YESTERDAY’S announcement of 100 jobs lost at a Dublin services company has brought to more than 1,000 the number of jobs lost in companies around Ireland in just one week.

A US firm has announced plans to lay off almost 100 workers at its facility in the Blanchardstown area of Dublin.

AN American call centre company that employs hundreds of people in Dublin has uncovered accounting irregularities at its Irish business.

CONTINUOUS education and re-training are critical if Ireland’s highly skilled workforce is to remain competitive and if the country is to lure major jobs projects here, FÁS said yesterday.