it works. reporter: a secret sauce that s generated irish entrepreneurs like gaffney but has also pulled in internation companies like paypal who set up their european headquarters on emerald isle. pay pall has been here since 2005 but already back in the 80s you had tech giants like microsoft, dell, hp and intel investing in ireland and now you have this new wave of social media companies like facebook, linkedin and there s talk that twitter might set up its headquarters here. they re pretty much ireland s only lifeline for growth right now. one huge draw for foreign investors is the low corporate tax rate. barry o leary heads it up to try
soldiers, she s visited the stadium where in 1920 british troops opened fire on a crowd watching a gaelic football match. 14 people were killed. the flood-swollen mississippi river is slowly pushing toward the gulf of mexico, threatening more towns along the gulf in the united states. local residents aren t taking any chances. so far nearly 9,000 people have evacuated from the flood zone. a television journalist who went missing in syria three weeks ago is safe and is returning home. that s according to her employer. dorothy orothy will be returnin soon. they said she had been deported to iran where she holds citizenship. a campaign launched to release her was held on facebook and twitter. those are the headlines today. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn lauchblt welcome to the show. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon. i he lan gishs in a new york jail cell. he defends the company for taking a week to tell gamers about a massive data bre