IDA Ireland has released its end-of-year report for 2016, and with it, the news that Ireland has just below 200,000 people employed by client overseas companies – the highest level on record.

IDA Ireland announced this morning (3 January) that the exact figure is 199,877 people, employed when 18,627 jobs were created by client companies across 2016 in a range of sectors.

Having completed two years of its five-year strategy, Winning: Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019, the governmental agency is particularly optimistic about the chances of achieving its 2019 target of 80,000 new jobs and 900 investments.
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