UP TO 145 new jobs are to be created by three firms in Dublin and Galway, it was announced yesterday.
Cloud computing company SourceDogg.comis to create 80 jobs at its operations centre in the IDA Business Park in Galway.
SourceDogg.com, which was set up in 2009 by Mark Scanlon and John Quigley, has a growing number of customers across five countries, including recent signing Aer Lingus.
The company has developed procurement software which allows users to find and evaluate new suppliers with an easy-to-use application.
The 80 jobs are across the company’s engineering, IT support and professional services areas, and follows the recent addition of 12 staff late last year following an investment from Nucleus Venture Partners.
Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation Richard Bruton said: “If we are to reach the levels of employment and economic growth which we are determined to achieve, we must create a powerful engine of indigenous enterprise.
“Crucial in this will be exporting companies, and in particular high-tech, engineering-driven companies, and the Government’s action plan for jobs spells out a range of measures we will take to support these companies as they expand and create jobs.”
Meanwhile in Dublin, data collection firm Datalogic ADC plans to establish a shared services and customer management centre which will create an additional 30 jobs.
The company, a division of the Datalogic Group, will offer work to accountants, accounts payable/receivables, order management and inside sales personnel.
Elsewhere, Western Union is to create 35 jobs at its European office in Clonskeagh, south Dublin, taking the workforce to almost 100.
Western Union is the world’s largest money transfer and payment services provider operating in more than 200 countries and territories.
Announcing the jobs, Minister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton said: “Western Union, and the 35 new jobs announced today, are helping to spread the benefits of Ireland’s success in attracting international financial services beyond the IFSC to areas such as Clonskeagh in the southeast of the city.
“This commitment greatly contributes to meeting the Government’s target of creating 10,000 new jobs in the financial services sector by the end of 2016, and is a significant boost to the local area.”
