380 new jobs announced nationwide

380 new jobs have been announced today.

Stream Global Services, a business outsourcing company, is creating 50 permanent jobs and a further 200 seasonal positions at facilities in Swords and Santry in Dublin.

And more than 130 new jobs are to be created by three separate Irish food companies over the next three years in a €9m investment programme.

30 positions will be created at Green Farm Foods in Rathowen County Westmeath, O'Brien Fine Foods in Co. Kildare is to take on an extra 51 staff while a further 53 jobs will come on stream at Swift Fine Foods in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan.