1000 more jobs left the FDI sector this year than came into the country according to the latest report from the IDA.  That report also confirmed that 300,000 people are directly employed here by those companies brought here by the IDA. And the agency says that keeping that number above 300,000 is the challenge in an era of shrinking global investment.  

Speaking to Joe this morning was Michael Lohan is the Chief Executive of the IDA.