The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Harney, announced the three new IDA Ireland-supported investments.
In Killarney, Dollinger (Ireland) Limited, established for over 20 years, is to be expanded and established as the global centre for production of its compressed air products. The €1.1 million investment will create over 70 new jobs over the next four years and has resulted in Dollinger re-locating to larger premises in the town.
Also in Killarney, Liebherr Container Cranes Limited, which has been in the town for 46 years and is one of the longest established IDA-supported companies in Ireland, is to recruit six highly skilled R&D personnel for a new specialised research team.
The third investment is for Waterford City where French company Ubiqus SA will establish a centre for report writing to produce high value reports of spoken events such as conferences, seminars and meeting for US and UK clients. It will create 69 new jobs over five years.
The company said it chose Waterford because of the quality of graduates available, an important factor in its operation, as about 80 per cent of the jobs will be for graduates.