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Click to read The Irish Echo’s special edition on the 2021 40 Under 40. Congratulations to our member, Michael O’Rourke of PA DCED, on being included this year!
Despite a year of unprecedented challenges dealing with a worldwide pandemic and Brexit, IDA Ireland announced 246 new investments in Ireland in 2020 and the creation of 20,123 new jobs. The US accounted for 67% of these investments coming from companies based in North America – the highest number yet up from 63% in 2019.
“In the context of the Covid-19 global pandemic the FDI sector has shown huge resilience and its performance is remarkable,” said Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland.
The results, he said, “show the continued attractiveness of Ireland as a destination for companies seeking to invest”.
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IDA Ireland secured 246 new investments last year despite Covid-19
RTE
The number of jobs created at IDA Ireland-backed companies continued to grow last year, despite Covid-19.
In its annual statement the agency, which attracts foreign companies to locate in Ireland, said it had secured 246 new investments which created 20,123 new jobs.
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Irish pharma group ICON plc carried out trial of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
The Irish Times
The trial, involving 44,000 participants, was largest trial of a Covid-19 vaccine
Irish clinical trials group Icon has revealed that it carried out the late-stage trial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.
The trial, which involved 44,000 participants over a four-month period last year, was the largest trial of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Pfizer and BioNTech were the first to announce positive efficacy results from a late-stage study, and the first to receive authorisation for deployment.
