420 new jobs for IT and health insurance areas

THE roll-out of a new Government-led “high-speed, high-quality digital network” is to create 140 jobs in the short-term and could lead to thousands more if later phases prove successful.

In all, 420 new jobs were announced yesterday in the information technology and health insurance spheres.

The Government confirmed it was to invest a further €5m in the Exemplar network, an Irish-patented high speed fibre network which enables companies to transfer data and images faster, more securely and in higher quality.