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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.10 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2018
Description
Fast food company McDonald's is to create 140 new jobs through the opening of two Topaz service stations, in counties Carlow and Cork. The Cork-based station will be open in the autumn of 2017, while the Carlow station is expected to be up and running by March 2018.
McDonald's, which employs 941 people in Ireland, is investing €2 million in the expansion project, with Topaz investing €14 million. In addition to the 140 jobs created at McDonald's, Topaz is also creating 90 new jobs, nearly half of which will be full-time, through the expansion.
Sources
21 February 2017: RTE
21 February 2017: Irish Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2017), McDonald's, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 90308, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90308.
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