Jobs boost for city as IBM, Boots and Cito Fund expand

FOLLOWING a succession of job cuts, Cork eventually received a boost yesterday with announcements that three companies intend to create 250 jobs in thecounty.

Cito Fund Services, which opened a centre on Blackrock Road last April announced yesterday that it is to start recruiting a further 120 staff next June, bringing its total workforce to 250.

Its managing director, Kieran Conroy, said that business had grown to such an extent that the company now had nearly €7 billion under its administration.