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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
750 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 July 2010
Employment effect (start)
28 July 2010
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Tesco Ireland has announced another expansion in the Republic of Ireland, which will result in its opening seven new stores and the creation of approximately 750 new jobs during the course of 2010. The UK supermarket chain, which already employs more than 13,000 people in Ireland, says it will create 748 new jobs over the year, the majority of which will be outside Dublin.
The new stores, creating 688 jobs, will be opened in Kinnegad, Westmeath (80 jobs), Oranmore, Galway (110), Swinford, Mayo (90), Ballybeg, Waterford (110), Thomas St, Dublin (16), Kimmage, Dublin (16) and Naas (266). The investment plan also includes a replacement store in Roscrea, Tipperary that will result in 60 additional new jobs.
Eurofound (2010), Tesco, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 70700, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70700.