IRISH LIFE TURN FIRST SOD AT NEW FACILITY
Irish Life has formally broken ground on its new Customer Centre in Dundalk.
Following expansion plans announced in February 2017, construction has now started at Finnabair Business Park, where the new office space will be located.
It is estimated that the project will be completed in 13 months, and it is expected that over 200 construction workers will be on site during the construction phase of the project, which will provide a significant boost to local employment in the Dundalk area.
A spokeswoman explained: ‘ The new site area is 1.6 hectares with an office size of 45,000 sq ft (net). The new building will be an open plan office space over three floors, including associated car park spaces, bicycle parking and landscaping. It will be of the highest environmental standards, and will also have state of the art technology to support Irish Life’s customer services strategy. Irish Life employees will have access to an in-house gym and a bespoke quiet relaxation area in the building’s atrium.’
Irish Life has operated a Customer Centre in Dundalk since 2002 and is one of the largest employers in the area, currently employing 190 staff, which represents a 20% increase in staff numbers over the last 16 months. All current Irish Life employees in Dundalk will be based in the new building.
At the sod turning event, David Harney, Chief Executive of Irish Life, said; ‘We are delighted to be at the start of this construction phase, which reinforces our continued commitment to the local area and our employees based in Dundalk. This commitment to a new customer centre demonstrates our investment in the future of service operations in the area, and we look forward to seeing the completion of this project in the second half of 2019.’