Ryanair announces 30 new jobs and five new routes for Cork Airport

The five new routes include Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Paris, Seville and Treviso, while the airline also says it will increase the number of flights to six other destinations

Ryanair has 23 routes out of Cork Airport and carries 2.3m passengers per annum. Pic: Larry Cummins

Ryanair has announced 30 new jobs will be created at Cork Airport as part of an overall €279m investment by the airline.

The new roles will be filled by pilots, cabin crew and engineers. The jobs will be used to enable the operation of the three aircraft based at the airport over the winter period.