A sixth Irish person has died after a balcony collapsed on an apartment building in Berkeley, California. Read the latest on this and more in this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton and Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan have announced that Johnson & Johnson Vision Care which operates as Vistakon Ireland is to invest over €100 million in the expansion of its manufacturing operations.

Special Olympics Ireland last night saluted a multinational firm and its workers in Cork and Limerick for their support over the past 10 years and for the upcoming national games to be held in Limerick.

One hundred new jobs are being created in Limerick, with a €100m expansion of manufacturing operations at Vistakon.

Up to 100 new jobs are expected to be announced for Limerick today.