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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 November 2024
Employment effect (start)
4 November 2024
Foreseen end date
1 November 2026
Description
Financial services company, Fairstone, is to create 100 new jobs in Ireland over the next two years. The new roles will be located across the country and recruitment for some of the positions has already begun.
The expansion in Ireland is as a result of 35% growth in annual revenues, to €24.6 million.
Fairstone entered the Irish market in 2022 when it bought PAX Financial. The company currently employs 125 people in Ireland and 1,200 staff globally in over 50 locations.
Eurofound (2024), Fairstone, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 201896, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201896.
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