What’s stalling Ireland’s best manufacturers in their push for international growth.

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Irish Manufacturing

Featuring

Tadhg Guiry

CEO, CSM

Published

Nov/Dec 2025

Topic

Manufacturing & International Growth

About this article

Writing in Irish Manufacturing’s Editor’s Choice, CSM CEO Tadhg Guiry examines why Ireland’s manufacturing sector — one of Europe’s most reliable engines of growth — is losing momentum in international expansion. The piece argues the issue isn’t capability or ambition, but the commercial systems and structures needed to scale beyond domestic success.

Why Ireland’s manufacturing momentum is slowing despite strong fundamentals

The leadership and time-horizon problem holding back international growth

How reactive strategy and inflexible structure limit scale — and what to do about it

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