180 jobs created as firms expand

More than 180 jobs are being created as three food firms and a call centre expand.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said the companies were a model of what the Government is trying to achieve with an action plan for jobs.

Kildare-based O’Brien Fine Foods, which produces premium cooked hams, sausages, rashers and puddings for the retail trade markets in the UK and Ireland, will take on 51 staff in Timahoe.