Crash death teen funeral is confirmed CREDIT CARD GIANT WILL CREATE 1,200 NEW JOBS
Mastercard to treble Irish staff in expansion
Kimberly O’connor
A TRAGIC teenager who died in a road accident will be buried on Wednesday.
Kimberley O’connor, 16, was killed when the car she was a passenger in crashed on Harbour View Road in Knocknaheeny, Co Cork, last Wednesday.
The 16-year-old driver received minor injuries while two backseat passengers, both 17, remain in Cork University Hospital with serious injuries – one of them critical.
Kimberley, who lived close to where the accident happened, was described as a “bright light” and a big turnout is expected at her funeral.
A death notice reads: “Requiem Mass on Wednesday at noon. Funeral afterwards to St Catherine’s Cemetery, Kilcully.”
CREDIT card giant Mastercard will create 1,200 jobs in Dublin as part of a massive expansion.
The is set to lease three office blocks in Leopardstown, Dublin, from businessman Cyril Mcguire.
Mastercard already employs 500 workers at an Irish office opened in 2008 and has pledged to treble its workforce here to 1,700.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and some of the credit card company’s executives will announce the plans today, the Sunday Times reported.
Executive vice president and head of Mastercard Labs Ken Moore said:
“Ireland is the heart of our global innovation efforts – throughout Mastercard, Dublin is admired as a key technology hub – we’re looking to replicate the innovation culture we’ve fostered here in our offices around the world.
“The vibrant culture we have here makes it the perfect place to recruit for these highly-skilled roles. We need great minds who can look outside of Mastercard’s traditional payments expertise and create solutions to benefit our customers around the world, and I’m excited to grow our business here.”
The buildings that Mastercard is leasing will ultimately have space for 2,500 workers.
The firm will occupy the newly-developed One South County office building and is expected to confirm an agreement to lease Two and Three South County, which are not yet built.
The news will be the first major multinational jobs announcement since the General Election on February 8 and one of the biggest in recent years.
The Leopardstown office is the headquarters of Mastercard Labs, the company’s research and development arm, which is dedicated to bringing innovative payment solutions to market.
Since the opening of its Irish office in 2008, the number of people employed by Mastercard in Dublin has increased by 880%.