O'Keeffe announces 300 call centre jobs for Cork

Enterprise Minister Batt O'Keefe has announced that business process outsourcing firm Abtran is to create 300 jobs over the next three years in Cork as part of a €3.5m investment in research and development.

The landmark investment is supported by Enterprise Ireland.

The 300 new jobs will be in management, business administration, finance, resource planning, information technology, and human resources.

Further jobs will be created in providing finance, administration, sales and customer service support for Abtran’s clients.

The new jobs will be based in Abtran’s offices in Curraheen Road and Model Farm Road in Cork.

Abtran, which employs 1,000 workers, is the largest Irish company providing clients with business process services from finance and administration to sales and customer service.