Food giant Nestlé says it's bringing 95 new jobs to Ireland, and most of the jobs will be targeted specifically at young people.

It's part of the company's new Europe-wide initiative to improve youth employment. The Irish jobs will be based at the company's Dublin and Limerick plants.

The positions will be created over the next three years, and they will include apprenticeships, paid work experience and a graduate programme in an effort to entice younger jobseekers.

Nestlé’s wider European Youth Employment Initiative aims to help 20,000 people across Europe under the age of 30 find work: split between 10,000 jobs and 10,000 placements by 2016.

Nestlé currently employs around 700 people in Ireland.

Nestlé's Country Manager for Ireland Deirdre O'Donoghue says more companies should play their part in tackling youth unemployment: