200 jobs to be created as energy firm and recruiter reveal investment plans

Several hundred jobs are to be created across Ireland as a number of companies made investment announcements.

Energy firm Energia will create 100 new jobs within the next 12 months as it moves into the residential electricity and gas market.

The company, part of the Viridian Group, already has more than 65,000 business customers, and will take on staff in Dublin and Cork for its management, sales, marketing, and operational business.