100 jobs for Dublin and Waterford

THE creation of about 100 jobs was announced in Waterford and Dublin yesterday.

Fifty new jobs are being created at an international software firm in Blanchardstown, while Rigneydolphin, the Waterford-based call centre firm, will create 45 jobs having signed a €2 million contract with UPC, the parent company of Chorus NTL.

In Dublin, Synopsys is creating the high level posts at its research and development facility. The successful applicants will be employed on a new joint computer chip research programme involving a collaboration with the Department of Electronic Engineering and the Centre for Efficiency Oriented Languages (CEOL) at University College Cork (UCC).

The expansion is being supported by the Government through the IDA.

The software and electronic engineering jobs will be created over the next four years.

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan TD announced the employment boost.

“I am delighted to announce this technologically advanced investment from a leading software company and I welcome the collaboration with UCC,” she said.

“The technology developed by Synopsys is innovative, leading-edge and addresses critical needs in the global semiconductor industry.”

Meanwhile, Celine Fitzgerald, chief executive of Rigneydolphin Group, said that the deal with UPC demonstrates the strength of Waterford and the south-east’s popularity as the preferred location for high-end contact centre services.

The win follows a successful run for the Rigneydolphin Group, having opened a new €5 million contact centre at the IDA Industrial Estate in Waterford last year.

The contract will mean that the total number employed at the firm will be 1,100.