Almost 78 new permanent jobs and 35 construction jobs have been announced by two separate companies in Cork and Limerick.

EPS, a water and wastewater treatment and pumping solutions provider is creating 50 new high skilled positions in Mallow at a new manufacturing centre.

35 positions will also be created during the construction phase.

Meanwhile, Payback Loyalty, a cloud based consumer analyses company is creating 28 new jobs at its facility in Limerick.

It's part of a 2.5 million euro expansion at the company.