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Article: Ireland Builds Economy around Technology Companies.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- February 25, 2002
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Byline: Dan Lee
Feb. 25--CORK, Ireland--Ken Maher built a promising career in Silicon Valley, but his native Ireland kept calling him home.
Unlike many Irish of past generations, he didn't have to choose between career and country. He could have both.
In December, after more than six years as a design engineer with Cypress Semiconductor in San Jose, Maher moved to the chip maker's small design center in Cork, Ireland's second-largest city and a growing center for electronics companies.
Many Irish, and some Irish-Americans, have done the same, drawn by high-paying, high-tech jobs. For the first time, Ireland has become a land of ...