Jobs boost as 1,800 new posts announced at over 120 companies

ENTERPRISE IRELAND IS announcing around 1,800 new jobs this morning.

More than 1,800 jobs are to be created at new high-tech start-up companies.

The positions at 122 firms will be created over the next three years and are part of Enterprise Ireland’s “High Potential Start-Ups” scheme.

The companies will be export-driven, based on “high-tech innovations” and it is hoped all can achieve significant growth within three years.

Enterprise Ireland says it hopes the companies will grow “rapidly” and stimulate local economies and create more jobs in the years ahead.

The Jobs Minister Richard Bruton says it is part of a “determination to boost the employment market with Irish enterprise” and not just multinational companies.

More details on the positions are expected to be announced by Minister Bruton at the official launch later this morning.

Joe Robbins

(Director) BBS (Hons), MBPICS – Shannon Office

Joe Robbins is co-founder of CareerWise Recruitment. A graduate of the University of Limerick (Degree in Business Studies, 1985), Joe worked in the UK for five years where he specialised in materials management, production management and plant management for a number of companies.

He returned to Ireland in 1992 to become Operations Manager for a Cork-based start-up, FMC Automotive Division which was subsequently taken over by Snap-on Equipment. Joe managed the business re-location of this company to Shannon in 1997 before setting up CareerWise Recruitment in 1999.

He is a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Mid-West region, and a former Director and Vice President of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce. Joe is former Chairperson of the Sixmilebridge Camogie Club and current Chairperson of the Clare County Camogie Board.

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