Enterprise Ireland report 11% increase in Sligo jobs

ENTERPRISE Ireland, the Government agency responsible for developing Irish business globally, has reported strong job creation by its client companies in Sligo, with a 11% increase in the number of jobs created. 1,733 people are now employed by companies supported by the agency in Sligo. The job creation figures are up on 2016, showing strong consistent year on year growth, despite the uncertainty that Irish businesses faced in 2017 in the context of Brexit. Job creation was evenly spread across the country, with every county seeing job increases. Two thirds (64%) of the new jobs created were outside of Dublin. The West, Mid-West and North West saw the largest level of increases at 7 % in 2017.