Simon Coveney joins Peter Creighton's Reliance as non-executive director

Former tánaiste is joining the fourth-generation family business which was founded in Cork in 1925

Reliance CEO Peter Creighton with Simon Coveney who is joining the company as a non-executive director. Picture: Darragh Kane

Cork engineering and robotics firm Reliance has appointed former tánaiste and minister Simon Coveney as a non-executive director.

The fourth-generation family business now run by CEO Peter Creighton employs 53 people with a footprint across Cork, Dublin, Limerick, and Antrim.