Digital hub hopes to create 2,000 jobs in Cork town

Rural Ireland’s first digital hub, creating 2,000 jobs and increasing the local economy by €37.5m annually, has opened in Skibbereen.

The Ludgate Hub is in the old cinema in the town and it is the brainchild of a group of business people including John Field who donated the building and Leonard Donnelly who is the former chairman of Dublin’s Digital Hub.

While the hub does not officially open until July it is already operational with 30 business people in situ. The main reason that the hub was possible and is attracting businesses to set up there, is because of the building’s internet connectivity.