2019 was a solid year for foreign direct investment but what does 2020 have in store?
Talent and tax changes could be issues as Ireland looks to stay as the multinational destination of choice.
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Talent and tax changes could be issues as Ireland looks to stay as the multinational destination of choice.
The investments added more than 4,500 Irish jobs as employment numbers rose.
IDA boss Martin Shanahan said the rental and housing crisis in Ireland is at “pinch point”.
Job losses within IDA companies were at their lowest level since 1997 – but it doesn’t expect that trend to continue.
Significant cuts to UK and US corpoate taxes are seen as direct threats to Ireland’s industrial strategy.
Cameron Ireland Ltd has said “with great regret” that manufacturing, assembly and test activities at its Longford plant are “potentially” set to cease.
The Taoiseach made an interesting claim in the Dáil this week. Is it true?
Junior Minister Eoghan Murphy made an effort to impress international viewers on CNBC this week. But did he over-state the case?
Newly-released figures show the vast amount of IDA-supported jobs are created in Dublin.
The company’s CEO Tim Cook made the claim this week, and Michael Noonan repeated it. We checked it out.
We heard all kinds of numbers from several politicians this week. FactCheck gets to the truth.
The headquarters will be home to the strategic business functions for the region.
It’s anticipated that eBay is to close its operations in its Dundalk facility in the second quarter of 2017.
There is hardly any vacant office space in Dublin which may put foreign investors off moving here a new report has found.
As many as 400 jobs have been created as a result of the Immigrant Investor Programme.
More than €700,000 was spent between 2011 and 2014 sending ministers on trips for the national holiday. How do you feel about it?
And for the office space already there, the price is going keep going up and up.
This would mean Northern Ireland could match our very attractive 12.5% rate. Let the games begin…
Lorraine Higgins is worried that water protests and other incidents will damage Ireland’s ability to attract foreign direct investment.
He has connections, and the IDA uses them.
In the run-up to Budget 2015, Dr Daragh McGreal looks at the benefits and pitfalls of foreign direct investment.
We will be “competing to win”, the Minister said.
Over 81 per cent of companies said they were more confident about their business than they were three months ago.
Corporate tax avoidance is bad for the global economy, paper reports.
Companies said the access to Europe was a critical factor in relation to their priorities for setting up shop here.
And other counties are lagging behind as well.
Sacred Heart University is looking to expand its presence in the area.
EirGrid know what they’re doing and have ‘some of the best engineers in the world’ working with them, Engineers Ireland has said.
A government and IDA Ireland target to get 50 per cent of all foreign direct investment in areas outside of the two main urban centres has been dropped from the Action Plan for Jobs.
Ireland had a net surplus of €31 billion in foreign direct investment in 2012.
The new jobs on offer are not beyond the capabilities of our people, but there is one thing we are lacking – a proficiency in foreign languages, writes Aaron McKenna, who says we should try and rectify this for future generations.
The new jobs will be made by three companies across Portarlington, Kinvara and Co. Longford.
The government agency responsible for foreign investment says its client companies added a net total of 6,570 jobs.
We’re regularly told that “everything is on the table” for the Budget, writes Michael Taft. So what about corporation tax?
Ireland’s foreign direct investment is at risk under Obama’s tax proposals. We should be worried, writes Dr Tom Flavin.
Ireland’s ‘knowledge economy’ is actually waiting to happen, writes Aaron McKenna.
HSBC is forecasting strong growth for Ireland’s trade, particularly in key sectors like pharma and agri-food.
The Social Protection Minister claimed that the jobs initiative had boosted tourism numbers. Yesterday, the CSO said that there were fewer visits to Ireland in the first quarter of 2012.
Hundreds of jobs will be created in the construction industry over the next couple of years as a result of recent announcements for foreign direct investment in Ireland, the Industrial Development Authority has said.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has issued his progress report on last year’s Global Irish Economic Forum.