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Updated · Midlands 103 · Jul 1IDA Ireland Reports 420 Midlands Job Losses in 2025 as Region Trails National Peers
1 articles · Updated · Midlands 103 · Jul 1Summary
- 420 jobs disappeared from IDA-backed companies in Ireland’s Midlands in 2025, a 5.3% drop that made it the country’s worst-performing region.
- IDA Ireland’s annual report shows the Midlands was one of only two regions to lose employment last year, with the Mid-East also down 2.5%.
- The contrast was sharp elsewhere: the border region led IDA’s regional table with a 3.6% increase in jobs.
- The figures point to an uneven regional investment picture, with the Midlands lagging while most other areas avoided employment declines.
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As Ireland's FDI model faces global threats, are regional job losses the first sign of a wider economic crisis? Can a single €432M investment reverse years of job decline in Ireland's worst-performing region? With national employment stalling, can Ireland fix its internal hurdles before foreign investment dries up?