Apple set to double city centre workforce in offices expansion

Technology giant Apple is on course to double its workforce at Half Moon Street in Cork City as it expands its European headquarters in the city’s suburbs to cater for 3,300 employees.

The international corporation has started fitting out two more floors of offices in Half Moon St, near the Opera House, and now has 90,000sq ft of city centre offices, in addition to its massive Hollyhill plant, which serves European, Middle Eastern, and African sales, and distribution markets.

Apple has brought 350 to 400 jobs to the top two floors of Half Moon St over the past year, and its presence there could accommodate up to 800 jobs.