1,200 jobs on way in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors

MORE than 1,200 jobs will be created in the coming months to boost employment in the border, midlands and eastern regions.

The jobs in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and distribution sectors will ease worries that unemployment levels are set to rise as the economy slows.

Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy yesterday revealed that two companies will create 350 jobs in Athy, Co Kildare.