Hi-tech hub to create 1,000 jobs within year

The developer of one of the country’s single largest open-plan office blocks said he is confident it will help deliver 1,000 jobs within a year.

John Cleary, the man behind the massive €70 million City Gate Park development in Mahon, Cork, said the “hi-tech city in the suburbs” has the potential to become a world-class software and IT hub — like Dublin’s IFSC did in the global financial service’s sector.

“Cork is competing with many other European cities to attract large-scale foreign direct investment,” Mr Cleary said.