Fiona Murphy, group director of nursing for the Bon Secours Health System, and John McPhillips, group HR director, talk about the Group’s first Nursing Care Strategy and the reasons to become a part of the organisation.

Doran & Minehane is a professional services firm which is focused on delivering specialist solutions to large organisations and businesses with complex and diverse service requirements.

Finbarr Gannon & Co Ltd (FGCL) has provided civil and structural engineering consultancy services from the company’s Cork office for over 30 years.

Ward Personnel is a specialist provider of management staff as well as technical staff across the Irish construction industry.

Glan Agua is an industry leader in providing project solutions for the water and wastewater industry including design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance.

Time was, many decades ago, when emigrants willing to move permanently ‘Down Under’ to Australia and New Zealand would have had their passage practically paid from government coffers.

Mercy University Hospital (MUH) is “without doubt” an employer of choice in Cork with a 96% job offer to acceptance ratio, according to human resources director, Oonagh van Laren.

In what is set to be a significant turnaround for the fortunes of engineering graduates — whose profession was battered by the 2008 recession — the coming year will see more than 6,000 jobs created in the sector according to the latest survey by Engineers Ireland.

It is hard not to feel sympathy for those in charge of the Irish health service, never mind the frequently stressed individuals out there trying to deliver the many different services on the ground.

While there is no doubting that agrifood exporters, tourism, and other sectors are heavily reliant on Irish-UK trade routes, there are signs that many pockets of the Irish economy could emerge stronger in the years after Brexit.

Ireland’s jobs market is in a sweet place right now.