Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin, Limerick and Galway
Sector
Health / Social Work
Human Health Services And Activities
Human Health Activities
86.1 - Hospital Activities

1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
12 September 2024
Employment effect (start)
12 September 2024
Foreseen end date
30 September 2029

Description

Private hospital group, Blackrock Health, is to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland over the next five years. The jobs will be based at Blackrock Health centres - Blackrock, Galway, Hermitage and Limerick clinics. The jobs are as a result of an investment of €500 million in the private hospital group which will expand the inpatient bed capacity to nearly 500. Currently, 3,000 people are employed by the Blackrock Health and the private hospitals cared for more than 360,000 patients last year.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2024), Blackrock Health Group, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 201777, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201777.