Forfas has a number of new reports on its website at www.forfas.ie/publications/. These include:
* Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2011 which evaluates Ireland's relative cost competitiveness, identifies barriers and sets out the actions needed to improve and sustain competitiveness. The 2011 report finds significant improvements but much more to be done.
*Analysis of Ireland's Innovation Performance takes an indepth look at trends and developments in Ireland's comparative innovation performance and aims to establish this performance at international level.