State’s €300m research initiative to create 2,500 jobs

IN what will be the largest investment in research in the state’s history, the Government is to spend up to €300 million on infrastructure and research projects.

The initiative will create almost 2,500 jobs, 2,000 of which will be in the construction phase of the project and about 400 of which will be long-term.

A further €62.6m will be pumped into the initiative from private sector sources.