Hiring six senior accountants for the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) took more than two years amid chaos over getting the jobs approved and advertised.

Changes to the names of Government departments may cost the State €15,000.

The largest radio telescope in the world was turned on for the first time at Birr Castle, Co. Offaly yesterday.

The asbestos-related cancer death of a former oil rig worker should be highlighted in the hope those who did similar work are identified and screened.

Jobs Minister Frances Fitzgerald’s failure to fill Brexit roles, with just one in four recruited, has been criticised as firms face an “existential crisis” with Britain’s EU exit on the horizon, writes Juno McEnroe.

Jobs Minister Frances Fitzgerald’s failure to fill Brexit roles, with just one in four recruited, has been criticised as firms face an “existential crisis” with Britain’s EU exit on the horizon.

Kyran Fitzgerald asks if the country’s costly obsession with sending students to college for

Jobs Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said it is "completely unacceptable" that the corporate affairs watchdog might not have raised concerns about its understaffing.

Cork has the highest number of vacant IDA sites in Ireland. One fifth of all idle advance factories are in the county.

Less than a third of the staff needed by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation and its agencies to deal with Brexit-related issues have been recruited.

New Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s “underwhelming” Cabinet reshuffle has drawn the ire of TDs within his own party, particularly the decision to keep Frances Fitzgerald as Tánaiste.

With just 48 hours or so to go, there will be many frayed nerves in the Fine Gael ranks this morning.

The IDA has said it is assessing the implications of job cuts at Verizon on its Irish workforce.

Education Minister Richard Bruton looks set to be handed the challenge of restoring confidence in An Garda Síochána as justice minister.

The Government has issued a strong denial to Sinn Féin claims that funding increase requests from the State’s corporate enforcer were turned down.

The Government is to crack down on employers’ exploitation of low-paid workers through zero-hour, low-hour and banded hours contracts.

Unannounced inspections are to be carried out on horse-racing facilities to investigate claims of exploitation, including the treatment of foreign nationals and children.

Not so long ago, people regularly advised one to “wake up and smell the coffee”.

The Department of Jobs is set to spend more than €3m to hire at least 50 extra staff to help State agencies cope with the escalating Brexit crisis.

The IDA has been accused of stymieing jobs as part of a “turf war” with ConnectIreland.

The IDA have been accused of stymieing jobs as part of a "turf war" with Connect Ireland, writes Elaine Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.

Job creation body Connect Ireland has pleaded for the Government to extend its contract for attracting small business to Ireland after the IDA elected not to renew the scheme.

During the week Sport Ireland opened a national indoor sports arena. Or manrena, maybe.

Following pressure from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the Government announced last January it was to investigate the extent of “disguised employment” in the country.

The Government may make millions of euro worth of special state aid available for firms at risk of a Brexit backlash due to growing concerns of the damage that could be caused to the economy.

Enda Kenny is facing a growing backlash over claims he has “no plan” to cope with the escalating Brexit crisis and has “sat on his hands” as the situation unfolded.

The exact issues being discussed in talks to resolve the secondary school teachers’ dispute remained unclear last night.

Jobs Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor has lost another member of her staff after her special advisor and former TV host Alan Cantwell quit his €91,624-a-year job.

Even in a budget with very little room for manoeuvre, this Government has missed an opportunity to address the many issues facing entrepreneurs, which would assist them in providing additional employment and driving prosperity all parts of the country.

A software management firm is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin.

Investigating the impact of escaped farmed salmon on wild Irish Atlantic salmon populations is one of five UCC projects which has been awarded €8.5m in Government funding today. A co-led project brings the UCC figure to €9.3m.

The IDA is likely to renew its push for more resources, to help it accentuate its promotion of Ireland as an investment location, when it formally meets Jobs and Enterprise Minister Mary Mitchell-O’Connor in the coming weeks to review its strategy and performance.

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, is hoping to secure a further €10m of exchequer funding to keep Microfinance Ireland afloat beyond 2017.

Unemployment in the South-East of the country is at crisis point after almost a decade and a half of stagnation in the regional economy, a wide-ranging new report has found.

The State’s employment rights watchdog had a 20% increase in the number of calls to its customer service line last year and also increased the number of prosecutions carried out against employers.

Dublin received more than 40% of the IDA sponsored site visits made by potential investors in the first quarter of 2016, Government figures confirm.

Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar has ruled out any linking of the payment of child benefit to school attendance, despite a commitment in the programme for government to do so.

There has been widespread surprise at the selection of Enda Kenny’s junior ministers with a number of high-profile TDs losing out.

According to leading migration agents visafirst.com, improvements in the economy and business sentiment are some of the reasons why 2016 is on track to be a record year for the issuing of Irish work permits.

Global fashion giant Ralph Lauren has opened a new e-commerce hub in the heart of Dublin’s docklands area.

Almost 400 jobs have been announced this morning in two separate job announcements.