Business leaders more optimistic about Irish economy

A survey of nearly 500 executives has found that business leaders are overwhelmingly more positives about the economy than this time last year.

Despite the positive sentiment expressed by the 472 Irish senior executives surveyed there was an admission by more than half that the loss of young talent through emigration was having a negative effect on their businesses.

Ruth Curran of MERC Partners, who commissioned Amárach Research to carry out the survey, said that respondents expected the level of emigration to continue to grow.