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Ireland to legalise gay marriage as it ‘would be good for business’

UK:   Gay marriage can help attract foreign investment, the Irish government said on Thursday ahead of a referendum on the issue that has been publicly backed by global technology giants including Google, Ebay  and Twitter.

When Ireland began to attract U.S. firms with tax breaks in the 1960s, the government was still using the country's traditional, Catholic image to attract Irish American visitors.

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