style="text-align: left;">The government says 13,000 new jobs will be created through a new stimulus plan being announced today.

2-and-a-quarter billion euro is to be spent on a range of projects with the bulk of the money going to transport and education.

style="text-align: left;">New roads will be built in Wexford, Kilkenny and Galway.

The government is also to press ahead with the development of a single campus for DIT at Grangegorman, as well as
/> the construction of 6 new schools in Cork, Clare, Kildare and Louth.

There’ll also be investment in building 20 health centres, and in refurbishing courthouses and garda stations.

More than half of the funds will be raised from private sources in the form of public private partnerships
/> and 850 million euro will be raised through the sale of state assets.

Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin says the plan will create thousands of new construction jobs.

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