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Someone on the program now came to our Dublin OpenCoffee meetup last week to talk about it.

He said that due to the cost of living, he was able to employ some very smart individuals who he wouldn't be able to afford to pay if he lived, say, here in Ireland. And mentioned that other startups were doing the same.

So even if it's not a requirement it happily happens anyway due to economics/cost-of-living/etc which sounds great.