14/11/2014

US Pharmaceutical Firm To Create New Jobs In Dublin

Up to 400 new jobs are to be created in Dublin by US-based pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb.

The firm has announced it is to invest €720m into a new plant in the city which will see the creation of between 350 and 400 new, highly skilled, jobs.

The company will build a new manufacturing plant at Cruiserath, near Blanchardstown – which will also see the creation of up to 1,000 temporary construction jobs.

It is understood the construction of the plant is expected take up to four years.

The project has been supported by the Department of Jobs through IDA Ireland.

(MH/CD)

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