23/09/2013

Three Irish Food Companies Create Over 130 Jobs

Over 130 jobs are to be created in the next three years by three Irish food companies.

Swift Fine Foods, a producer of chilled and frozen ready meals based in Co Monaghan, have announced that they will create 53 jobs.

Cooked meats producers Green Farm Foods are to create 30 jobs in Rathowen, Co Westmeath.

And O'Brien Fine Foods of imahoe, Co Kildare, have announced a €3m investment plan and the creation of 51 jobs.

Eslewhere, in Dublin Stream Global Services, a call centre for video games systems, have announced the creation of 50 permanent and 200 seasonal poisitions in Swords and Santry.

(MH/CD)

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