With the terrible news last week that almost a thousand jobs in Ireland were to be axed by Procter & Gamble, Bourns Electronics and Motorola, now we can bring some better news. Accenture (www.accentre.ie), who are one of the world’s biggest management and technology consultancies, has announced new plans to create 100 jobs in Dublin, this move which will increase its Irish workforce to over 1,600. And up to 150 jobs will be created in Cork if drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (www.gsk.com) receives regulatory approval for a new drug to treat breast cancer this week. This would bring their workforce numbers to around 1,400 people in Ireland. 