UK pub group JD Wetherspoon to add nearly 600 jobs in continued Irish growth drive

British pub group JD Wetherspoon is to boost its Irish-based staff numbers by nearly 600 people as it opens three more bars here over the next 12 months or so.

The group already employs around 500 people across its five pubs in the Republic; four of which are located in Dublin, with the other in Cork.