and they're almost all in Dublin.”
Brian Janous Jun 13, 2024 ▶ 31:00 Under the hood of data center power demand
ALL-IN Disclosure
Chamath: Facebook's Irish IP transfer triggered years of IRS litigation
“At Facebook, there was a period where, and this was public, so I can tell you, We transferred a lot of our IP to Ireland at one moment, and there was a transfer payment and whatnot. And then a few years afterwards, when everybody realized, including us, and we…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 7:44 E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Traynor: Exceptional had more customers on one SF street than all Ireland
“There was a single street in San Francisco where we had more customers than we did in all of Ireland, to give you an example of the gap.”
Des Traynor Nov 15, 2023 ▶ 3:26 Des Traynor: How to Survive and Thrive in a World of OpenAI | E1082 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Swyft Energy employs nearly 100 staff and contractors in Ireland
“One of the largest in Ireland is nearly a hundred people now between full-time staff and actual contractors.”
Adrian Casey Mar 13, 2022 ▶ 2:09 Pipelyne Is Pre Launch SaaS with $50k ARR, Boiler Installer Company Spinout
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Contradicted
Stripe pays $350k for mid-range software engineers in Ireland
“I mean, I see on these boards on Reddit that Stripe are paying 350 K for mid-range engineers. I mean, that's madness in Ireland.”
Luke Feeney Mar 8, 2022 ▶ 14:53 This Developer Tool Doubled To $240k ARR And Raised at a $14m Post Money Valuation
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cowen: Ireland is richer than Germany with a brighter future
“Now it's richer than Germany. It probably has a brighter future.”
Tyler Cowen Feb 16, 2022 ▶ 9:46 Reviving a Culture of Innovation with Tyler Cowen · Joe Lonsdale
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Partly supported
Collison: China's Special Economic Zones Were Inspired by Western Ireland
“One of the world's first special economic zones was created in Shannon, which was very close to, you know, maybe 10, 15 miles from where I was born. Deng Xiaoping visited it and found this quite inspiring, and so decided to set up special economic zones in Chi…”
Patrick Collison May 2, 2018 ▶ 7:43 #32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collison: Post-2004 EU Immigration to Ireland Brought No Material Social Strife
“Well, it's interesting too, from a cultural standpoint, where Ireland has had very high rates of immigration, particularly post the expansion of the EU in 2004 a very large number of Eastern European immigrants moved to Ireland when those countries acceded to …”
Patrick Collison May 2, 2018 ▶ 9:16 #32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes

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