Almost half of the tenants renting in Dublin’s Silicon Docks are tech professionals from companies like Google, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Overall, 92pc of the tenants in the area – which includes a huge stock of apartments targeted by tech workers – are not Irish born.
Most are European and British nationals working with a range of international companies with most coming from the tech sector, according to estate agents specialising in rentals and sales in the area.
The data comes from the Docklands Residential Report 2018 just published by the Owen Reilly agency, which assists Dublin tech companies with lettings for employees.
The docks are a particularly favoured location for tech workers from abroad, who favour living as close as they can to their offices when they locate here.
The percentage of Irish renting there has been diminishing fast and stands at just 8pc of the total.
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