Leo Varadkar described how the tech giant has grown in Ireland, particularly in Cork, over the years.

Investments in IDA- supported companies in the south east have risen by 86% over the past five years, while those in the south west region rose by 37%, the state agency said.

The US firm which makes some of the world’s toughest and strongest protective cases and products for smartphones and tablets has opened its new European headquarters in Cork.

The decisions by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis to shed 320 of the 550 jobs at its Cork campus over the next three years and by Koch Industries to close its Molex manufacturing facility in Shannon, with the loss of 500 jobs, may be the tip of the manufacturing industry closures’ iceberg in Ireland.

Understandably, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has taken a prudent approach in light of the ongoing uncertainty regarding the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.

The birthplace of Irish hospitality is undoubtedly east Cork thanks to Myrtle Allen and her Ballymaloe House and the market town of Midleton, long time host of one of the country’s original farmer’s markets, is the very natural HQ for the upcoming fEAST food festival (September 1-8) although events span the region.

Multinational healthcare and pharmaceutical giant MSD has been granted approval for a significant expansion to its existing manufacturing facilities in Carlow, which will allow for the generation of almost 300 additional jobs.

Over the decades, at home and abroad, The Menu has always attempted to support refill shops, where the consumer brings along their own containers thus negating the need to wastefully dispose of excess packaging.

The Agora Companies - which currently employs 270 people - is celebrating 20 years in the South East.

The IDA has insisted regional job growth is a main priority but conceded it is "extraordinarily difficult" to persuade foreign firms to choose smaller towns as a base.

The number of IDA Ireland employees earning over €100,000 totalled 30 last year.

The leaders of paradise islands all over the world are in Cork for a maritime festival and oceans summit during what is expected to be one of the city’s busiest summer weekends.

Cork city is preparing to welcome visitors from 90 countries and dignitaries from over 30 countries this weekend for the SeaFest festival and the Oceans Wealth Summit.

More than 100,000 visitors are expected to attend the country's largest free maritime festival which gets underway in Cork today.

An American telecommunications services company is to create 200 new jobs in Waterford and Sligo over the next three years.

As Rory O’Connell returns with a new RTÉ series exploring international cuisine, he returns to his local roots for a new food festival in Cork. Ciara McDonnell reports.

The company is hiring 25 people to work across its security operations, while the additional roles will be created within the company's testing, data and helpdesk operations.

A $1bn US clothes rental company is to open its first international technology office in Galway.

LogMeIn Inc. has officially opened its new international headquarters in the Reflector Building on Dublin's Grand Canal Dock.

Johnson & Johnson plans to create an additional 100 jobs as part of a €100m expansion of its Vision Care facility in Limerick.

Johnson & Johnson have announced they are to create an additional 300 jobs in a €100m expansion of the company’s Vision Care facilities, at the National Technology Park, Limerick.

Data Centre and Air Cooling Systems manufacturer, EDPAC International, has announced the creation of 50 new jobs in Cork.

US company Markforged, which manufactures industrial 3D printers, has announced the opening of its first official European headquarters in Dublin.

The future of automation in the workplace was glimpsed at the recent UCD Innovation Week, where 200 students from 26 countries met Pepper, a humanoid robot and the first in the world to read emotions and develop empathy.

In January last year, IDA Ireland announced record results with nearly 230,000 people now employed in FDI companies.

The IDA expects to attract further investment from overseas companies on the back of mounting Brexit uncertainty.

Eyecare manufacturer Bausch and Lomb is to create 100 jobs at its plant in Waterford City, bringing the number of people employed there to almost 1,500.

Facebook has said it is expanding its Irish investment after it acquired a long-term lease on the Bank Centre in Ballsbridge.

Tax changes and trade tariffs implemented under the Donald Trump presidency have led to major corporations stalling Irish investments, a new report has said.

Convincing international investors to consider locations outside of Dublin and other large urban areas remains a challenge, the IDA has admitted.

The IDA Ireland has confirmed it is to move to a new headquarters in Dublin city.

The chief of the IDA has said it was still up to Apple whether or not to build its much delayed €850m data centre at Athenry, and it was “unreasonable” for the tech giant to commit at this stage before planning appeals have been exhausted.

More than 10,000 extra jobs were created by foreign companies based in Ireland last year.

Pushing my way through the lobby of Google’s European headquarters in Dublin, for an evening meeting, against a hoard of techies from 60 countries exiting the building, was proof enough that there was unlikely to be any sudden change in the status of Ireland as a location for US corporations, writes John Whelan.

A new pharmaceutical packaging and distribution facility in Dundalk is expected to create 300 jobs over a period of five years.

The Kinsale Fishy Fishy restaurant owned by TV chef Martin Shanahan earned profits of €224,355 last year.

“Unfounded” appeals caused delays to the Apple data centre in Athenry, Co Galway, which has thrown the €850m venture into jeopardy, according to Independent Alliance whip Seán Canney.

A chemical and consumer goods firm is expanding in Dublin.

Ireland must remain vigilant about our competitiveness in order to ensure that this country remains an attractive place to invest, according to the IDA

The chief executive of IDA Ireland has labelled the European Commission’s threat to take legal action if Ireland fails to resolve the Apple tax controversy as “unwarranted, unfounded and contradictory”.

The chief executive of IDA Ireland has labelled the European Commission's threat to take legal action if Ireland fails to resolve the Apple tax controversy as "unwarranted, unfounded and contradictory".

The Head of the IDA has said the European Commission is out of line and unwarranted in suing Ireland over the Apple case.