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US MEDTECH FIRM Abbott Technologies is to create 1,000 jobs in Kilkenny and Donegal as part of a €440 million investment in its presence here.
The company will build a new greenfield manufacturing site built in Kilkenny, as well as expanding its existing premises in Donegal.
IDA Ireland welcomes news that @AbbottNews is to invest €440 million and create 1,000 new jobs with the establishment of a new greenfield manufacturing facility in Kilkenny and expansion of its operations in Donegal. pic.twitter.com/oJn0p9WKVt
— IDA Ireland (@IDAIRELAND) August 12, 2022
The company is a leader in glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes.
It also makes Covid-19 antigen tests.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said on Twitter that the expansion is “a big vote of confidence in Ireland’s workforce, and as a place to invest.”
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar also welcomed the news, saying his goal was to have “jobs in all parts of the country, not just in the big cities.
Fantastic news for #Kilkenny and #Donegal today from Abbott. We will continue to work hard to attract this kind of top class investment & opportunities in all parts of Ireland👇 pic.twitter.com/Tx1FYlUkbT
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) August 12, 2022
“Abbott is a great company, very much at the forefront of diabetes care in particular.”
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Christ that’s depressing. We need to start protecting our world. Starting with our plastic consumption.
@john Appleseed: only 20% of plastic we put in our recycle bins is actually recycled. 30% ends up in waste. Caught every direction!
@john Appleseed: they really should start with Irish supermarkets where almost every single fruit or vegetable is wrapped in plastic. I don’t see it at that level in any other European country.
Ban plastics
Dolphins use earths magnetic fields to navigate so perhaps that’s changing -
@Denise: It is interesting as it’s now known our iron core is moving and will change. However if that was the case all of them would be on the beaches rather than a few. They’re intelligent animals who communicate so there has to be another reason. If their sonar/hearing has been damaged by something it would point to a cause. I doubt if we have a way yet of doing that type of post mortem.
Why don’t they go back to Wales, where they belong?
@Paul Culligan: Is there a rugby match imminent or something
Do they want Irish passports too?
@Jonathan Nolan: change the record
@john Appleseed: Vivaldi or the Smashing Pumpkins?
Submarine activity around our coast
This is worrying news.
@Blind Faith: https://youtu.be/sq2V6cGYgzw
I only keep the small ones, I throw the big ones back in. Maybe I need a bigger pan.
Not enough social housing.
I blame Leo and FG.
You see loads at mc Donald’s
If you want to do something about plastic pollution create open data on litter anywhere @ openlittermap.com – it’s like Pokémon go for tidy towns!
Has Danny Healy-Rae TD been asked for a statement?
It is now a scientific fact that 10 rivers in asia our introducing 60% of the pollutants into our oceans, how bloody hard can it be to stop it
I wonder how many were died as a result of being caught in Super Trawler nets.
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