Agri, tourism and transport jobs are most at risk post Brexit
A fifth of jobs in Donegal and Leitrim are at risk in the case of a hard border post Brexit. That’s according to IBEC which has issued figures concluding that the expected fall in Irish food and beverage exports will impact farmers most. IBEC’s model suggests that there will be…
Leitrim and Sligo companies creating 18 new jobs
Two businesses based in Leitrim and Sligo are hoping to create a combined 18 jobs over the next 12 to 15 months. The Shed Distillery in Drumshambo received the green light from Leitrim County Council to build a state of the art new visitor centre. The 6,000 square-foot Visitor Experience…
10 new jobs expected in Co. Leitrim by summer 2018
10 jobs are to be created by Summer 2018 at a distillery in County Leitrim. The Shed Distillery in Drumshambo has received the green light from Leitrim Co Co for a new€1 million state of the art visitor centre. The 6,000 square-foot Visitor Experience will create at least ten new…
Department insists there’s no plan to recentralise jobs from Sligo to Dublin
The Department of Social Protection insists that there are no plans to re-centralise any jobs from Sligo to Dublin. It follows concerns raised by Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry before Christmas that 32 positions at the information centre of the department’s office in Sligo are to move to Dublin. …
€50 million investment for Westport House to create 200 jobs
200 new jobs are to be created as part of a 50 million euro investment in Westport House in County Mayo. Hotel Westport – which is operated by the Hughes family has agreed to buy the historic house and estate – which has been in the Browne family for hundreds…
Brexits puts 7,500 jobs in the North West under threat
Up to 7,500 jobs across Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim are vulnerable because of Brexit and propopsed new legislation going through the Oireachtas, according to the author of a new study. The economic impact study was commissioned by the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland. Its author agri-economist Ciaran Fitzgerald says Brexit…
Employment in Enterprise Ireland companies in Donegal now over 3,500
Enterprise Ireland companies based in Donegal created 422 jobs in 2016, bringing total employment by Enterprise Ireland clients to 3,581. The Government agency responsible for developing Irish business globally says a total of 19,244 new jobs — both full and part-time — in Enterprise Ireland supported businesses were created across…