MULTINATIONALS DRIVE JOB GROWTH

Foreign multinationals are driving strong jobs growth in Ireland for the 21st consecutive quarter.

That’s according to the latest Cpl Resources Employment Market Monitor. Overall jobs postings grew by 14% in the first quarter of 2017, which is up on quarterly growth in 2016 of between 6% & 10% in each quarter. The strongest growth for Q1, 2017 was in accountancy, finance and banking, at 60% year-on-year. This was the fourth quarter in a row that the sector experienced strong growth. Growth was also strong in science, engineering and supply chain (19%).