New purpose-built operations centre announced by Viagogo Group for Limerick

Viagogo Group, operator of ticket marketplace Viagogo.com, has announced plans to open a new purpose-built operations centre in Limerick

The company has customers in around 100 countries and its global online platform helps people buy and sell tickets to live sports, entertainment and theatre events all over the world.

The new operations centre is recruiting for a range of technical and customer service roles for people with a range of skills and languages, including German, French, Italian, and Spanish.

“We reviewed many locations for our latest operations centre but we chose Limerick for its reputation as a place of excellence and local talent,”

“We have already recruited in the tens but numbers are expected to reach the hundreds in due course.

Edward Parkinson, Operations Manager, Viagogo Group

While the new centre is due to open later this year, those who have already been recruited are currently based at a temporary location in the city centre.

The investment is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland. “Limerick continues to attract businesses in a variety of sectors including technology, medical devices and financial services,” said IDA Ireland CEO Barry O’Leary. “Companies are attracted to Limerick for a variety of reasons – access to excellent talent from the University of Limerick and Limerick Institute of Technology, as well as proximity to international routes in Shannon being but a few examples.“

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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