Atlantic Homecare to hire 220 new workers

The retail firm Atlantic Homecare has announced plans to create 220 jobs over the next two years as part of a €10m expansion plan.

The company said 40 of the jobs had already been created in Galway and a further 180 were planned for three new stores in Tullamore, Wexford and Limerick due to be opened in 2004 and 2005.