More than 700 jobs are to be created in Dublin, Kildare, Galway, and Longford as the result of four separate announcements yesterday.

Five hundred new jobs are to be created with the expansion of Kildare Village Shopping Centre.

Good news for shopaholics — the Kildare Village outlet centre is to almost double in size, creating 380 full-time jobs.

Four hundred jobs are to be created in Co Kildare, with the opening today of a €45m retail development.