Careers and Jobs

IT services and consulting company – Origina will create 60 new jobs over the next 2 years in Dublin as part of a EUR3m investment. The jobs will be created at Sandyford Industrial Estate.

Origina is focusing on hiring various technical staff and IT consultants for the expansion. The majority of these staff will be based in Sandyford Industrial Estate and will increase the total staff employed by the company to 120.
The company was established in 1998 to manage data storage requirements for large Irish companies. Origina changed its name so that Irish and UK offices can compete across Europe under one brand name. The company intends to invest heavily building this brand.

Origina’s customers include the Department of Education & Science, Friends First and Eagle Star. Origina won the prize for IT Project of the Year (Public Sector) for its work with the Department of Education and Science at the 2008 ICT Awards. Origina worked with the department to build a large pay-roll and pension database for teachers in Ireland.

The rumour mill in Belmullet, Co. Mayo is in overdrive with reports that ICT Europe is about to downsize its operations. This would be a cruel blow to Belmullet as ICT Europe is the biggest employer.

ICT Europe set up about 5 years ago providing outsourced customer management solutions. It currently employs 140 staff.

It has been reported that senior staff from UK and US will be at the plant today to brief staff.

Let’s hope the rumours are not true and that the Belmullet jobs are not moving to lower cost economies like India- I will keep you posted.