New jobs for Dublin, Waterford

A total of 160 jobs are to be created by two firms in Dublin and Waterford, it was confirmed today.

The Carlow-based Dinn Rí Group is to create 130 jobs in Waterford this year following its recent purchase of a number of venues in the city.

Separately, software firm Teradata said it is to create 30 new jobs in Dublin.

Leisure group Dinn Rí, which currently already employs 130 people at its entertainment complex in Carlow Town said today it is to double the number of staff it has following its recent purchase of four venues at John Street in Waterford City.

The group purchased the premises late last year. One of the venues - The Woodman Bar - reopened before Christmas, while a second, The Foundry nightclub is opening for business tonight. The third and fourth venues are scheduled to open at the end of this year.

About 50 additional jobs have been created during the construction phase and a further 130 staff are to be taken on to run the Waterford venues.

"We are confident that with this significant investment and our expertise in the sector, we will be able to develop these venues into successful businesses, said Dinn Rí director Sean McLoughlin. "We believe that having these state of the art night clubs and bars will be good for the night life of the city and good for Waterford as an already important tourist destination. We look forward to the exciting challenge of launching and operating these businesses over the coming years."

Elsewhere, data warehousing and business intelligence firm Teradata, which has been operating in Santry since 2007, has said it is to create 30 new jobs.

The announcement follows a record fourth quarter for 2010 and full year results for the US-based firm. Teradata’s global revenues in 2010 were $1.9 billion, an increase of 13 per cent over the previous year.

Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regional controller Peter Mohan said the availability of skilled labour in Ireland had been a key factor in persuading the firm to expand its operations here.

“Ireland is particularly attractive to us for the type of operations that we are going to establish here. There is a critical mass of highly skilled finance professionals at all levels. Many have the type of skill sets we are particularly interested in such as multinational shared service experience as well as language skills," he said.