Brexit Just Made Dublin Look Even More Attractive for Tech

Dublin’s commissioner for startups, Niamh Bushnell, reacted to the U.K.’s shock decision to exit the European Union by issuing a press release with “Thanks to Brexit” as a headline. Her point was that after last week’s vote, question marks hang over almost all the key ingredients that make London so attractive for technology companies.

As the sole remaining English-speaking capital in the EU, already Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook Inc’s home-away-from-home in Europe, Dublin will have a chance to be a winner in London’s messy divorce from Brussels.