Agency’s job success ‘under serious threat’

A report on the work of South and East Cork Area Development shows that it created 369 jobs, funded more than 142 start-ups and enterprises, and helped a further 601 people gain employment in the region in the last three years.

The Impact report also showed that more than 410 unemployed people had been placed in work in community and voluntary organisations in the period. It found 351 community groups have been supported by SECAD, with 100 active age groups and 2,200 young people supported directly through its funds.

However, at the report’s launch, Ryan Howard, SECAD chief executive, warned that the successes his organisation had been achieving in recent years is now under threat.