FOR IDA Ireland, 1996 has been a banner year. In particular, the agency has successfully targeted teleservices and back office business. They included:

February: US Robotics, loo jobs. April: Digital Equipment, 225 jobs. May: Oracle, expansion to 400 jobs, Gateway, expansion to 1,200 jobs, Kindle, expansion to 100 jobs. June: IBM, 750 jobs. October: Fidelity, 400 jobs. November: Woodchester, 100 lobs, Dell, expansion to 750 jobs. December: Citibank, up to 1,000 jobs.