St. Patrick's Tower and the Gatelodge building at The Digital Hub.

The Digital Hub is a cluster of technology, digital media and internet companies in The Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland. The hub consists of almost 75 companies located in eight buildings, collectively employing 700 people.[1] It is the largest enterprise cluster of its kind in Ireland.[2]

History

The Irish Government founded The Digital Hub in 2003 to cater for companies involved in information technology, with Media Lab Europe—a business venture by MIT, as its anchor.[3] By 2017, more than 200 companies have (or still are) located there, including Amazon, Etsy, Havok, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lonely Planet, Eventbrite, Slack, and Stripe.[1][4]

In 2016 Fiach Mac Conghail, former Director of the Abbey Theatre, was appointed CEO of the Digital Hub Development Agency, the state agency which operates and promotes The Digital Hub.[5]

In 2021 the government announced that it would wind down the Digital Hub and transfer land to the Land Development Agency.[6] The LDA announced in 2023 it would turn th e site into a €180 million development called Pear Tree Crossing.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Charlie Taylor (11 January 2017). "Digital Hub in Dublin gained 28 firms in 2016". The Irish Times.
  2. ^ "Digital Hub". Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Hub must learn from mistakes at Arthouse". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. ^ Gordon Hunt (12 January 2017). "Digital Hub nears 100 companies after year of expansion". Silicon Republic.
  5. ^ Taylor, Charlie (29 September 2016). "Abbey Theatre director Fiach Mac Conghail to lead Digital Hub". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b Tranum, Sam (3 April 2024). "Dissolution of Digital Hub could leave lots of Thomas Street area property vacant – presenting a danger, and an opportunity".

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