There was more good news announced on the jobs front recently with the news that over 130 jobs are set to be created following announcements in Limerick, Dublin and Mayo.
The Information Technology Shared Services, a division of Johnson & Johnson Services, are understood to be creating the new centre at the National Technology Park at Plassey in Limerick. The company says that Recruitment for the new positions will start immediately.
The new investment is heavily supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, through IDA Ireland.
The recent news was greatly welcomed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, who announced the creation of the new centre, calling the jobs “a great boost”.
Mr Burton also said: “Multinational investment plays a key part in our jobs plan, and in recent years we have seen a very strong performance in this area,”.
It is understood that Johnson & Johnson currently employs over 2,000 people through its companies in Dublin, Cork and Limerick.
Meanwhile, it was also announced that ten jobs are set to be created at an IT consultancy firm in Dublin.
The new jobs are being created by the IT company E-MIT Solutions who say the jobs come as part of a new €650,000 expansion of their company, and say the jobs will mostly be based at its headquarters in Santry.
The company are thought to provide IT solutions, including consulting, outsourced IT management and cloud computing. It is understood that the new roles to be filled include technical consultants, IT service management and sales and marketing roles, a company spokesperson said.