JOBS Minister Richard Bruton has ordered state agencies to come up with a south-east employment action plan after admitting he is “not happy” with the Industrial Development Authority’s job creation performance.

JOBSEEKERS can apply to fill any one of 2,000 professional vacancies with 50 leading companies exhibiting at the second annual admission-free Career Zoo at Dublin’s Mansion House on Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and 11.

JOBS and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton has announced measures to reduce the level of red tape and bureaucracy imposed on companies, in a move which should save Irish businesses up to €500 million by the end of next year.

Knocknacurra on the upmarket Blackrock Road is twice its original size and stylishly refitted, says Tommy Barker.

JOBS could be at risk if a Gaeltacht village loses its post office.

A JOBS boost for Co Clare was yesterday thrown into doubt after a claim that a planning decision giving a €4 million retail project the go-ahead is “illegal”.

JOBS in the sex industry which could lead to exploitation will be banned from being advertised in Job centres, the British government announced yesterday.

JOBS created by foreign companies plunged by 45% last year as Ireland slipped in a ranking of its attractiveness as a location for investment.

JOBS will continue to be lost by Irish exporting firms through to the end of 2010 despite an upturn in the first half which resulted in sales growing by 2%.

JOBS were at the fore of the Lisbon Treaty debate yesterday with both sides arguing how ratification could affect workers’ rights.

JOBS might be much harder to come by at the moment but jobseekers aren’t trying much harder to get them.

JOBS at the Aughinish Alumina factory in Askeaton in Co Limerick may be under threat after the European Commission decided to appeal a ruling on tax exemptions by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the company’s favour.

JOBS in the services sector were shed at a record pace last month as lower activity forced almost half of employers to reduce staffing levels.

JOBS will not be lost following ACC Bank’s decision to close seven of its branches.

JOBS freezes, larger class sizes, reduced library hours and cuts to student medical services are looming as a result of spending cuts ordered by the Government, university presidents have warned Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe.

JOBS created by the country’s leading job creation agencies dropped significantly last year.

JOBS in the sustainable energy sector have been put at risk by Energy Minister Eamon Ryan’s decision to close the Greener Homes funding programme until October, according to the Wood Energy Association, which says the suspension will have major implications for the industry.

JOBS before houses was the message sent by Cork County Council to Greencore yesterday, as the local authority examined a blueprint for growth in Mallow up to 2020.

JOBS at Pfizer’s newest manufacturing plant in Ireland could be lost after the decision by the world’s largest pharmaceutical company to halt production of its most important experimental drug.

JOBS in Dublin’s financial services sector are filling at their fastest rate in five years, as salaries increase by more than 10% in just one month.

JOBS are to go at the new Daily Ireland newspaper, its owners confirmed yesterday.

JOBS could be at risk from the decision of students, at the country’s biggest university, to boycott Coca Cola products on campus, union officials warned last night.