Amazon set to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland

Amazon's office at Cork Airport Business Park. The company has announced it is going to create 1,000 additional jobs in Cork and Dublin. The positions will be created over the next two years, bringing the Irish workforce to 5,000. Picture: Andy Gibson

Amazon has announced that it is creating 1,000 new permanent jobs in Ireland over the next two years.

The move will bring Amazon's total permanent workforce in the country to 5,000 people.