Technology companies now play a significant role in the West's economy thanks to the drive of individual founder/entrepreneurs and the opportunities arising from technology convergence trends. It's worth recalling that the establishment of a strong core of technology companies in Galway, and the West in general, owes much to the resilient response made to the then traumatic loss of 900 jobs in the early nineties with the Digital closure. A serious blow to the sector in Galway and beyond at the time, it sent shock waves through the region.
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