Two jobs announcements in Limerick yesterday saw the city gain 144 jobs at two facilities in the National Technological Park in Plassey. Telephone company Three said 100 jobs have now been transferred from its call centre in Mumbai in India to Limerick.

Directors of firms who act in the same manner as those behind the Clerys closure should be banned from occupying such positions for five years, according to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).

The Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton has admitted that some regions "need to do better" when it comes to employment growth.

The Government is announcing its regional strategy under the Action Plan for Jobs this morning.

200 new jobs have been announced in Monaghan at Combilift, a forklift and heavy load carrier.

There has been a mixed response to the latest live register figures which show the numbers signing on is down to 10.5%.

IT staff at AIB have been called to meetings in Dublin this morning, where details of outsourcing of roles are expected to be outlined.

The country's largest craft union is meeting this weekend to discuss water charges, the pension levy, the Universal Social Charge and private sector pay.

One hundred new high-skill jobs are to be created in Co Westmeath.

150 new jobs have been announced for Waterford.

The Government is standing over the introduction of water charges from next week despite repeated calls from Sinn Féin for them to be abolished.

Jobs will be the focus of the second and final day of the Fine Gael "think-in" in Cork today.

The National Consumer Agency and Competition Authority are to merge, it has been announced.

Companies declaring their headquarters in Ireland for tax purposes are actually costing us money, the Minister for Jobs has said.

Ireland's hopes of getting more foreign investment could be put at risk by the national shortage of houses, the Minister for Jobs has claimed.

The former Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, has launched a High Court challenge with the aim of quashing findings in the Guerin Report.

A Dublin based technology firm, Fishtree, has signed a deal with the leading telecommunications company in South Korea to offer classroom solutions involving hardware, software and content.

The Government has denied it asked a pharmaceutical giant which announced 200 job losses yesterday to delay the news until after the local elections.

The IDA is to start building factories for the first time in 30 years in an attempt to lure companies to Athlone and Waterford.

Some 270 new jobs have been announced for Limericas part of an €80m investment by Ethicon Biosurgery Ireland.

The Government is targeting 44,500 jobs in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector through additional work visas and an increase in the number of graduates feeding into the sector.

The trend of hi-tech start-ups locating their headquarters in Ireland shows no sign of slowing down with five North American and European high-growth companies moving here.

SIPTU workers at the Liebherr manufacturing plant in Co. Kerry have rejected Labour court proposals which would have seen a 2.5% pay increase backdated 21 months.

Amnesty Ireland has voiced serious concern about the failure of Government to raise human rights issues during its trade mission to the Middle East.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton are continuing their trade mission to the Middle East today.

The Minister for Jobs believes Irish people did not take to the streets to protest austerity in large numbers because they had an opportunity to vote on the Government instead.

Close to €3m was returned to the IDA last year by eight companies after they failed to create the promised jobs that they had received funding for.

200 new jobs have been announced for Co Louth today.

The unemployment rate has fallen slightly to 13.7%, acoording to the most recent figures released by the Central Statistics Office.

The Government have announced a €40m investment in the pharmaceutical sector.

While Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton has insisted that the Irish tax regime is transparent, tax campaigners accused Ireland of being a ‘doormat’ state while academics claimed that up to 150,000 jobs could be jeopardised by Apple’s tax practices.

A decision by credit insurers not to cover transactions was the final blow that led to movie rental chain Xtra-vision being placed into receivership, leaving more than 1,000 jobs hanging in the balance.

Two hundred new jobs are to be created by a specialist plastics company in Waterford.

Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton said that struggling homeowners have to re-assess their priorities when it comes to making arrangements to pay their debts.

100 new Irish jobs will be created over the next two years after Quantcast decided to set up a base here.

Five investors have expressed interest in taking over B&Q Ireland.

GAA rivalry has long pitted parish against parish and turned county against county, but it was impossible to distinguish friend from foe at the funeral of Dublin football hero Kevin Heffernan.

On Tuesday we heard that unemployment across Europe has once again increased and now stands at 26 million souls. Why has it increased?

Government Ministers have insisted their embattled Cabinet colleague James Reilly has full support from the Coalition despite rumours of a rift.

A total of 150 new jobs have been announced for Dublin today.

There could be a silver lining on the horizon for the 180 Abbott workers in Sligo who will lose their jobs next year.

The Government has missed delivery on its 'Action Plan for Jobs' for the third quarter in a row.