Workforce boost: 200 positions to be created at new €66m research centre

ABOUT 200 jobs will be created with the establishment of an innovative research centre in Dublin.

Software specialists will join forces with local authorities, academics and business leaders to devise ways of better connecting transport, water and energy systems.

Newly appointed Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O’Keeffe said the €66 million project was a major endorsement of the country and its workforce.