Top UK firm to double Irish workforce to 1,600

Capita, one of the UK’s leading professional services companies, is to double its workforce in the Republic from 800 to 1,600 over the next three years.

The firm already employs more than 1,000 on the island, and has a global reach, providing everything from financial services to office administration.

The announcement was made yesterday at the opening of the company’s new Dublin office at Grand Canal Square, by Michael Noonan, the finance minister.