Plan to place 50 top graduates in export firms

MINISTER for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe TD, has launched a Government plan to place 50 top-level college graduates in export-led Irish firms.

Graduates 4 International Growth (G4IG), developed and delivered by Enterprise Ireland in partnership with UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, will last for 18 months.

Graduates will undertake an initial six-month intensive training and skills development programme in an Enterprise Ireland client firm followed by a 12-month placement in a relevant overseas market.