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100 new retail jobs across Ireland

Maxi Zoo will create 100 new jobs across the country as part of a major Eur10.0m expansion. The company is part of German Fressnapf group and began operating in Ireland when it opened its Ballincollig store in 2006.

The pet supplies firm is planning to open 20 new stores in this country over the next four to five years. The company currently has operations in Cork, Limerick and Longford. The first stores are due to open in Dublin and Kildare in November.

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According to breaking news reports it is expected that 130 of jobs will be cut at US company Xilinx. Xilinx makes programmable microchips that can be programmed for use in all types of electronic systems.

The Xilinx Jobs will be cut at the Citywest Business Campus in Dublin.
Staff at the company are meeting with management today when it is expected company developments will be outlined.

Xilinx employ 400 staff in Citywest as Dublin is the European Headquarters. 130 staff represents a significant part of the workforce.

Xilinx operates an advanced R&D, operations and engineering centre in Dublin. It is expected that the testing department will be cut in full with further headcount reductions in support and IT departments.

Xilinx Jobs – 130 jobs expected to go at Xilinx in Dublin

Two positive news stories to tell you about – cherish them as they are few and far between at the minute. It looks like we are spreading the love too as jobs are created both sides of the border.

Complete Telecom announced that it will be growing by 10 staff as part of an ongoing expansion. The jobs will be created at their HQ in Dublin with a few scattered regionally. Most of the roles are in Engineering and Support. Get your CV’s dusted down as recruitment is happening as you read this post. Complete hope to have the new positions filled by September.

Citigroup announce that they will be creating 145 new jobs in Northern Ireland. This is great news and financial services and insurance sectors have been taking a bit of a hammering with the Axa Insurance news and Hibernian news. The Citigroup announcement will bring the number of staff to 850 in the North. Lets hope that this is not a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul and that this move is not part of a strategy to access cheaper costs in the North.

We are a run of good stories now with these last two announcements. Let’s hope it continues. Need help with CV Writing Service or Interview Coaching?

AGS Software & Travel Logic create new jobs in Ireland – Dublin & Sligo

Dark clouds seem to be hovering over Ireland’s economy – there have been a few negative announcements in the construction sector particularly suppliers to the sector both construction supplies and financial services. Since it is Friday let’s concentrate on some positive news. There have been some new job announcements. I admit they are not big numbers but they all count.

AGS Software

ASG Software Solutions has opened announced the creation of 10 new jobs at a new office in Dublin as it aims to target the Irish market. The new jobs will be created over the next year and the positions will be created in sales and engineering. AGS is based in Florida and has 90 offices globally including a R&D facility in NI.

Travel Logic

Irish company Travel Logic will employ an additional 4 staff due to continued growth. The Sligo based travel software firm develops marketing software for the Travel industry. The new positions will be created in sales and software development

TerminalFour has announced it will create 20 new jobs over the next two years as a result of a eur3 million investment. The new jobs created will be for skilled professionals across IT, Project Management, Marketing & Support. And get your CV dusted down as recruitment has already commenced.

TerminalFour was established in 1996 and has its HQ in Dublin. The company is a content management firm. TerminalFour made the headlines last year when it won content mamangement business with nine university websites including UCD and University of Glasgow.