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Accenture is the latest company to expand its base into low-tax Ireland, opening a €25m (£16.5m) R&D centre in Dublin and hiring 200 new bodies. The move by the consultancy and outsourcing biz will apparently focused on cognitive computing, the "internet of things", advanced analytics, security and digital marketing, according …

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  1. hatti

    My round

    Two flagons of fairy liquid and a bag of porkoid itchings please.

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  2. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    'Irish prime minister Enda Kenny said the announcement was a "welcome endorsement of the government's strategy on ICT".

    The country also has one of the lowest corporation tax rates in Europe, at 12.5 per cent. '

    Wadya mean "also"? That is the strategy.

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  3. Chris Wicks 1

    Accenture is already based in Ireland

    They moved there from Bermuda, when the US Government started squinting at companies there.

    This is just putting more boots on the ground.

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  5. thegrouch

    Accenture...

    ...are scum. That is all.

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