Enterprise Ireland aims to grow exports by €5 billion a year

A record 200,000 people are now employed by Enterprise Ireland firms and the agency is aiming to create 60,000 new jobs by 2020

EI chairman Terence O'Rourke, Jobs Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor and EI chief executive Julie Sinnamon

Enterprise Ireland, the state agency charged with developing Irish business globally, has set ambitious new targets for 2017 to 2020, aimingto grow exports by €5 billion a year and create 60,000 new jobs over the three-year period. In response tothe challenges posed by Brexit, the agency is also seeking to increase exports to countries beyond the UK and is targeting a 50 per cent rise in euro zone exports.

In its 2016 end-of-year ...