McGrath accuses IDA of Dublin jobs bias

Large swathes of the country are being ignored by foreign investors with 12 counties recording no IDA-sponsored visit by an overseas investor for the first quarter of this year.

New figures provided by the Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Enterprise, Richard Bruton, show that out of 89 IDA sponsored visits between January and the end of March this year, 53 were in in Dublin.

Fianna Fáil Finance spokesman, Michael McGrath TD, claimed the figures are “further evidence of the Government’s failure to put in place balanced regional development at a time when towns and villages are dying on their feet”.