Firm’s tech bubble bursts to hit IDA for €3m grant

Of the 33 IDA-supported companies that left Ireland in 2003, Celestica received the most in State aid, writes Political Reporter Michael O’Farrell.

ON Friday September 18, 1998 the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment announced the creation of 500 jobs in Swords.

Celestica, a Canadian technology firm, had decided to locate a facility in Ireland and at the height of the tech bubble in 2001 would expand to employ more than 1,000.