Is the brain drain a constraint or an opportunity for growth?

A scheme that rewards people for attracting foreign businesses to Ireland has helped create 83 jobs.

80 jobs are heading to Dublin and Cork.

A Laois man has received a finder’s fee of €75,000 from a state body after creating 50 jobs in his hometown of Portarlington.

A Scottish man who helped deliver 30 new high-end jobs to Ireland through a Government-backed cash-for-jobs initiative is poised to get a €45,000 “thank you” cheque.

The ConnectIreland initiative will create at least 300 jobs this year, the serial entrepreneur behind the project, Terry Clune, told Cork Chamber’s breakfast briefing.

The Government’s innovative referral programme, ConnectIreland, has projects that could generate up to 800 jobs in Ireland by 2015.

A Government-backed scheme to use the Irish diaspora to attract investment from overseas companies has yielded its first success, with 30 jobs lined up for Carlow.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy has promised the strongest marketing drive for the forthcoming All-Ireland senior championships.

A taskforce that offers a cash reward to people who persuade foreign companies to create jobs in Ireland is in talks with up to 50 potential investors.