Almost 1,500 graduates have applied for just 300 hi-tech jobs at Regeneron in Limerick.

Work should be clear to proceed on a redevelopment of the Dell computer plant in Limerick into a €300 million medical manufacturing facility after withdrawal of an appeal to An Bord Pleanála.

Four years after the closure of Dell’s manufacturing plant in Limerick with the loss of 1,900 jobs the devastated site at Raheen Industrial Park is poised for a revival following investment from US pharmaceutical giant Regeneron.

An American drug company is aiming to create 300 new jobs in Limerick as part of a proposed €217m investment.

A Cork-based medical firm that last year announced it was to cut 142 jobs has reversed its decision.

THE US medical devices company that announced 142 job cuts in Cork earlier this year increased its pre-tax profits to €124.2 million last year, figures show.

THE completion of the 900 metre Limerick tunnel has resulted in the loss of construction jobs.

CHARLIE CHAWKE knows better than most that donated blood saves life.

There is further bad news on the jobs front in the Mid-West today with the announcement that a Limerick-based firm is to close with the loss of all 178 jobs.

The Wilo Pumps engineering plant in Limerick has announced that it is to lay off 85 staff.