Jobs Minister Richard Bruton says 2,000 jobs will be created through the State-funded ‘connector’ scheme, which rewards individuals for bringing foreign companies to Ireland.

Seventy five jobs are to be created across three multinational companies in Co Laois, Co Galway and Co Longford.

75 new jobs have been announced this morning at three separate companies in Laois, Galway and Longford.

A Co Meath-based auctioneer stands to make more than €100,000 on the back of one of the Government’s latest jobs announcements.

The Government has said that negotiations are now underway with more than 108 foreign companies, looking to set up here.

The first jobs on the Government's scheme to pay up to €1,500 'finders fee' for each position created here are being announced today.

Independent enterprise body Connect Ireland said it has detected significant investment interest in Ireland from China, Brazil, Russia, and India (BRIC).

Recent inward investment contracts signed by some of the world’s largest corporations should create up to 1,500 construction jobs over the next couple of years, IDA Ireland has claimed.

Jobs and Innovation minister Richard Bruton has said the IDA needs to be more focussed on local areas when it comes to job creation, to get a regional spread of new employment.

The Government is to offer money to individuals all over the world who convince foreign companies to invest in Ireland.