[pbiggar]

I don't want to be down on Ireland, but it is not a great place to do a startup, though it is a great place and I miss it. I left Ireland to move to SF for the tech scene.

The tech scene there is tiny, and is completely dwarfed by Silicon Valley. That's changing sure, but it has a long long long way to go before it could be considered "the best place in the world".

It does have cheap talent going for it. But it has basically zero VC (look at where Irish companies go to raise, it's not Ireland).

I would say, at best, Ireland can now be considered a "not bad" place to do a startup, but suggesting its the best is lunacy, it's not even the best in Europe (hint: probably Berlin).