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Niamh Bushnell, Dublin's Commissioner for Start-ups, sees an exciting time ahead for start-ups. She shared her plans for 2015 with #allaboutjobs, including some key advice for entrepreneurs.

Out this week are the latest CSO tourism figures for Quarter 3, residential property prices for September and the monthly factory gate prices.

Ireland has been selected as one of Lonely Planet's top ten tourist destinations for 2015. This comes as the latest tourist figures show visitors to Ireland are up 9% already this year.

With the flurry of numbers from Budget 2015 to get through, here are some other statistics you may not have spotted this week.

At the heart of Budget 2015 was getting people back to work, and supporting small businesses. Find out the specific measures here.

Find out how consumer sentiment, general production, sales of new cars and overall price inflation are doing this month.

The European Commission, in their annual review of how EU countries are creating the right environment for SMEs, has given Ireland a positive review.

New plan aims to create an extra 93,000 jobs from start-ups in the next five years through a range of measures.

The European Commission has approved an application from the Irish Government for EU funding for over 300 workers made redundant in West Limerick.

Launched today, Pathways To Work is the next installment in the Government's strategy to help unemployed people return to work.