Creating jobs has a cascade effect

THE IRISH economy has been going through a difficult transition, but the stories behind the 1,000 jobs announced for Cork over the past 10 days shows that we are on the right road.

In 2009, Pfizer announced the closure of its plant in Ringaskiddy. However, in 2011, BioMarin said it would buy the plant and last week announced it would employ a total of 140 people at that plant by 2015.

Similarly, Westbourne IT Global Services, last week, announced it will double its workforce to 100 over the next 18 months, and plans to employ 350 people by 2019.