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Health / Social work 86 - Human health activities 86.1 - Hospital activities 86.1 - Hospital activities
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 September 2024
Employment effect (start)
12 September 2024
Foreseen end date
30 September 2029
Description
Private hospital group, Blackrock Health, is to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland over the next five years.
The jobs will be based at Blackrock Health centres - Blackrock, Galway, Hermitage and Limerick clinics.
The jobs are as a result of an investment of €500 million in the private hospital group which will expand the inpatient bed capacity to nearly 500. Currently, 3,000 people are employed by the Blackrock Health and the private hospitals cared for more than 360,000 patients last year.
Eurofound (2024), Blackrock Health Group, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 201777, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201777.