Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ireland has announced a $350m (€275m) investment at its Mayo plant which will create 200 new jobs over the next four years as well as 250 construction jobs.

Management consultancy group Accenture is to create 100 high-skilled jobs in Ireland over the next 12 months.

GLOBAL consulting giant Accenture plans to add 100 highly-skilled technology jobs to its Irish workforce over the next 12 months.