Twitter chooses Ireland for its International base of operations

With Twitters UK presence growing steadily by the day, the company will not open a London office and has reportedly chosen Ireland for itsInternationaloperations, after Irish investment promotion agency IDA confirmed the move in a tweet early on Monday morning.

The tweet Ireland is trending. Twitter to establish international office in Dublin.#idairl all but confirms the move, although Twitter has yet to issue a statement on its apparent decision to set up operations on the Emerald Isle.

Silicon Republic reportsthat Twitter will join a number of prominent technology companies that have set up operations in Ireland, which is able to tempt companies with lower tax rates, building its reputation as theInternet Capital of Europe.Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Zynga, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, Apple and HP have already established bases in the country.

In December 2010, we reported that Twitter was considering a number of cities for its expansion, with Dublin, London and Berlin rumoured to be amongst the solid candidates. The Sunday Telegraph ran a reportthat London had officially been chosen with Twitter executives considering locations in the West End and Silicon Roundabout in the East End of London.

Twitter has been gradually making inroads into the UK and Europe over the past six months, with its first Europe-based employeeannouncedback in May, andUK-specificpromoted trends, tweets and accounts expected soon. Last week,the social network has launched ablogdedicated to all-things Twitter in the UK.

It is not known where Twitter has chosen to open its offices in Ireland, but the IFA is delighted to welcome the company with Barry OLeary, CEO of IDA Ireland issuing the following comment:

IDA is absolutely thrilled that Twitter has decided to establish an international office in Ireland.Twitter is a fantastic addition to Irelands dynamic digital media cluster and we are excited to support the companys continued international growth.

Twitter had reportedly been sharing offices with the newly acquired Tweetdeck whilst it was seeking its permanent base. We have reached out to Twitter for comment and will update the article should we receive a response.