Fifty new jobs have been announced for a software company in Cork.

CORK’S City centre office supply looks set to take a quantum leap forward along its quays, hot on the heels of the success of the One Albert Quay development by John Cleary Developments.

A major foreign direct investment conference taking place in London later this week is the ideal opportunity to attract a larger slice of the UK market to these shores.

The south-west’s foreign direct investment chief has warned there is no guarantee the competitiveness regained during the recession will be protected as the economy begins to recover.

Cork needs to become a city where ideas can be tested and nurtured and less of a city of start-up office space, according to a leading tech entrepreneur.

I recently came to a crossroads in my business. The past six months for us have been very good — better than we expected. However, every now and again I get this voice in my head saying ‘you can do better’.