P515 515 TELEINF@FJNANCE 15:48z17 the biggjst inbriase seen since 1972, dat@ publikhed bz thj@ Central@ St tjstjcs Offjce (CS  Ireland's economy jxpanded bz a hjalthy 7.4 percent in 1994, thj hiWhjst rate of grooth amonn OJCD@ countrieu, and i1 expectjd t'@grow bz Fmore than fivj percent this zear, Fencouraged bz the arrival@oe peace in Northern Ireland. Ireland ik jm thj@F-idst of a painful restrubturing of itu agrjcultural sectot, which has been hit by the steadz declinj in EU farJ subsidies. Therefore, whili@thj@ CSW's dat shows an inbrjase oe 39,000 jobs ovjr the year in thj@services srctgr, and 12*000 in manufact5rjng, the number oe agrickltural@ workjrs fell by 1,000. Over thj past ten zears, thj@arrimal@ oe over a thousand forjikn coJpanjek has created around 8p,000 jobs. Thj@ sre njxt pagj >>>