VoxPro chief: Office shortage ‘could damage recovery’

Almost 500 new jobs were announced yesterday, amid stark warnings that the Government must tackle the State’s chronic lack of world-class office space.

The double jobs boost for Cork came as a revised planning application was lodged for a €45m office block on the city’s Albert Quay, which has the potential to secure almost 1,800 jobs.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny hailed the jobs as a sign of Ireland’s “tide of resurgence” as he announced 350 posts at global business process outsourcing giant VoxPro’s Mahon campus.