Source: Business World
Over 10,000 jobs could be created over the next five years from the An tSli Glas (The Green Way) project – the country’s first green economic zone, according to a spokesman for the organisation.
An tSli Glas -The Green Way is a green economic corridor initiated by a powerful alliance of businesses, academic institutions and local authorities including Ballymun Regeneration, Dublin Airport Authority, Dublin City University, Dublin Institute of Technology, Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council and North Dublin Chamber. The goal is to position Ireland as a centre of Cleantech innovation and enterprise which will link business to investors and develop trade partnerships with other major international green corridors.
“Ireland is extremely well placed to become a global innovation hub. Against the backdrop of the serious economic and financial crisis, and the implementation of austerity measures in many countries, I am more convinced than ever that innovation is the key to a stable European economy, to growth and job creation,” said European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn.
She spoke at a reception hosted by Professor Brian MacCraith, President of Dublin City University, one of the academic institutions involved in the tSli-Ghlas partnership which also includes Ballymun Regeneration, Dublin Airport Authority, Dublin Institute of Technology, Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council and North Dublin Chamber.
The Commissioner continued: “Ireland has the second largest goods trade surplus in the entire EU. And Irish exports are growing – in the third quarter of this year, overall exports showed an annual rise of around 10 per cent. Irish people are among the most resourceful, dynamic and creative in the world”.
“I am confident “the Commissioner continued, “that Ireland will recover its fighting spirit and seek out and capitalise on opportunities to build a new economy. An economy built on innovation.”
Tony Boyle, Chairman of the Steering Committee for the An tSli Ghlas -The Green Way said: “The overall potential of the Green Way, which builds on our existing assets and infrastructure, is that it can assist in the transformation of our economy. It will, and has already started to, create jobs in the Cleantech sector, which is the largest job and wealth creation opportunity of the 21st century”.
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