Who you know may be vital to your business success. The Irish are not very time conscious and may not be punctual for business and social meetings. They have a relaxed sense of time and may be a little late for meetings. However, a foreigner should be on time for business meetings. Business cards are exchanged, but not necessarily immediately upon meeting.
Irish people tend to be creative and calm in a crisis.
They prefer to improvise rather than follow a rigid plan. Outwardly the Irish accept authority but inwardly have strong displeasure in accepting it. They also dislike bureaucracy. Planning and strategy are short term. Irish tend to be poor in long-range planning.