250 jobs created at IT firm

THE announcement of 250 high-value jobs by global software giant VMware yesterday is proof Ireland is on the right track, the Enterprise Minister said.

Richard Bruton was speaking in Ballincollig, Co Cork, as the Silicon Valley-headquartered virtualisation and cloud technology firm announced a major expansion of its Irish operations.

It follows a string of devastating job losses, including almost 600 jobs at Talk Talk in Waterford, and the release yesterday of CSO figures showing the number of people at work here in the second quarter was down 37,800 (2%) compared with the same period last year