Foreign investment attracted by IDA up 15%

The level of IDA Ireland-attracted foreign inward investment increased by 15% on a like-for-like basis in the first six months of the year.

In its half-year review published yesterday, the agency said that it has managed to attract 70 individual investment projects to the country to date this year — up from 61 at the same stage in 2012.

Of those 70 cases, 35 are firms making their maiden investment in Ireland.