Tesco to create 400 jobs in €40m expansion, including new Cork store this month

Tesco plans to open 10 new stores over the next 12 months, bringing its permanent workforce to 13,500

Tesco Ireland chief executive Geoff Byrne with enterprise minister Peter Burke and junior minister Alan Dillon. The planned openings, including in Fermoy Co Cork, will bring Tesco's footprint in Ireland to 193 stores. 

Tesco has announced plans to create 400 new jobs across Ireland as part of a €40m investment to expand the retailer’s operations and open 10 new stores over the next 12 months.

This will bring the company’s total permanent workforce in Ireland to over 13,500, and its total number of stores to 193.