Hundreds of new jobs have been announced by a number of firms across the country, including 200 in a €41m investment for Drogheda.

Forty new jobs have been announced for Dublin and Cork.

A call centre hopes to immediately hire 50 staff to handle increased growth in its business, which is already dealing with 35,000 customers a week.

Ninety new jobs are being announced today in Cork and Athlone.

CORK is expected to be in line for a major jobs boost later this week with the announcement of the opening of a new private hospital.