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New Jobs for Kerry

By Irish America Staff
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Irish fintech company Fexco is creating 175 jobs over the next three years at its headquarters in Killorglin, County Kerry. The jobs will be in the areas of information, communication technology, software development, and sales as part of the payment firm’s expansion strategy. The 175 new jobs will add to the existing staff of 2,300 working across Fexco’s Irish and … [Read more...] about New Jobs for Kerry

Jobless Figure Rises Steeply

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
February / March 2003

February 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Despite the Republic of Ireland economy maintaining a respectable growth rate of 4.3 percent, figures for 2002 closed with the highest number of layoffs in over a decade. Published data from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment reveal that almost 25,000 people lost full-time jobs, the highest number since the mid-1980s. Gloomy predictions from the Economic Social … [Read more...] about Jobless Figure Rises Steeply

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