A leading think-tank has warned the Government’s plans could potentially add too much fuel to the economy and lead to another bust.

In the second of a five-day series, Eoin English finds that the jobless figures in the Cork City area have surged to almost triple what they were in 2005.

New research has found as much as 82% of jobs created here by overseas firms in the past six years have been centred around Dublin, Cork and Galway.

Pharmaceutical process development roles have doubled in Ireland thanks to shifts in US tax policies and other external drivers, according to NUI Maynooth economic geographer Chris van Egeraat.

SOME €19 billion of Irish pharmaceutical exports may be impacted by the expiration of patents on a number of blockbuster medicines produced here.