Jobs boost of 300 for Dublin and Kerry

ALMOST 300 new jobs have been created in Dublin and Kerry at a health provider and a financial services firm.

The news comes as latest figures show Ireland’s unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in June from 5.2% a month earlier, the lowest level since October 2007.

And now Spectrum Wellness has unveiled a €4million investment at its Dublin base, creating more than 100 new jobs.

And Kerry-based fintech firm Fexco – which develops payments and foreign exchange products and solutions – revealed an expansion at its headquarters in Killorglin, Co. Kerry, creating 175 jobs over three years. The new high-skilled roles include ICT engineering, software and sales jobs.

Spectrum Wellness creates and builds personalised programmes for corporate clients and their employees. The 100 new jobs will treble the size of the workforce.

The new roles will be in account management, marketing, operations, product development and mental health case management.

The firm’s 27-year-old co-founder, Stephen Costello, said: ‘The investment in jobs is a clear signal about the confidence we have in the future of the company, not only in Ireland but in markets such as the UK, Europe and the US.’

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys welcomed the announcement. She said: ‘As an Enterprise Ireland client, it’s fantastic to see this young company doing so well.’