THE 2012 foreign investment harvest is starting to look pretty good.

An informal group helping children and teens develop their skills as computer coders started in Cork last year — and it’s just about to go global, writes Tommy Barker

Dublin could become the game development capital of Europe, given the right tax incentives, according to Popcap Games general manager Paul Breslin.

There was all-too-rare good news on the jobs front yesterday, with the creation of almost 550 new positions in Galway, Kildare, Sligo, Limerick and Cork.

There are at least 300 vacant jobs in the gaming industry in Ireland.

THE building of office facilities for 2,000 hi-tech workers in a €50 million expansion of the City Gate complex in Cork will lead to 300 construction jobs over the next 18 months.

Cork is set for a major jobs boost as the City Council has granted planning permission for a €200m office development in Mahon.

IF the property market is in any good health at all in 2010, put it down to – well, none other than spending on health.