New Tesco store to provide 150 construction jobs

A new Tesco store, part of a €15m extension to Cork’s Ballincollig Shopping Centre, is set to bring 150 badly needed construction jobs over the next year.

The centre’s retail extension may provide a further 200 full and part-time jobs. Work on the 70,000sq ft store is due to start in Sep, and construction work will last one year.

News of Tesco’s arrival was welcomed by Micheál Ó Crúalaoí, chairman of Ballincollig Business Association, who said it gave more choice to shoppers and consolidated Ballincollig as a strong location for retailers.