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John Reynolds is the new President of the Institute of Directors in Ireland

Reynolds new President of Institute of Directors

John Reynolds, the Chairman of Cairn Homes, has been appointed as the new President of the Institute of Directors in Ireland, the membership body for directors and business leaders.

Business • 07 Jun 23

Mr Shanahan will start work with Grant Thornton next year

Martin Shanahan to join Grant Thornton as partner

The outgoing chief executive of the IDA, Martin Shanahan, is to join consulting firm Grant Thornton as a partner.

Business • 25 Oct 22

Martin Shanahan is leaving IDA Ireland after eight years in the CEO role

IDA Ireland CEO Shanahan to leave agency this week

IDA Ireland chief executive Martin Shanahan has tendered his resignation from the agency and will start a period of "garden leave" from tomorrow.

Business • 25 Oct 22

Frank Ryan, Chairman IDA Ireland, Mary Buckley, Executive Director of IDA Ireland, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA Ireland at the launch of the mid year review

IDA Ireland investments at record levels, CEO to leave

Approvals of new investments and job creation by foreign multinationals in Ireland reached record levels in the first half of the year, new data from IDA Ireland shows today.

Business • 06 Jul 22

Highest annual increase in FDI employment - IDA

29,000 new jobs were created by multinational companies with operations in Ireland this year, the highest level of annual growth ever.

Business • 20 Dec 21

IDA Ireland said that 48% of the investments secured in the first half of 2021 went to regional locations

IDA Ireland says investments close to 2019 levels

Foreign direct investments into the country during the first half to the year returned to levels close to those seen at the end of 2019, IDA Ireland said today.

Business • 12 Jul 21

IDA Ireland has announced 185 new jobs in Shannon, Galway, Dundalk, Cork and Dublin across eight high growth companies

185 new jobs in eight IDA Ireland high growth companies

IDA Ireland has today announced the creation of 185 jobs in Shannon, Galway, Dundalk, Cork and Dublin across eight high growth companies from Europe and the US.

Business • 04 May 21

IDA Ireland to launch new marketing campaign during St Patrick's week

IDA campaign for St Patrick's Week to target investment

IDA Ireland, the state investment agency, will host investors online this year through a series of virtual roundtables with clients during St Patrick's week.

Business • 11 Mar 21

Shanahan on St Patrick's Day visit

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is not travelling to the US for St Patrick's Day.

Business • 15 Feb 21

IDA Ireland chief executive Martin Shanahan said Covid-19 continues to have a significant impact on the way the agency is operating

IDA won 246 new investments in 2020 despite Covid-19

The number of jobs created at IDA Ireland-backed companies continued to grow last year, despite Covid-19.

Business • 06 Jan 21

IDA Ireland's CEO Martin Shanahan says it is critical that Ireland remains competitive

IDA Ireland warns of 'challenging' FDI outlook

The chief executive of IDA Ireland has warned that the outlook for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) here over the next two years looks "very challenging", as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt global trade.

Business • 08 Jul 20

Martin Shanahan said companies are being impacted on both the supply and demand side

IDA chief warns some companies may close temporarily

The Chief Executive of the IDA has warned that some multinational companies may be forced to close temporarily due to falling demand for their products or services.

Business • 19 Mar 20

IDA Ireland CEO Martin Shanahan cautions that the coronavirus outbreak may have long term impacts here

IDA Ireland seeing slight delays in FDI decisions

The chief executive of IDA Ireland has said the agency is starting to see slight delays in decisions around foreign direct investment (FDI) here as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Business • 04 Mar 20

'We believe there is a digitised economy and for that reason it is difficult to see how a digital tax makes sense,' says Martin Shanahan, IDA CEO

Digital tax should be dealt with multilaterally - IDA

The chief executive of IDA Ireland has said it is hard to see how a digital tax makes sense.

Business • 23 Jan 20

IDA CEO Martin Shanahan said client firms spent €21.5 billion here last year

Numbers working at IDA-backed firms at record high

The number of people employed at IDA Ireland-backed firms here reached another record high last year.

Business • 09 Jan 20

Martin Shanahan will undertake the UCD role on a pro-bono basis and will receive no remuneration for his work

IDA CEO new Adjunct Professor at UCD Smurfit School

The chief executive of IDA Ireland, Martin Shanahan, has joined the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School for a five-year appointment as an Adjunct Full Professor.

Business • 14 Oct 19

IDA Ireland CEO Martin Shanahan says 'none of IDA Ireland's projects are easily won'

IDA Ireland job numbers up 19% so far this year

IDA Ireland secured 140 investments during the first half of 2019, with 13,500 jobs expected to be created as a result.

Business • 20 Jun 19

Martin Shanahan, IDA Ireland's CEO, said Ireland is a natural fit for US companies with ambitions to be global players

5,000 new jobs created in Ireland due to Brexit - IDA

New figures from IDA Ireland show that over 5,000 jobs in 70 individual investments have been approved here since the Brexit referendum in June 2016.

Business • 15 Mar 19

Martin Shanahan, IDA Ireland CEO; Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation; and Frank Ryan, IDA Ireland Chairman hail strong first half performance.

IDA client companies create 11,300 jobs in H1

IDA Ireland secured 139 investments in the first half of 2018, which it says will lead to the creation of 11,300 new jobs.

Business • 13 Jun 18

European countries would need to cope with a more competitive tax environment, the German Chancellor has said

Merkel tells Davos that isolation is not the answer

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the World Economic Forum in Davos today that isolationism and protectionism were not solutions to the economic challenges facing countries around the world.

Business • 24 Jan 18

Despite record jobs growth, IDA warns of Brexit risks

The number of people employed in IDA Ireland client companies has reached an all-time high of 210,443, new figures from the agency show today.

Business • 04 Jan 18

IDA CEO Martin Shanahan, Enterprise and Innovation Minister Frances Fitzgerald and IDA chairman Frank Ryan

IDA Ireland posts strong first half despite uncertainty

The number of jobs approved by multinational companies here has risen by just over a fifth in the first half of the year, compared to the same time last year.

Business • 05 Jul 17

IDA CEO Martin Shanahan said that Legal and General's decision is another very important signal to the market

Legal & General to establish Dublin base

Legal & General Investment Management has chosen Ireland for part of its investment management operations - a move welcomed by IDA Ireland.

Brexit • 30 May 17

IDA CEO Martin Shanahan said that Ireland's certain access to the EU market would be attractive to investors

Brexit: IDA chief expects some upsides for Ireland

The chief executive of IDA Ireland has said that Brexit is not something that the agency felt would be good for the Irish economy.

Business • 27 Jun 16

Martin Shanahan said the agency's focus is on real jobs and real companies

Employment at IDA supported firms at record high

IDA Ireland client companies created 15,012 jobs in the country during the last year.

Business • 06 Jan 15