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Other Services Other Service Activities Other Personal Service Activities 96.01 - Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Kings Laundry is hiring for 100 new permanent positions at its facility in Cork. The recruitment is one year ahead of schedule, due to increased demand for its services, which include the supply of linen and laundry services for hotels. Kings Laundry employs 105 in Cork at present and 450 across the country. It opened its state-of-the-art facility in June 2016, which is described as the most environmentally friendly in Europe. The company will also bring on 80 seasonal positions for the summer season 2017, with these jobs spread across Dublin and Cork.
Sources
21 March 2017: RTE
20 March 2017: Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Kings Laundry, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 90545, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90545.
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