Ireland needs to enter a “Celtic Phoenix” era during which the nation uses confidence and pride to restore the Irish economy, technology entrepreneur Chris Horn told the conference.
Mr Horn said the environment that facilitated the Celtic Tiger was over. “Ireland no longer has a global monopoly on low costs and a low corporate tax rate, nor a technology-skilled and English-language competent labour pool.”
The founder of Iona Technologies was also a member of the Innovation Task Force which recently reported to Government. “I believe we have an enormous opportunity. The Celtic Tiger is over. Now it is the Celtic Phoenix . . . we need to have pride in Ireland.”