American Chamber of Commerce Ireland

AmCham has launched it's 2025 US-Ireland Business Report 'Succeeding Together: Driving Transatlantic Innovation and Trade' You can read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/en72f6d With contributions from An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, An Tánaiste Simon Harris, Minister Paschal Donohoe, Secretary General Declan Hughes, EU Michael McGrath European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, Mary Lou McDonald TD, Suzanne Clark President and CEO of U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Malte Lohan CEO of American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU), Michael Lohan CEO of IDA Ireland, and Kevin Sherry Interim CEO at Enterprise Ireland. A special thank you to contributors including AscellaHealth, Bank of America, BDO, CAI, Citi, DeCare Dental, Eversheds Sutherland LLP (Ireland), EY, Fenagh Engineering and Testing, The Irish Times, John Paul Construction, Kingston Technology, Kirby Group Engineering, MSD Ireland, NFP, an Aon company (Europe), PepsiCo, Pfizer , Qualcomm, WILLIAM FRY LLP, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Cook Medical, ServiceNow, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, Microsoft, Bausch + Lomb, and Kerry Dairy Ireland #USIRL25

AmCham was delighted to have Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, Minister for Health, launch AmCham’s 2025 US-Ireland Business Report: ‘Succeeding Together: Driving Transatlantic Innovation and Trade’, at the Consulate General of Ireland, New York, yesterday evening. We were thrilled to be joined by over 150 AmCham members, stakeholders and friends for the launch of the report, which outlines the strength of the two-way Ireland-US business relationship, worth over €1 trillion annually. Minister Carroll MacNeill said: “Ireland is the 6th largest investor into the United States, and also the first, the largest, the biggest, on a per capita basis.” “It really shows the commitment of Irish people and Irish companies to the US, and also the opportunity that the US provides in terms of capital raising and other measures to support Irish businesses coming into the United States.” She added: “And we want to do more, is the very clear message from the Irish Government this week. We want to do more to support Irish companies to come and invest in the United States. We want our companies to thrive and flourish here, to employ loads of people and to do it everywhere. “As the report also outlines though, it is important that we remember this is very much a two-way relationship. We now have 970 US companies in Ireland, employing nearly 400,000 people directly and indirectly.” Minister Carroll MacNeill highlighted many of the competitive advantages that have led US companies to invest in Ireland, including our skilled and talented workforce, our unique position as the only English-speaking, common-law gateway to the EU for US companies, our open economy, which is focused on some of the fastest growing sectors globally and our consecutive, stable and pro-enterprise government administrations. AmCham members, stakeholders and friends, also heard from AmCham CEO Paul Sweetman, AmCham 2025 Vice-President, Mark Cockerill, and Consul General of Ireland, New York, Helena Nolan. A huge thank you to the team at the Consulate General of Ireland, New York for hosting us for the event. You can view the full 2025 US-Ireland Business Report online here: https://lnkd.in/en72f6d #USIRL25

We asked those in senior leadership positions about Talent and Skills in AmCham's latest FDI Insights survey. 64 percent of respondents said they are currently experiencing a skills gap in Ireland. 100 percent said the availability of highly skilled talent is important to maintaining FDI employment in Ireland. Data and Digital ranked as the top area respondents' organisations were currently experiencing the greatest skills gap in, with 23 percent experiencing a skills gap in this area. Engineering was ranked second at 21 percent which was followed by Machine Learning and AI at 19 percent. You can find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eb8GyPFQ #AmChamInsights #WhyIreland

In AmCham's latest FDI insights survey, we asked those in senior leadership about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). 96 percent of respondents said EU investment on A.I. was important to ensuring Ireland remains a destination of choice for investment. 51 percent said it was extremely or very important. 94 percent of those surveyed said Ireland’s position as a regulatory hub within the EU is important to Ireland becoming a leader in digital and A.I. and maintaining its position as a destination of choice for investment. 60 percent said it was extremely or very important. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eZjcKNYn #AmChamInsights #WhyIreland

In AmCham's latest FDI survey we asked senior leaders in FDI in Ireland about trade. 61 percent said  Irish operations of their organisation exports goods and or services to the US market. 80 percent of respondents said they would have a positive view of Ireland as an investment location if tariffs were imposed by the US on the EU. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eb8GyPFQ #AmChamInsights #WhyIreland

