Quoting: ShelleyS
look at Ireland and their economy and their past history...
1. With its corporation tax of 12.5%, Ireland has a long history of attracting industry through foreign investment.
1. Culture. A common language helps you share knowledge.
3. The EU is now a single market of 500 million people. For Ireland, being in that large market and speaking English, it stands out as a prime location to invest.
4. As a result of investments, Irish education improved and delivered a lot of young, intellectually agile people.
...and the results speak for themselves. Yes, Ireland made it.
I'd like to see the same, some day, in Poland.