Science park could create 6,000 high-end jobs

UP TO 6,000 high-end jobs could be created by an ambitious Silicon Valley-style innovation and research campus to be built in Cork.

Amid the gloom of recession and rising unemployment, details of Ireland’s first “science park” will be announced by county manager, Martin Riordan, this morning.

The Cork Science and Innovation Park, which will be built on a 150-acre (60 hectares) site at Curraheen, could create up to 6,000 jobs and contribute about e450 million per annum to the local and regional economy once completed.