Irish Broadband to create 20 Cork jobs

IRISH Broadband, the wireless internet access provider, will create 60 jobs during 2004 to meet increasing demand for its broadband products. At least 20 jobs will be in Cork.

A subsidiary of toll road and waste management group NTR plc, the company currently employs 45 people in Dublin and Belfast. The new jobs will include technical, engineering, administrative, marketing and sales positions.

Irish Broadband was set up in 2002 and currently provides high-speed internet access to business and residential customers in the greater Dublin area. It will launch its service in Cork city next month and has also been awarded licences by telecoms regulator ComReg to supply broadband services to Limerick, Galway, Waterford and the Co Louth towns of Dundalk and Drogheda. The company’s coverage will extend to 80% of the population by the middle of this year.