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Updated 23:00
MORE THAN 330 new jobs were announced in Dublin, Cork and Limerick earlier today in nine companies supported by IDA Ireland.
The new jobs are across a range of sectors including software development, online security, internet and digital media.
In Dublin, seven companies are creating some 275 jobs in total including:
There will be 30 new jobs at StorageCraft’s new international headquarters in Cork and another 30 at EtQ in Limerick.
Announcing the jobs today, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the government is determined to keep building on jobs being created in the private sector each month in order to get people back to work.
Executive Director of IDA Ireland Dermot Clohesy said the agency has set up a specific division to focus on attracting “these high-potential, high-growth companies to Ireland at an early stage of their development”.
“Ireland’s reputation as a location for fast-growing businesses to expand into international markets continues to grow,” he said. “We hope to have the next Amazon, Google and Oracle in this group of companies.”
Another IDA supported investment announced today was the opening of a new European software development centre for eReading platform company Kobo. The company has already created more than 30 positions for software developers which have now been filled.
Kobo also announced an exclusive partnership with Irish bookseller Eason which will mean the company’s catalogue of eBooks, devices and accessories will now be available to Irish customers.
First published 17:01.
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Just wait till this boy has to choose a Nursing home for his Dad !
Yeah Dad, it’s called ‘Shady Acres’. Lots of outdoor activities, you’ll love it!
Fookashima…..or that Callous Attracta kip on Emperor Kenny’s patch!
How in a story about a child that went missing in Japan did you manage to find some relevance to Enda Kenny? Do you honestly have nothing better to do?
This kid managed to survive the bear infested forest for week.
Enda wouldn’t be able to find his way out of a phone box.
Andy, Im just waiting for someone to blame denis o brien.
Cathal……Digicel had no coverage in the area.
If my father had just left me in the forest for 6 nights I would be singing his praises too instead of been sent back for another stint
This story just keeps getting fishier.
Forgive me or I will leave you for a month next time
I hope the lad is playing a long game till the parents are old so he can drop them off in the forest.
Very lucky parents. That’s going to leave a mental scar on the child though…
What a brave little boy! He is a survivor and will go far in life
He wasn’t abandoned in a forest. Really misleading headline. You must might disagree with what he did, but at least try and be accurate with the circumstances.
He wasn’t abandoned in the forest. People never check their facts.
Delighted that all has worked out and the boy was found. All the judge, jury and executioners on here already had the perents hung for murder
Turned boys into men in Greek times and God knows the world is running out of real men….hope this turns into a trend.
Sounds like something a certain Seanad panto queen would ‘filabluster’ at great length and no little pains!
It’s a bit like Sepp Blatter saying “Sepp Blatter is not corrupt, trust me”.
Little brat
I wood too if I was the lad. I woodn’t want to branch away from my family. I’d be a chip off the old block and call my own children Hansel and Gretel.
Handful and Regrettal…… just coodn’t see it for the trees!!
Does a bear shit in the woods?? Of course daddy is gonna say he was forgiven.
Throwing stones at passing cars.
Cmon lads, You can’t do that.
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