Thank you to Martin Wall, Public Policy Correspondent, The Irish Times for taking part in a fireside chat at AmCham’s 2025 Global Business Conference. Martin sat down with AmCham’s Communication Manager Aoife O'Brien to discuss strengthening Ireland-US relations in a post-election environment. You can watch the full discussion here: https://lnkd.in/eegcQDYd Thank you so much to our event sponsor Bank of America Business, our media partner The Irish Times and our US conference partner U.S. Chamber of Commerce #AmChamGlobalBiz25

Session 4 of the AmCham Emerging Leaders Development Programme took place on Thursday in the stunning offices of Signify Health Ireland in Galway City. This session focused on two critical leadership skills: Managing Up and Delegation.   The workshop was expertly facilitated by Sarah Smith, The Knot Worldwide, who led participants through thought-provoking discussions on the power of managing up and the emotions—both positive and negative—associated with effective and ineffective delegation.    Following an engaging morning session, the group enjoyed a fireside chat with Sarah and Elaine Murphy, VP & Site Lead at Signify Health. Their reflections on leadership, career growth, and navigating challenges provided invaluable insights for the next generation of leaders.   A huge thank you to Sarah, Elaine, the Signify Health team, and all our programme participants for an inspiring session.   And a special thank you to our programme sponsors Accenture and to Hilary O'Meara and the Accenture team, for their ongoing support in developing future leaders.   #AmChamLeaders 

9 in 10 respondents, in AmCham's latest quarterly insights survey, said their corporate headquarters had a positive view of Ireland as an investment or growth location, based on the experience of their Irish operations this year. 63% said Ireland’s highly educated and skilled talent pool was Ireland's main competitive advantage that caused their company to invest and expand here. Housing was ranked as the number one challenge for Ireland to overcome in order for organisations to expand here, with 34% of respondents citing it as the number one challenge. Cost competitiveness ranked the second highest, with 28 percent of respondents citing it as the number one challenge. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eb8GyPFQ #AmChamInsights #WhyIreland

Martin Wall, Public Policy Correspondent, The Irish Times sat down with AmCham’s Communication Manager Aoife O'Brien at AmCham’s 2025 Global Business Conference to discuss strengthening Ireland-US relations in a post-election environment. Martin spoke about the strength of US-Ireland relations highlighting the unparalleled access the Taoiseach receives during the St. Patrick’s week festivities “one of the most powerful currencies is access and to have face to face time with the President of the United States for 20 minutes to an hour to get your view across is gold dust.” During the festivities “the Taoiseach and his officials have access to the most senior people on Capitol Hill, to their senior staffers, to their people that write the legislation. So the level of access is extraordinary and we need to bear that in mind, that it’s not just about shamrocks, or drinking green beer or wearing green ties, and say this is a really significant business and political opportunity.” Martin highlighted that this access is not just within Washington but also in New York and San Francisco and other cities throughout the US where “there will be Irish ministers and Irish government officials making the same point at state level.” Martin noted the impact that business leaders and stakeholders that are travelling from Ireland to the US will have throughout St. Patrick’s Week, as they meet with influential leaders across America. Martin also pointed out that while millions and millions of Americans have heritage from other European countries, those countries “don’t have the same level of access”. Thank you so much to our event sponsor Bank of America Business, our media partner The Irish Times and our US conference partner U.S. Chamber of Commerce  #AmChamGlobalBiz25

We were delighted to announce the outstanding organisations shortlisted for AmCham's 2025 Global Impact Award in The Irish Times this morning! Congratulations to this year's shortlisted organisations and projects: - Analog Devices for Project FANFARE - Analog Devices for the ADI Catalyst facility - Alltech for their Working Together for a Planet of Plenty® vision - SSPC, Research Ireland Centre for Pharmaceuticals - Kellanova for Project Monty - Mastercard Ireland for their Dublin Tech Hub and Workplace Experience Team AmCham's Global Impact Award is presented to a team or organisation for a project that has had a significant positive, global, or international impact on markets or society. This Award will be presented as part of AmCham’s prestigious US-Ireland Business Awards on Thursday, May 29th, 2025. You can find out more about this year's shortlist here: https://lnkd.in/eggQ8ry8 A huge congratulations to all the shortlisted companies and thank you to everyone who applied to the 2025 US-Ireland Business Awards! Thank you to our US-Ireland Business Awards sponsors, EY and IDA Ireland and to our media partner The Irish Times.  #AmChamBizAwards