"Each of these has outlined a range of specialist educational and training programmes that needs to be developed or delivered for the international financial services industry, including programmes in sustainable finance regulation and master’s-level programmes in blockchain, fintech, and compliance, among others."

I don't work in finance, but my gut feeling is that most of growth in a country like Ireland is due to EU and international compliance with anti money laundering legislation.

"While there were layoffs in the tech sector over the past two years, Donna Noonan, Financial Services Ireland Skillnet network manager at Ibec, points out that most were in areas such as human resources and marketing, meaning hard tech skills are as in demand as ever."