Thirteen thousand new jobs were created by Industrial Development Authority (IDA) backed manufacturing industries last year, according to the authority's annual review for 1989. It also said that spending by industries in Ireland was at its highest level ever.

Report shows IDA headquarters.

Graphics outlining IDA achievements over the last year.

Unidentified factory.

Japanese workers in a factory.

To camera Michael Ronayne who says that last year may have been the most successful year ever for the IDA.

Interview with Padraic White, Managing Director, IDA, who says that total extra jobs in the economy should grow by between 12,000 and 14,000.

The reporter is Michael Ronayne.

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