Sales of heart-shaped products for Valentine’s Day are but a drop in the ocean for Dublin’s Jelly Bean Factory, which produces 12 million beans a day and achieved turnover of €12m in 2013, writes Trish Dromey

There was good news on the jobs front yesterday with the announcement of 85 positions across three companies, including 25 jobs at the Jelly Bean Factory, which were announced by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Twenty-five new positions are being created at the Jelly Bean Factory in Blanchardstown.

WEST Cork food producer Caherbeg Free Range Pork has just won a highly respected French award for its Rosscarbery Recipes White Pudding range.

CONFECTIONERY manufacturer The Jelly Bean Factory has implemented a raft of changes since sterling began showing signs of weakening at the end of 2008.