Outsourcing to The Emerald Isle
I had been hearing the inclusion of Ireland in the list of countries that are currently the rage du jour for outsourcing. I had not commented out the topic for several reasons:
1) Since "it" has ancestors that hale from there.
2) Since I knew nothing about it (imagine that refraining from talking about something you know nothing about)
3) Fear of being labeled a xenophobe about the far east. I have no reason to think that outsourcing to Ireland is *better* than the far east.

Although on this last point (taken together with point #1) if I had to move my family internationally, Ireland would be at the top of my list. This Computer World article points out several advantages to Ireland (Northern Ireland as well).