Dublin secured 54% of IDA jobs last year

A breakdown of jobs created last year through foreign direct investment by the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) show little or none were created in a number of unemployment blackspots.

Last year, the IDA recorded its strongest net job performance in a decade helped by 11,766 jobs created in client companies.

However, the statistics provided by Richard Bruton, minister for jobs, enterprise, and innovation, show that not a single IDA job was created in North Tipperary, while South Tipperary fared little better with only 10 jobs.