The number of net jobs created in IDA companies last year was the highest in a decade.
In its annual report the agency which is responsible for attracting foreign direct investment said net job creation rose to a ten year high of 6,500.
Over 40 percent of the new investments announced last year were from companies coming to Ireland for the first time and the biggest investments were made by US companies Apple, PayPal, Northern Trust, and EA Games
Bus Eireann drivers say they will strike on Sunday if CIE goes ahead with proposed changes to pay and conditions.
Drivers voted in favour of strike action by a margin of 90 per cent.
CIE needs to make savings in the region of €9 million but talks with unions on cost-saving measures broke down in December.
The National Bus and Rail Union says management is trying to impose new conditions of employment from January 13th.
A group representing retailers is raising concerns about a protest march planned for Dublin this weekend over the flying of the union flag at Belfast city hall.
The group "Families Acting for Innocent Relatives" say they will limit the protest to just three bus loads of people, with spokesman Willie Frazer saying he hopes the march through the city centre will be peaceful.
Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe has called the planned loyalist march a "provocative publicity stunt" designed to ratchet up tension and trouble.
He's calling on people not to engage with or be provoked by the protestors.
While Retail Excellence Ireland says if it goes ahead it will have a devastating effect on trade.
A mother in Wales has been ordered to serve at least 17 years in prison for beating her son to death after he failed to memorise passages from the Koran.
Sara Ege was convicted last month of murdering 7-year-old Yaseen and burning his body to destroy the evidence.
The Judge told Ege, who suffered from depression and domestic violence, she'd subjected her son to "prolonged cruelty".
The student suspected of killing 12 people in a shooting at a cinema in the US has arrived in court.
James Holmes is accused of opening fire at a midnight showing of Batman film the Dark Knight Rises in the Denver suburb of Aurora in July.
The hearing is the first extensive public disclosure of the attack's details and will determine whether the case will go to trial.
James Holmes is charged with more than 160 counts - including murder and attempted murder.
