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Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has said that the revised close contact protocols announced by Government today will support businesses across the country to more effectively manage staffing challenges posed by Covid.

825 new full-time jobs were created in Gaeltacht companies in 2021, the highest number of jobs created in one year since 2008. When job reductions are taken into account, there is a net increase of 446 in overall employment – the largest annual net increase since 1996.

According to the latest residential market review and outlook from leading property advisors DNG, house prices are set to continue rising this year, following the strong growth in values recorded in 2021. At a national level (excluding Dublin) the DNG National Price Gauge (NPG) recorded an increase in the average price of a second hand home of 13.6 per cent last year, a marked acceleration in the rate of inflation compared to 2020 when prices rose by 1.4 per cent. At the national level (including Dublin) the overall rate of price increase last year stood at 12.0 per cent. The NPG, which tracks house prices across the country on a half yearly basis, recorded growth of 5.3 per cent in the six months to December 2021, compared to an increase of 7.9 per cent in the first six months of last year.

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has called on Government to continue to deploy financial supports to those companies operating in the Experience Economy, following last week’s Covid restrictions announcement.

Local Fianna Fáil Minister of State, Deputy Robert Troy, departed for a five-day trade and investment visit to Canada and the United States covering Toronto, Montréal, Boston and New York, this week.

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has welcomed the designation of the Technological University in the North-West and West.

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has welcomed the commitment to balanced regional development in the National Development Plan and said successful delivery is paramount.

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD yesterday (Wednesday) announced the successful applicants of the Capital Equipment Fund administered by Enterprise Ireland through the Technology Gateway and Technology Centre Programmes.

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has published the results of a major survey of business that reveals that businesses across Ireland are beginning their preparations for a gradual return to workplaces in the coming weeks and months.

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has said that as the economy gradually reopens and restrictions ease, decades of chronic underinvestment in key infrastructure including transport, is threatening to undermine the prospects for economic recovery.