IBEC calls for R&D shake-up to protect jobs

TOP employer body IBEC has called for a major shake-up in the approach to research and development to sustain the next generation of investment and to secure the 100,000 jobs in the sector.

The call has come from the information and technology division within IBEC ICT Ireland.

It has demanded a three-pronged attack to protect the jobs in the sector that generated 31 billion in exports last year and accounts for 16% of GDP.