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Administrative Services Security And Investigation Activities Security Systems Service Activities 80.2 - Security systems service activities
230 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 April 2014
Employment effect (start)
23 April 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Security solutions company, PhoneWatch, has announced that it will create 230 jobs when it expands its operations in Ireland. The company will employ engineers, sales staff and operational support staff and recruitment will begin immediately.
The jobs will be created in Dublin, Cork and in ten other regional centres. These jobs are being created as part of an expansion as the company plans to introduce new products and services to the Irish market.
PhoneWatch was sold by Eircom to the Norwegian company Sector Alarm in 2013.
Sources
23 April 2014: RTE
23 April 2014: Irish Examiner
23 April 2014: The Irish Times
23 April 2014: Phone Watch (press release)
Citation
Eurofound (2014), PhoneWatch, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 76908, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76908.
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