One hundred jobs are being created as Eir expands its rollout of high-speed fibre cables for broadband.
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It appears things are looking up for Eir, having announced earlier this month that it had returned to annual revenue growth for the first time since the beginning of the global economic crisis.
The company said it was committed to recruiting 300 apprentices over the course of the broadband rollout and another recruitment drive for apprentice and engineering roles will be announced in the coming months.
The new positions will include poling crews, cabling technicians and fibre splicers.
All of the jobs will be based across the country, providing employment for rural communities.
Damien Gallagher, KN Group, managing director (Ireland) said: “KNNS has worked closely with eir since 2004 and has expertise in the rollout of fibre broadband networks, not only in Ireland but internationally”.
Open Eir managing director Carolan Lennon said the partnership with KN is a critical component of the company’s broadband investment programme. The 1.9 million premises represents around 80 percent of the homes and businesses in Ireland.
Meanwhile, Yroo, a search engine for shoppers, is to create 33 jobs in Ireland over the next three years.
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor said this is another vote of confidence in Ireland and in the skills of the Irish workforce.
“Biopharma Engineering is a great example of an Irish company that has excelled nationally and internationally in its market”, the minister said.
BPE had doubled its workforce over the past 18 months as it expands into the United Kingdom and European Union markets.
“Our company has delivered capital projects worth more than €500 million for our clients and we continue to scale in terms of markets, capabilities and ambition”, founder John O’Reilly said.
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The new Dublin Biopharma offices are located in Westland Business Park on Willow Road, Dublin 12, with the Cork offices based at the NSC Campus in Mahon, Cork.
