McDonalds Brings 300 Jobs

Fast food giant McDonald’s is to create 250 posts in a €12m expansion, opening three restaurants in greater Dublin and one other outside the capital, it has emerged.

McDonald’s said it planned further openings next year and again in 2012 and that recruitment for the first 250 positions would begin in July of this year.

John Atherton, McDonald’s Ireland managing director, said the company’s investment was significant for staff and local suppliers.

“This expansion of our Irish operations and the creation of these jobs highlights the resilience of our business, despite the recession, and demonstrates that the core fundamentals of the McDonald’s proposition for the customer are stronger and more relevant than ever,” he said.

The news comes just as an Australian food firm announced it was to create 70 jobs at a new manufacturing plant in Dundalk.

Healthcare company Probiotec is to set up its European headquarters in Dundalk, Co Louth, where it will produce a range of weight management and other food products. Tanaiste Mary Coughlan said the investment reaffirmed Ireland's reputation for excellence in the food sector. "This investment, and the creation of 70 new jobs, is significant not just for Probiotec but for Dundalk and the border region," she said.

(DW)