Business Minister Humphreys defends jobs policy across regions

Business minister Heather Humphreys has said the strategy to promote jobs in all regions is still working, despite

Business minister Heather Humphreys has said the strategy to promote jobs in all regions is still working, as new figures showing that the growth in the number of new jobs at Irish-owned firms backed by the Government has slowed despite a booming economy .

The figures from the annual review of Enterprise Ireland — the agency that helps indigenous start-ups to expand and find new markets at home and abroad — show that a record number of 221,895 jobs were backed by firms assisted by Enterprise Ireland last year.