ATTENDEES flooded to FÁS Jobs Ireland Munster yesterday morning, hours before the curtain was formally raised at the Nemo Rangers GAA complex in Douglas, Cork.

WATERFORD’s descent into economic gloom was halted yesterday by confirmation of 270 new jobs for the county thanks to big expansion programmes by two multinationals.

UP TO 100 new jobs are expected to be announced for Dungarvan today as part of the expansion of a laboratory plant.