Tesco to create 150 jobs as it secures go-ahead for €10m West Cork outlet

Construction of a €10m Tesco outlet in Bantry, Co Cork, is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2013 after An Bord Pleanála gave permission for the 25,000 sq ft facility at the weekend.

Developers Richard Coffey and Donal Hunt hope Tesco will be in a position to open the shop, on an eight-acre site at Newtown, by next Christmas.

Mr Coffey, a Bantry native but based in Blackrock, Dublin, said as many as 150 full-and part-time jobs will be created when the outlet is up and running, putting €3m in wages annually into the local economy.