1,200 jobs in pipeline for Cork region

AT least five or six new foreign direct investment projects are in the pipeline for the greater Cork region, an IDA spokesman confirmed last night.

At least 1,200 jobs ought to result, but the figures are hard to quantify.

Ultimately the 1,000 jobs that resulted from the Guidant investment initially looked like it would be only 200, he said. For that reason projecting final job numbers was hazardous and dangerous because it could raise false hopes, he said.