Ireland has been ranked as the number one destination globally for jobs created by FDI by IBM’s 2010 Global Location Trends Report.  The Report ranks Ireland ahead of other FDI locations including Singapore, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

The survey also shows that:

• Ireland has moved one place higher to ninth on a worldwide basis for estimated total jobs in research and development – ahead of Hungary, Singapore and Brazil
• Ireland is ranked 10th for total jobs in business support services – ahead of France, Canada and Singapore
• Dublin has moved up to 15th place in the list of cities by number of investment projects