Facebook’s decision to expand in the heart of Dublin 4 and create room for an additional 5,000 employees is a powerful endorsement of Ireland’s foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy and planning, writes Joe Gill.

AND SO to Waterford on a sunny weekend. We spent most of Saturday afternoon at a GAA club function in the Crystal City, which was conducted half al fresco and half al taverna, if you’ll forgive the pidgin Italian. The al fresco part was the most enjoyable, given the variety of delights on offer.

They’re already here. – Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, 1957.

IF YOU’RE aware of the adventures of ‘mullanimal’ and the provenance of Waterford fans’ thundersticks, then chances are a part of your heart is forever white and blue.