ireland continued to attract manufacturing investments during 2010 including Warner Chilcott, mCi, merit medical, Hollister, Yves Rocher, Lufthansa technik, Goodman medical, Zeus, valeo and Freund. 2010 saw iDa win a number of high-value Research, Development & Innovation projects for Ireland with over  €500million in new investment secured. among the companies that announced RD&i  investments in 2010 were iBm  (smarter Cities), United technologies Research Centre (Renewable energies), alcatel-Lucent /Bell Labs, HP Galway, Biotrin, and accenture’s Global analytics Centre.
in favour of international cooperation with other countries, for example mentions the need for aid to developing countries, or global governance