Diaspora project to ‘create at least 300 jobs this year’

The ConnectIreland initiative will create at least 300 jobs this year, the serial entrepreneur behind the project, Terry Clune, told Cork Chamber’s breakfast briefing.

The jobs will be announced over the coming year and the individuals who helped bring the jobs to Ireland are in line for a windfall of up to €150,000.

Mr Clune told the assembled Cork business leaders how he established his first business at the tender age of seven. He began by collecting fertiliser sacks and selling them to people who sold firewood at petrol stations.