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Not only that, but the world’s biggest data centre featuring 10 buildings each the size as one and a half football pitches may be built in north Wicklow on a site twice the size of Croke Park if Dublin jewellers and air conditioning businessmen the McDonagh brothers’ 1bn plan comes to fruition.

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It’s difficult to tell how much money from these investments benefits the Irish economy the number of construction jobs usually emphasised Canada Goose Parka in headlines doesn’t give an accurate picture.

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