If we are going to provide the social care services that people desire — and in many cases, deserve — we are going to have to ensure that there is in place a large cadre of wealth creators.

Dublin has maintained its position as the Best Small Region of the Future in Europe in the Financial Times' fDi magazine rankings for 2020/2021.

Sean Davis of Enterprise Ireland looks at the success of Irish firms employing 106,000 people in the US.

Ray O’Connor looks at the reasons why 55,000 regional jobs were created by IDA-backed companies from 2015-19.

Mary Buckley, IDA Ireland, outlines key findings in the IDA’s 2015-19 strategy review.

Last month Apple was honoured by IDA Ireland for its contribution to Ireland as they celebrate 40 years here.

The Royal Irish Academy and the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland have jointly announced a new award category which will recognise innovation within talent development in the 2020 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards.

It is also forecasting a jump in consumer spending, house prices and employment.

Michael McAteer, the 50-year-old managing partner of Grant Thornton Ireland, the world’s seventh-largest professional consultancy firm, is here to talk about his firm’s expansion in Cork, but there is little he won’t offer a thoughtful opinion on.

Irish businesses must highlight their competitiveness and their ability to attract top talent, says American Chamber president Mark Gantly.

Data centres are playing a key role in Ireland’s bid to reduce its carbon footprint, as well as bringing invaluable high-volume employment, according to a report by Host in Ireland.

New figures show that the domination by Dublin for IDA-sponsored foreign direct investment (FDI) site visits is on the decline this year.

The number of IDA Ireland employees earning over €100,000 totalled 30 last year.

The reliance of foreign firms on the economy has been further signalled with an IDA-backed management course aimed at training management for Irish subsidiaries of multinationals.

Cork can reach its potential to compete with Dublin and other European cities but we must tackle the planning strategy that is failing this generation. There is no place for slogans and partisan politics, argues Michael O’Flynn

The tallest office building so far developed in Cork City, Penrose Dock next to Kent Rail Station at up to nine storeys, is setting an even more impressive record: its first core and lift shaft is up to full height, less than a year after the €125m project on the city’s north quays first applied for planning permission.

Ireland is now the ninth-largest source of FDI into the US at $146.2bn (€130bn), says the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.

One of the benefits of surging foreign direct investment (FDI) and recovering domestic enterprise is the creation of new jobs.

The IDA expects to attract further investment from overseas companies on the back of mounting Brexit uncertainty.

Facebook’s decision to expand in the heart of Dublin 4 and create room for an additional 5,000 employees is a powerful endorsement of Ireland’s foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy and planning, writes Joe Gill.

EY is creating 520 jobs across its seven Irish offices.

A ‘tech corridor’ is emerging on Cork City’s venerable South Mall — the historic commercial boulevard is now to be bookended at the iconic 97 South Mall by fast-growing company Eventbrite, who may employ up to 100 employees there over the next few years.

Confirmation of the financial services firm Clearstream to over 70,000 sq ft, plus an optional extra of 20,000 sq ft more for 600 well-paid financial services jobs at Navigation Square on Cork city’s quays makes it one of the very largest-ever office deals in Cork city.

A leading think-tank has warned the Government’s plans could potentially add too much fuel to the economy and lead to another bust.

Reece Smyth, Chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Dublin, sees plenty of cause for optimism on the future of US-Irish relations

As president of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland, I am keenly aware of the challenges and opportunities facing Ireland’s FDI base in 2018.

The Government has come under fire for not marketing regional towns for foreign direct investment after the Department of Business revealed almost the number of available IDA sites far outnumber those occupied.

The Society of Chartered Surveyors’ of Ireland’s (SCSI) Annual Review and Outlook always makes interesting reading. 

The IDA Ireland has confirmed it is to move to a new headquarters in Dublin city.

Our 12.5% corporate tax rate is no longer the big clincher it once was as rivals shrink their rates and the US attempts to lure back multinationals with tax incentives, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Focus on providing an urban framework that injects life to our city centre, writes Peter O’Flynn.

Cork is well placed to greatly increase the number of new homes it can deliver, writes Paul Hannon.

MORE investors are getting out of the housing market in Cork than are buying into it, at a time of unprecedented demand for rental properties, with no new supply of any scale, a gathering of the construction sector has been told.

The IDA has expressed concern over Ireland’s underdeveloped renewable energy infrastructure; saying it is becoming an issue when attempting to win additional foreign direct investment (FDI).

Ireland is in the “sweet spot” for foreign direct investment (FDI) but that could be scuppered by EU and US tax policy changes, according to a UCC economist and head of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.

Ireland is in the “sweet spot” for foreign direct investment (FDI) but that could be scuppered by EU and US tax policy changes, according to a UCC economist and head of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.

More than nine in 10 Irish exporters trade with the UK and need some sort of help in the budget next month to cushion the effects of Brexit, according to the Irish Exporters’ Association.

DEVELOPMENT worth €160 million, spanning eight buildings and to include 237 apartments, a 136-bed hotel, 400,000 sq ft of offices and an acre of open plaza is coming on track on Cork city’s Horgan’s Quay.

The difficulties for small housebuilders to secure finance outside of Dublin could “derail” the Government’s housing strategy, the Cork branch of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has said, writes Pádraig Hoare.

The long-mooted northern ring road for Cork’s northside is as important to the region as the proposed M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick, according to leading business figures in the city.

A comprehensive plan is needed for two IDA-owned sites in Cork — one lying idle in Fermoy since 2002 and another in Kilbarry on Cork City’s northside that is “underutilised for years and growing grass”, according to two TDs.

We are frequently genuinely and understandably concerned with the lack of accountability that exists in much of our political and administrative public bodies. 

IDA: Brexit should see foreign investment boost.